Emma ThompsonNationality:
English Birthdate:
04/15/1959 Birthplace:
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biography
Striking-looking, with luminous blue eyes and chiseled cheekbones, Emma Thompson began writing and performing her own comic material while a student at Cambridge, appearing with both the celebrated Footlights revue and the university's first all-female troupe, Woman's Hour. With college chums Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, she moved to the small screen with the variety series "Alfresco" (1983). Thompson won raves for her West End musical debut opposite Robert Lindsay in the 1985 revised version of "Me and My Girl", but when the production transferred to the USA, she was deemed not enough of a
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milestones
Year
Milestone
1979
Acted with Cambridge University's Footlights revue at the Edinburgh Fringe (date approximate)
1981
Co-wrote, co-produced, co-directed and performed with Cambridge's first all-female revue, "Woman's Hour"
1983
Worked with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry on the TV show "Alfresco"
Performed in her first solo show, "Short Vehicle"
1985
Co-starred opposite Robert Lindsay in the West End hit musical, "Me and My Girl" for a 16-month run
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