Editing Emma Thompson (section)

===''Howards End'' and worldwide recognition (1990–1993)===
Thompson and Branagh are considered by American writer and critic [[James Monaco]] to have led the "British cinematic onslaught" in the 1990s.<ref name="Monaco2009">{{cite book |last=Monaco |first=James |title=How to Read a Film:Movies, Media, and Beyond: Movies, Media, and Beyond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgbOsjnppAcC&pg=PA414 |date=8 May 2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-975579-0 |page=414 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223084522/https://books.google.com/books?id=bgbOsjnppAcC&pg=PA414 |url-status=live }}</ref> She continued to experiment with Shakespeare in the new decade, appearing with Branagh in his stage productions of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and ''[[King Lear]]''.<ref name="yahoo"/><ref name="rtc"/> Reviewing the latter, the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' praised her "extraordinary" performance of the "hobbling, stooped hunchback [[Shakespearean fool|Fool]]".<ref>{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Christiansen |title=An Impressive ''King Lear'' Outshines A Flawed, Hilarious 'dream' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1990/05/25/an-impressive-king-lear-outshines-a-flawed-hilarious-dream/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=25 May 1990 |access-date=16 October 2013 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017023857/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-05-25/news/9002130021_1_king-lear-pyramus-and-thisbe-actors |url-status=live }}</ref> Thompson returned to cinema in 1991, playing a "frivolous aristocrat"<ref name="nyt"/> in ''[[Impromptu (1991 film)|Impromptu]]'' with [[Judy Davis]] and [[Hugh Grant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/impromptu |title=Impromptu |access-date=28 October 2013 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |archive-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225230551/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/impromptu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She was nominated for [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female|Best Supporting Female]] at the [[Independent Spirit Awards]].<ref name="awards">{{cite news |title=Emma Thompson&nbsp;– Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/70692/Emma-Thompson/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413183605/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/70692/Emma-Thompson/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |access-date=28 October 2013}}</ref> Her second release of 1991 was another pairing with Branagh, who also directed, in the Los Angeles-based [[film noir|noir]] ''[[Dead Again]]''. She played a woman who has forgotten her identity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dead Again (Weekend) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=deadagain.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=16 October 2013 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017024857/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=deadagain.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Early in 1992, Thompson had a guest role in an episode of ''[[Cheers]]'' as [[Frasier Crane]]'s first wife.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheers, Season 10, Episode 16: One Hugs, the Other Doesn't |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/cheers/one-hugs-the-other-doesnt-14309/ |website=TV.com |access-date=16 October 2013 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022102011/http://www.tv.com/shows/cheers/one-hugs-the-other-doesnt-14309/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:AnthonyHopkins2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Anthony Hopkins]] (pictured in 1992) starred with Thompson in ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993).]]

A turning point in Thompson's career<ref name="yahoo"/> came when she was cast opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Vanessa Redgrave]] in the [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant Ivory]] period drama ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' (1992), based on [[Howards End|the novel]] by [[E. M. Forster]]. The film explored the social class system in [[Edwardian Britain]], with Thompson playing an idealistic, intellectual, forward-looking woman who comes into association with a privileged and deeply conservative family. She actively pursued the role by writing to director [[James Ivory]], who agreed to an audition and then gave her the part.<ref name="bafta interview"/> According to the critic [[Vincent Canby]], the film allowed Thompson to "[come] into her own", away from Branagh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Howards End (1992) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE0DD1738F930A25750C0A964958260 |first=Vincent |last=Canby |newspaper=The New York Times |date=13 March 1992 |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113110737/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0CE0DD1738F930A25750C0A964958260 |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon release, [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that she was "superb in the central role: quiet, ironic, observant, with steel inside".<ref>{{cite news |title=Howards End |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/howards-end-1992 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=1 May 1992 |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201109/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/howards-end-1992 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Howards End'' was widely praised,<ref>{{cite web |title=Howards End |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Howards_End/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> a "surprise hit",<ref name="simply">{{cite news |title=Simply Put, It's Chemistry: Two actors, two Oscars, two tart tongues—Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins do the Tracy and Hepburn thing |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-31-ca-51533-story.html |last=De Vries |first=Hilary |newspaper=The New York Times |date=31 October 1993 |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029221032/http://articles.latimes.com/1993-10-31/entertainment/ca-51533_1_emma-thompson-and-anthony-hopkins |url-status=live }}</ref> and received nine [[Academy Award]] nominations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Howards End (1992) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/23747/Howards-End/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304081101/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/23747/Howards-End/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2014 |access-date=24 October 2013 |first=Vincent |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=2014 |last=Canby}}</ref> Among its three wins was the [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] trophy for Thompson, who was also awarded a [[Golden Globe]] and [[BAFTA]] for her performance.<ref name="nyt"/> Reflecting on the role, ''The New York Times'' wrote that the actress "found herself an international success almost overnight".<ref name="nyt"/>

