Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

1960-05-24

Biography

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress who also holds French citizenship. A five-time BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of The Seagull. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in The English Patient (1996). Scott Thomas made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon (1986), and won the Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for A Handful of Dust (1988). Her work includes Bitter Moon (1992), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Gosford Park (2001), The Valet (2006), and Tell No One (2007). She won the European Film Award for Best Actress for Philippe Claudel's I've Loved You So Long (2008). Her other films include Leaving (2009), Love Crime (2010), Sarah's Key (2010), Nowhere Boy (2010), The Woman in the Fifth (2011), Only God Forgives (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), and Tomb Raider (2018). She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. She was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 2005.

Also appears in

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.0

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

6.1

Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

6.4

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon

7.1

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

6.7

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

6.8

The English Patient

The English Patient

7.2

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

6.5

Darkest Hour

Darkest Hour

7.4

The Horse Whisperer

The Horse Whisperer

6.9

Life as a House

Life as a House

7.1

Suite Française

Suite Française

7.3

In the House

In the House

7.2

Gosford Park

Gosford Park

6.8

The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

5.9

Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy

7.2

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

6.1

Bel Ami

Bel Ami

5.2

Rebecca

Rebecca

6.3

Random Hearts

Random Hearts

5.5