Sophie Thompson

Sophie Thompson

1962-01-20 London, England, UK 53 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The second daughter born in 1962  to actress Phyllida Law and actor Eric Thompson, Sophie is the younger sister of twice Academy Award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson. Sophie Thompson has worked in film, television, theater and radio, and has narrated a number of audiobooks. She made her debut in 1978, at the age of 16, starring in A Traveler in Time.

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Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

2025

as Valerie

5.4
Acting

Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine app...

The Creeping

The Creeping

2022

as Karen Marrow

4.0
Acting

Due to a traumatic childhood experience Anna is estranged from her family and hasn’t returned home for many years. With her ailing grandmother and onl...

Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After

Hansel & Gretel: After Ever After

2021

as Frieda

7.0
Acting

Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?

The Hour

The Hour

2020

as Herself

Acting

The hour before actors go on stage at the National Theatre in London is a performance in and of itself.

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

National Theatre Live: Present Laughter

2019

as Monica Reed

8.4
Acting

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an es...

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

2019

as Lydia

7.2
Acting

You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after...

Tales from the Lodge

Tales from the Lodge

2019

as Emma

5.3
Acting

Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nud...

A Disappearance

A Disappearance

2019

as Dame Alvera

Acting

A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity to claw back her fame....

The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

2018

as Lady Bracknell

8.3
Acting

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

Ratburger

Ratburger

2017

as Miss Maxwell

4.3
Acting

A girl rescues a rat, which the malevolent burgerman wants to make into a burger and sell to the local school children and people.

A Gert Lush Christmas

A Gert Lush Christmas

2015

3.5
Acting

Dan is about to introduce the woman of his dreams to his family, but as they are so quirky, will everything go to plan?

Professor Branestawm Returns

Professor Branestawm Returns

2015

as Aggie Whistlestop

7.0
Acting

When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks his money troubles are over. But scheming councillor Hag...

Vintage Blood

Vintage Blood

2015

as Margaret

8.0
Acting

A vintage shop owner discovers that her fiancé's life is in danger when a cursed Ouija Board comes into her possession.

That Day We Sang

That Day We Sang

2014

as Dorothy

6.8
Acting

TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the c...

Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made

2014

Acting

That Musical We Made is an honest and funny look at the making of a musical. Victoria Wood takes us behind the scenes of That Day We Sang, the film sh...

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

2014

as Aggie Whistlestop

4.5
Acting

Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town ...

Mohammed

2014

as Emily

7.0
Acting

12-year-old Adam finds his 31-year old, superhero obsessed brother with learning difficulties a nightmare - until he sees a chance to use him to gain ...

National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer

National Theatre Live: She Stoops to Conquer

2012

as Mrs. Hardcastle

Acting

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward yo acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpki...

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

2011

as Auction Bidder 2

6.6
Acting

Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Whistle and I'll Come to You

2010

as Carol

5.6
Acting

After placing his ailing wife Alice in a care home, elderly academic James Parkin goes to stay at a wintry out-of-season hotel which they used to visi...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Mafalda Hopkirk

7.7
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

2010

as Corella

6.2
Acting

Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she f...

May Contain: Nuts

May Contain: Nuts

2009

as Sarah

8.0
Acting

When the going gets tough, the mums get tougher and will do almost anything to ensure their children get into the best school!

Morris: A Life with Bells On

Morris: A Life with Bells On

2009

as Glenda

6.5
Acting

The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

A Room with a View

A Room with a View

2007

as Charlotte Bartlett

5.4
Acting

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st...

A Harlot's Progress

A Harlot's Progress

2006

as Jane Hogarth

4.8
Acting

Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Magnolia

Magnolia

2006

as Marjorie

Acting

Ex-cons Paul, Dino and Terry are very good at being friends, but aren't so good at making money. Their decorating business is on the ropes and with Pa...

Fat Slags

Fat Slags

2004

as Tracey

3.0
Acting

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way t...

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

Measure for Measure: Live from The Globe

2004

as Isabella

Acting

William Shakespeare's darkest comedy, Measure for Measure. Live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, this television production of the play was...

The Young Visiters

The Young Visiters

2003

as Bessie Topp

5.4
Acting

The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverten...

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

2002

as Miss Lacreevy

6.9
Acting

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly...

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

The Making of 'Gosford Park'

2002

as Self (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes in...

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

2001

as Dorothy

6.8
Acting

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, ea...

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

2000

as Mrs Perks

6.6
Acting

Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in ...

Relative Values

Relative Values

2000

as Dora Moxton 'Moxie'

6.1
Acting

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both ...

Dancing at Lughnasa

Dancing at Lughnasa

1998

as Rose 'Rosie' Mundy

5.9
Acting

Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Company

Company

1996

as Amy

6.4
Acting

Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his s...

Emma

Emma

1996

as Miss Bates

6.7
Acting

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are ...

Persuasion

Persuasion

1995

as Mary Musgrave

7.1
Acting

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea capt...

Torvill and Bean

Torvill and Bean

1995

as Girlfriend

6.5
Acting

Mr. Bean takes his girlfriend to see Britain's famous ice skating duo Torvill and Dean perform in Manchester. But he accidentally injures Dean backsta...

Message for Posterity

Message for Posterity

1994

as Gillian Player

Acting

A version of Dennis Potter's play for television, remade shortly before his death as the original 1960s version had been wiped.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994

as Lydia the Bride - Wedding Two

6.8
Acting

Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

David Macaulay: Roman City

David Macaulay: Roman City

1994

as Aiden (voice)

9.0
Acting

The glories of Ancient Rome are explored in ROMAN CITY, based on David Macaulay's acclaimed book. This animated and live-action video recounts life in...

The Master Blackmailer

The Master Blackmailer

1992

as Agatha

7.1
Acting

For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is cre...

Twenty-one

Twenty-one

1991

as Francesca

4.8
Acting

Katie is a free spirited independently minded 21-year-old. The film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life. Along the way we meet her drug...

Discovering Hamlet

Discovering Hamlet

1990

as Herself / Ophelia

5.7
Acting

IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guida...

Bomber Harris

Bomber Harris

1989

as Jillie Harris

6.8
Acting

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on G...

Tumbledown

Tumbledown

1988

as Louise Stubbs

5.6
Acting

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Batt...

The Death of the Heart

The Death of the Heart

1987

as Doris

Acting

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who...

The Missionary

The Missionary

1982

as Mission Girl

5.6
Acting

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment...

The Crucible

1980

as Mercy Lewis

1.0
Acting

An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials.

Secret Orchards

1979

Acting

The true story of successful and respectable Edwardian businessman Roger Ackerley, who managed to conceal the existence of a secret love and the three...

Mother Goose

Mother Goose

N/A

Acting

After the death of her husband, Janet decides to distract herself by rearing a goose, which is to be the centrepiece of her Christmas dinner. However,...