Kristen a Scott Thomas OBE is an English
French actress she made her film debut
in the Prince directed under the cherry
moon in 1986 and later gained
international fame in the 1990s with
roles in bitter moon and four weddings
and a funeral before earning a Best
Actress Academy Award nomination for The
English Patient further film roles
include the box office hits the horse
whisperer and Gosford Park and are
critically acclaimed turn in philippe
Claudel french language film I've loved
you so long for which he earned a Golden
Globe nomination for Best Actress apart
from her career in Hollywood Scott
Thomas has also worked in French cinema
in films such as the thriller tell no
one and Francis verb is the valet she
has lived in France since she was 19 has
brought up her three children in Paris
and says she considers herself more
French than British she was made a
chevalier of the LA copyright Gindin ER
in 2005 early life kristin scott thomas
was born in redruth cornwall her mother
Debra was brought up in Hong Kong and
Africa and studied drama before marrying
Kristin's father Lieutenant Commander
Simon Scott Thomas a pilot for the Royal
Navy's fleet air arm who died in a
flying accident when Kristin was five
she is the elder sister of actress
Serena Scott Thomas the nice of Admiral
Sir Richard Thomas and a more distant
great-great niece of Captain Scott the
ill-fated explorer who lost the race to
the South Pole Scott Thomas was brought
up as a Roman Catholic her childhood
home was in Trent Dorset England her
mother remarried to another Royal Navy
pilot who also died in a flying accident
six years after the death of her father
Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham
ladies college in st. Anthony's Lewiston
in sherborn Dorset both independent
schools on leaving school she moved to
Hampstead London and worked in a
department store she then began training
to be a drama teacher at the Central
School of Speech and Drama on being told
she would never be a good enough actress
she left at the age of 19 to work as an
or param param
speaking French fluently she studied
acting at the a per mil Cole national
super copyright rear deserts a
techniques do thur Center in Paris and
at age 25 on graduation was cast
opposite pop star Prince as Mary Sharon
a French errors in the 1986 film under
the cherry moon career her real breakout
role was in a 1988 adaptation of Evelyn
Wars a handful of dust where she won an
evening standard British film award for
most promising newcomer this was
followed by roles opposite Hugh Grant in
bitter moon and four weddings and a
funeral where she won a ba FTA for Best
Supporting Actress 1996 saw the release
of her most famous role as Katherine
Clifton in the english patient which
gained her Golden Globe and Oscar
nominations as well as critical acclaim
this was followed by a brief period
working in Hollywood on films such as
the horse whisperer with Robert Redford
and random hearts with Harrison Ford
however growing disillusioned with
Hollywood she took a year off to give
birth to her third child she returned to
the stage in 2001 when she played the
title role in a French theater
production of rice ansburry nice and
on-screen as lady Sylvia McArdle in
Robert Altman's critically acclaimed
Gosford Park this started a critically
acclaimed second career on stage in
which she has received four nominations
for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best
Actress including one win for her
performance of our cadena in a london
west end production of anton chekhov's
the seagull she reprised the role in New
York in September 2008 in summer 2011
Scott Thomas returned to London's West
End to star as Emma in Harold Pinter's
betrayal at the comedy theatre the
revival was directed by ian rickson her
husband was played by Ben miles and the
love triangle was completed by Douglas
Henshall in January 2013 she starred in
another Pinter play old times again
directed by ian rickson Scott Thomas
also has acted in French films in 2006
she played the role of her copyright
Lonnie in French in Neela disappear ssin
by french director guillaume canet
in 2008 Scott Thomas received many
accolades for her performance in ly a
long time sched a tame including be a
fta and Golden Globe nominations for
Best Actress in 2009 she played the role
of a wife who leaves her husband for
another man in the film leaving in
Sarah's key Scott Thomas starred as an
American journalist living in Paris who
discovers that the apartment her husband
is renovating for them was once the home
of a Jewish family who were taken away
in the ville de frowned up other recent
roles include the role of Elizabeth
boliyan countess of Wiltshire and almond
mother of Henry 8 second wife Anne in
the other boleyn girl the role of a
fashion magazine creator and editor in
the film confessions of a shopaholic the
film adaption of Douglas Kennedy's novel
The Woman in the fifth the 2012 film bel
ami based on the 1885 maupassant novel
as a love interest of George Duroy and
was also seen in nicolas winding refn
zonely god forgives which premiered at
the 2013 cannes film festival she was
awarded an obe in the 2003 Queen's
Birthday Honours List and was also made
a chevalier of the law copyright in
donner by the French government in 2005
personal life Scott Thomas is divorced
from frana section while Evans the
French gynecologist with whom she has
three children Hannah Joseph and George
the separation was reportedly
precipitated by her romantic involvement
with English actor Tobias Menzies whom
she met while appearing in Chekhov's
play three sisters in london's west end
around 2003 Menzies was also her co-star
in a london production of Pirandello zaz
you desire me in 2006 she was listed as
one of the 50 best dressed women over 50
by the Guardian in March 2013
filmography theatre la lune de copyright
Klein aunty saw for rue five persons key
Dan's nth Tara copyright Trang gory nor
vests hi rondelles yes putita bar
copyright rah copyright nice three
sisters
Masha as you desire me Elmer the sea
gull are Kadena laurence olivier awards
best actress a euro the sea gull harold
pinter's betrayal Emma Harold Pinter's
old times Kate Ana Sophocles Elektra
Elektra references external links
Kristin Scott Thomas at the Internet
Movie Database Ryan Gill Bay the three
stages of Kristen interview The Guardian
july twenty seven 2007 mark instead
kristin scott thomas the ice maiden
Thor's interview Daily Mail jun 8 2014
unlike most actresses I don't lie about
my age interview The Guardian februari
third 2008 betrayal comedy theater
review the Telegraph jun 17 2011
betrayal review comedy theatre london
the guardian jun 17 2011 first night
betrayal comedy theatre london the
independent jun 17 2011