For her next two films, Thompson returned to working with Branagh. In ''[[Peter's Friends]]'' (1992), the pair starred with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, [[Imelda Staunton]], and [[Tony Slattery]] as a group of Cambridge alumni who are reunited ten years after graduating. The comedy was positively reviewed,<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter's Friends |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peters_friends/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-date=15 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215203428/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/peters_friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Desson Howe]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that Thompson was its highlight: "Even as a rather one-dimensional character, she exudes grace and an adroit sense of comic tragedy."<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter's Friends |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/petersfriendsrhowe_a0af5b.htm |first=Desson |last=Howe |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=25 December 1992 |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016220056/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/petersfriendsrhowe_a0af5b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She followed this with Branagh's screen version of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (1993). The couple starred as [[Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)|Beatrice]] and Benedick, alongside a cast that also included [[Denzel Washington]], [[Keanu Reeves]], and [[Michael Keaton]]. Thompson was widely praised for the on-screen chemistry with Branagh and the natural ease with which she played the role,<ref>{{cite news |title=Much Ado About Nothing (1993) |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306529,00.html |first=Owen |last=Gleiberman |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=14 May 1993 |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201842/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306529,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Dlugos2000">{{cite book |last=Dlugos |first=J. Michael |title=Mr. Mikey's Video Views; Volume One |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3hTV8v2Ueq8C&pg=PA151 |date=1 January 2000 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |isbn=978-1-55212-316-4 |page=151 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801090016/https://books.google.com/books?id=3hTV8v2Ueq8C&pg=PA151 |url-status=live }}</ref> marking another critical success for Thompson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Much Ado About Nothing |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1045992-much_ado_about_nothing/ |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=28 October 2013 |archive-date=15 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015173416/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1045992-much_ado_about_nothing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her performance earned a nomination for [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Female Lead]] at the Independent Spirit Awards.<ref name="awards"/>

Thompson reunited with Merchant–Ivory and Anthony Hopkins to film ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993), a film which has been described as a "classic" and the production team's definitive film.<ref name="remains"/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Remains of the Day |url=http://www.film4.com/reviews/1993/the-remains-of-the-day |website=Film4.com |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203053516/http://www.film4.com/reviews/1993/the-remains-of-the-day |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]'s [[The Remains of the Day|novel]] about a housekeeper and butler in [[Interwar period|interwar]] Britain, the story is acclaimed for its study of loneliness and repression, though Thompson was particularly interested in looking at "the deformity that servitude inflicts upon people", since her grandmother had worked as a servant and made many sacrifices.<ref name="bafta interview">{{cite web|title=Emma Thompson: A Life in Pictures [interview] |date=24 November 2013 |url=https://static.bafta.org/files/emma-thompson-a-life-in-pictures-transcript-195-piccadilly-24-november-2013-2101.pdf |last=Hilton |first=Boyd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074533/https://static.bafta.org/files/emma-thompson-a-life-in-pictures-transcript-195-piccadilly-24-november-2013-2101.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |location=Piccadilly, London |work=[[BAFTA]]}}</ref> She has named the film as one of the greatest experiences of her career, considering it to be a "masterpiece of withheld emotion".<ref>{{cite news |title=Andrew Marr interview with Emma Thompson |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/andrew_marr_show/8591475.stm |website=BBC News |date=28 March 2010 |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209073210/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/andrew_marr_show/8591475.stm}}</ref> ''The Remains of the Day'' was a critical and commercial success,<ref name="remains">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/remains_of_the_day/ |title=The Remains of the Day |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325144138/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/remains_of_the_day/ |url-status=live }}</ref> receiving eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and a second Best Actress nomination for Thompson.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox |first=David J. |title=Oscar's Favorite 'List' : The Nominations : 'Schindler's' Sweeps Up With 12 Nods : 'The Piano' and 'The Remains of the Day' both receive eight nominations; 'Fugitive,' 'In the Name of the Father' earn seven |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-10-ca-21449-story.html |access-date=10 March 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=10 February 1994 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203080052/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-02-10/entertainment/ca-21449_1_oscar-nominations |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>

Along with her Best Actress nomination at the [[66th Academy Awards]], Thompson was also nominated in the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] category, making her the eighth performer in history to be [[List of actors nominated for two Academy Awards in the same year|nominated for two Oscars in the same year]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Two in One Acting |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/actingtwoinone.html |website=awardsdatabase.oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=14 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310184100/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/actingtwoinone.html |archive-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> It came for her role as the lawyer [[Gareth Peirce]] in ''[[In the Name of the Father]]'' (1993), a drama about the [[Guildford Four]] starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]]. The film was her second hit of the year, earning $65{{nbsp}}million and critical praise, and was nominated for Best Picture along with ''The Remains of the Day''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_name_of_the_father/ |title=In the Name of the Father |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-date=17 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117004551/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_name_of_the_father/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In the Name of the Father |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=inthenameofthefather.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=19 January 2014 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201120510/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=inthenameofthefather.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>