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| image = Kristin Scott Thomas Press Conference The Party Berlinale 2017 01 (cropped).jpg| caption = Scott Thomas in 2017df=y5|24}}| birth_place = Redruth, Cornwall, England| citizenship = United Kingdom • France| years_active = 1984–present| occupation = Actress| alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and DramaFrançois Olivennes2005|reason=divorced}}| children = 3| relatives = Serena Scott Thomas (sister)}}Dame Kristin Ann Scott ThomasWEB,ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270630, Kristin Scott Thomas, BFI, 25 May 2008,ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270630," title="web.archive.org/web/20120928033447ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270630,">web.archive.org/web/20120928033447ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/270630, 28 September 2012, dead, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress.WEB,www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/11542277/Kristin-Scott-Thomas-is-bored-with-being-labelled-an-ice-queen.html,ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-features/11542277/Kristin-Scott-Thomas-is-bored-with-being-labelled-an-ice-queen.html, 11 January 2022, subscription, live, Kristin Scott Thomas is bored with being labelled an ice queen, The Telegraph, 17 April 2015, Ben, Lawrence, 30 June 2015, {{cbignore}} 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),WEB,ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/kristin-scott-thomas/biography.html, Kristin Scott Thomas, Yahoo Movies Canada, dead,web.archive.org/web/20140904085351/https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/kristin-scott-thomas/biography.html, 4 September 2014, 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 (film)|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.{{London Gazette|issue=61092 |supp=y|page=N8|date=31 December 2014}}WEB,www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf,web.archive.org/web/20150102104907/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf, dead, 2015 New Year Honours List, 2 January 2015, 9 June 2022, She was named a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur by the French government in 2005.NEWS,www.connexionfrance.com/kristin-scott-thomas-profile-english-rose-at-home-in-paris-11379-news-article.html, English rose at home in Paris, March 2011, The Connexion, 8 July 2011, NEWS, Excessif,www.excessif.com/cinema/actu-cinema/dossiers/clash-de-la-semaine-kristin-scott-thomas-vs-sharon-stone-6251711-760.html, Clash de la semaine : Kristin Scott Thomas VS Sharon Stone, fr, 1 February 2011, 8 July 2011,

Early life

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,NEWS,www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/10/1065676146012.html?from=storyrhs, Melbourne, The Age, Scene change, 12 October 2003, 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.WEB,www.filmreference.com/film/91/Kristin-Scott-Thomas.html, Kristin Scott Thomas Biography (1960–), filmreference.com, NEWS,www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10496540&pnum=2, Kristin Scott Thomas learning to be herself, 7 March 2008, The New Zealand Herald, 18 June 2021,www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10496540," title="web.archive.org/web/20121103104701www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10496540,">web.archive.org/web/20121103104701www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10496540, 3 November 2012, She has three siblings, including Serena Scott Thomas. She is the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (a former Black Rod),WEB,www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/principal/black-rod/, Black Rod, 9 June 2022, the granddaughter of William Scott Thomas (who commanded {{HMS|Impulsive|D11|6}} during World War II) and the great-great-niece of the polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}The childhood home of Scott Thomas was in Trent, near Sherborne, Dorset, England. Her mother remarried another Royal Navy pilot, Lieutenant Commander Simon Idiens (of Simon’s Sircus aerobatic team flying Sea Vixens), who also died in a flying accident whilst flying a Phantom FG1 from RNAS Yeovilton off the North coast of Cornwall in January 1972. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and St Antony’s Leweston in Sherborne, Dorset, both independent schools.On leaving school in 1978,NEWS,www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/school-reunion-forty-years-on-at-sidmouth-hotel-1-5544254, School reunion forty years on at Sidmouth hotel, Wright, Richard, 4 June 2018, Sidmouth Herald, she moved to Hampstead, London, and worked in a department store. She began training to become a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama, enrolling on a BEd in Speech and Drama.WEB,www.cssd.ac.uk/news/oscar-nominations-2018, Oscars Nominations 2018, Central School of Speech and Drama, 24 January 2018, During her time at the school, she requested to switch degree courses to acting but was refused.NEWS,www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/03/kristin-scott-thomas-electra-old-vic, Kristin Scott Thomas: actor of many layers for whom the play’s the thing, Gilbey, Ryan, 3 October 2014, The Guardian, After a year at Central, speaking French fluently, she decided to move to Paris to work as an au pair, and studied acting at the École Nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre ((:fr:ENSATT|ENSATT)). When she was 25, she was cast as Mary Sharon in the film Under the Cherry Moon (1986).

