August 6, 2010 will definitely be a date to remember for Emma Thompson. Coinciding with the upcoming release of the second installment of the Nanny McPhee franchise, Nanny McPhee Returns, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honoured the actress with the 2,416th star of the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her motion picture career. It was placed next to a British pub (coincidence?).
Guest speakers at the ceremony included her Nanny McPhee co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal and long-time friend Hugh Laurie. Who better than someone who has known and worked with Emma for so long than Laurie. Close friends and colleagues since their days at Cambridge in Footlights, Laurie started his acting career where she started, possessing the energy, passion, wit and talent that she has.
Very well deserved! Congratulations, Ms. Thompson!
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Article comments
1 - Joan
She is a lovely talented lady -- she and Hugh (and Stephen Fry) are all such renaissance men/women doing so many different things so well! I'm thrilled she is working on My Fair Lady. In an interview some time ago she said she always pictured Hugh Laurie in the role of the Professor and I think he would be amazing!
2 - weaverbird
Thanks for this article. Emma Thompson is an intelligent and honest actor. One of my favourite films, in which she appears with Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Tony Slattery, Imelda Staunton and Phyllida Law (Emma's actor mother) is "Peter's Friends". Hugh Laurie plays a father trying to get over a tragic loss - brilliant acting. And he plays the piano!