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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Complete Filmography

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025
as Valerie
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
2022
as Karen Marrow
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
2021
as Frieda
Hansel and Gretel have fled the gingerbread house, but what if the wicked witch survived after all?

The Hour
2020
as Herself
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
2019
as Monica Reed
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
2019
as Lydia
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
2019
as Emma
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
2019
as Dame Alvera
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
2018
as Lady Bracknell
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
2017
as Miss Maxwell
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
2015
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
2015
as Aggie Whistlestop
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
2015
as Margaret
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
2014
as Dorothy
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
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
2014
as Aggie Whistlestop
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
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
2012
as Mrs. Hardcastle
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
2011
as Auction Bidder 2
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
2010
as Carol
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
2010
as Mafalda Hopkirk
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
2010
as Corella
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
2009
as Sarah
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
2009
as Glenda
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

A Room with a View
2007
as Charlotte Bartlett
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
2006
as Jane Hogarth
Drama looking at artist William Hogarth and his relationship with the prostitute that inspired his most famous piece.

Magnolia
2006
as Marjorie
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
2004
as Tracey
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
2004
as Isabella
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
2003
as Bessie Topp
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
2002
as Miss Lacreevy
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'
2002
as Self (uncredited)
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
2001
as Dorothy
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
2000
as Mrs Perks
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
2000
as Dora Moxton 'Moxie'
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
1998
as Rose 'Rosie' Mundy
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Company
1996
as Amy
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
1996
as Miss Bates
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
1995
as Mary Musgrave
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
1995
as Girlfriend
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
1994
as Gillian Player
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
1994
as Lydia the Bride - Wedding Two
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.

David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
as Aiden (voice)
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
1992
as Agatha
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
1991
as Francesca
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
1990
as Herself / Ophelia
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
1989
as Jillie Harris
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
1988
as Louise Stubbs
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
1987
as Doris
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
1982
as Mission Girl
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
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials.
Secret Orchards
1979
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
N/A
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,...