Career

File:Kristin Scott Thomas Cannes.jpg|thumb|Scott Thomas at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival2009 Cannes Film FestivalKristin Scott Thomas’s acting career garnered early attention when she was cast as Mary Sharon in Under the Cherry Moon, released in 1986, the first but widely panned film directed by and starring the already well-known musical artist, Prince. Her breakthrough role was playing Brenda Last in an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s A Handful of Dust (1988), winning her the Evening Standard British Film Award for the most promising newcomer. This was followed by roles opposite Hugh Grant in Bitter Moon and Four Weddings and a Funeral where she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.In 1994, she starred in the Romanian–French film An Unforgettable Summer, in which she played Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy. Rather than learn Romanian for the part, she read her lines phonetically.MAGAZINE,www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/10/14/foreign-accents, Foreign Accents, Anthony, Lane, The New Yorker, 14 October 1996, 6 May 2017, She had all the lines translated into French, which she speaks fluently, so she knew what she was saying.WEB,www.backstage.com/magazine/article/scott-thomas-recalls-romanian-film-19571/, Scott Thomas Recalls Romanian Film, Backstage, 8 January 2002, 18 June 2021, In an interview for Gloucester Citizen on 22 March 2015, she cited An Unforgettable Summer as one of the films that she is most proud of alongside The English Patient and Only God Forgives.WEB,www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/big-interview-kristin-scott-thomas-reveals-new/story-26206239-detail/story.html, Big Interview: Kristin Scott Thomas reveals all about her new role, Gloucester Citizen, 22 March 2015, 6 May 2017, {{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}1996 saw the release of the film with her most famous role as Katharine Clifton, The English Patient, which gained her Golden Globe and Oscar nominations as well as critical acclaim. This was followed by a brief period working in Hollywood on films such as The Horse Whisperer with Robert Redford and Random Hearts with Harrison Ford. However, growing disillusioned with Hollywood, she took a year off to give birth to her third child.She returned to the stage in 2003 when she played the title role in a French theatre production of Racine’s Bérénice, and appeared on-screen as Lady Sylvia McCordle in Robert Altman’s Gosford Park. This started a critically acclaimed second career on stage, in which she has received four nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, including one win, for her performance of Arkadina in a London West End production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull.WEB,www.playbill.com/article/chiwetel-ejiofor-and-kristin-scott-thomas-win-2008-laurence-olivier-awards-com-148246, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kristin Scott Thomas Win 2008 Laurence Olivier Awards, Playbill, Mark, Shenton, Andrew, Ku, John, Nathan, 9 March 2008, 18 June 2021, She reprised the role in New York in September 2008.What’s on Stage. “Speeches: And the Laurence Olivier Winners Said”. Retrieved 5 June 2011 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409220824www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821204904620&title=Speeches%3A%20And%20the%20Laurence%20Olivier%20Winners%20Said |date= 9 April 2013 }} In summer 2014, Scott Thomas returned to London’s West End to star as Emma in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal at the Comedy Theatre. The revival was directed by Ian Rickson. Her husband was played by Ben Miles and the love triangle was completed by Douglas Henshall. In January 2013, she starred in another Pinter play, Old Times, again directed by Ian Rickson. In 2014, she appeared at The Old Vic in the title role of Sophocles’s Electra.Scott Thomas has also acted in French films. In 2006, she played the role of Hélène, in French, in Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), by French director Guillaume Canet. In 2008, Scott Thomas received many accolades for her performance in Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve Loved You So Long), including BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In 2009 she played the role of a wife who leaves her husband for another man in Leaving.In Sarah’s Key (2010) – the story of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup – Scott Thomas starred as an American journalist in Paris who discovers that the flat her husband is renovating for them was once the home of an evicted Jewish family. Other roles include Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire and Ormond, mother of Henry VIII’s second wife Anne, in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), the role of a fashion magazine creator and editor in the film Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), and as a love interest of George Duroy (played by Robert Pattinson) in the 2012 film Bel Ami, based on the 1885 Maupassant novel.NEWS,www.variety.com/article/VR1118003932.html?categoryid=3628&cs=1, Rob