Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas DBE (born 24 May 1960) is an
English-French actress. 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
also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The English
Patient (1996).Scott Thomas made her film debut in the Prince-directed
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), Only God Forgives (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), and Tomb
Raider (2018).Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother,
Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and
studied drama before marrying Kristin's father, Lieutenant Commander
Simon Scott Thomas, a pilot in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm who died
in a flying accident when Kristin was aged five. She is the elder
sister of actress Serena Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir
Richard Thomas (a former Black Rod, the parliamentary ceremonial
officer in the House of Lords), and the great-great-niece of the
ill-fated explorer Captain Scott, who lost the race to the South Pole.
English-French actress. 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
also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The English
Patient (1996).Scott Thomas made her film debut in the Prince-directed
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), Only God Forgives (2013), Darkest Hour (2017), and Tomb
Raider (2018).Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall. Her mother,
Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and
studied drama before marrying Kristin's father, Lieutenant Commander
Simon Scott Thomas, a pilot in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm who died
in a flying accident when Kristin was aged five. She is the elder
sister of actress Serena Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir
Richard Thomas (a former Black Rod, the parliamentary ceremonial
officer in the House of Lords), and the great-great-niece of the
ill-fated explorer Captain Scott, who lost the race to the South Pole.
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