Pattinson to star in ‘Bel Ami’, 19 May 2009, Variety, Carole Horst, 11 January 2010, She was also seen in The Woman in the Fifth (2011), a film adaption of Douglas Kennedy’s novel of the same name, Lasse Hallström’s Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), Ralph Fiennes’s The Invisible Woman (2013), Philippe Claudel’s Before the Winter Chill (2013), and in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2014, she voiced the narration of Kay Summersby, General Eisenhower’s driver, in the documentary series D-Day Sacrifice. She appeared in Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady (2014) and Suite Française, the 2015 film adaptation of Irène Némirovsky’s World War II novel directed by Saul Dibb.In 2017 she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 71st British Academy Film Awards for portraying Clementine Churchill in Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour. In May 2017, it was reported that Scott Thomas had signed on to star as BMW heiress Susanne Klatten in the thriller Paramour, directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining.WEB,www.screendaily.com/news/kristin-scott-thomas-to-star-in-thriller-paramour/5117794.article, Kristin Scott Thomas to star in thriller ‘Paramour’, ScreenDaily, Jeremy, Kay, 12 May 2017, 18 June 2021, WEB,cineuropa.org/en/interview/384808/, Alexandra-Therese Keining • Director of The Average Color of the Universe, Jan, Lumholdt, 5 February 2020, 18 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20200205112107/https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/384808/, 5 February 2020, In 2020, Scott Thomas played Mrs. Danvers in director Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Gothic romance Rebecca, with Armie Hammer and Lily James.WEB,www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kristin-scott-thomas-joins-rebecca-movie-netflix-1209237, Kristin Scott Thomas Joins Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ Adaptation for Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter, Etan, Vlessing, 9 May 2019, 15 May 2019, Also that year, she appeared in the BBC television remake of Alan Bennett’s monologue series, Talking Heads, playing the role of Celia in the episode “Hand of God”.NEWS, Akbar, Arifa, The Outside Dog and The Hand of God review – chintz and terror from Alan Bennett,www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/sep/11/the-outside-dog-the-hand-of-god-review-bridge-theatre-london-alan-bennett-kristin-scott-thomas-rochenda-sandall, 12 February 2021, The Guardian, 11 September 2020, In April 2022, Scott Thomas starred in the British spy thriller series, Slow Horses, based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. She appeared as Diana Taverner, Deputy Director General of MI5. Premiered on Apple TV+, there are a further two series with showrunner Will Smith stating that a fourth season should be released by the end of December 2024. In January 2024, it was renewed for a fifth series. In June 2022, Thomas began filming her directorial debut, North Star, starring Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham and Freida Pinto.WEB,deadline.com/2022/06/scarlett-johansson-to-star-in-kristin-scott-thomas-film-the-sea-change-1235039988/, Scarlett Johansson To Star In Kristin Scott Thomas’ Feature Directorial Debut The Sea Change, June 7, 2022, Matt, Grobar, Deadline Hollywood, June 7, 2022, WEB, Ntim, Zac, 27 July 2022, ‘My Mother’s Wedding’: First Look Image Of Kristin Scott Thomas’ Directorial Debut Starring Scarlett Johansson,deadline.com/2022/07/my-mothers-wedding-kristin-scott-thomass-directorial-debut-scarlett-johansson-1235078723/, Deadline,

Personal life

Scott Thomas is a Francophile. She is divorced from François Olivennes, a French gynaecologist, with whom she has three children, Hannah, Joseph, and George. Scott Thomas had lived in France since she was 19, brought up her children in Paris, and sometimes considers herself more French than British.Multiple sources:

• WEB,www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/03/1, The Guardian, Interview with Kristin Scott Thomas, 2 February 2008, 14 May 2017,
• WEB,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/no-mystery-why-weve-loved-kristin-scott-thomas-for-so-long-6298537.html, The Independent, No mystery why we’ve loved Kristin Scott Thomas for so long..., Kaleem, Aftab, 3 February 2012, 14 May 2017,
• WEB,www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/14/kristin-scott-thomas-awarded-higher-legion-dhonneur-by-france, The Guardian, Kristin Scott Thomas awarded higher Légion d’honneur by France, 14 July 2015, 14 May 2017, During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on 2 December 2022, Scott Thomas said she now lives in London.

Politics

In 2009, Scott Thomas signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse case.WEB,laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/, Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski!, 10 November 2009, La Règle du jeu, fr, 29 August 2021, live,archive.today/20210829153459/https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/, 29 August 2021,

Filmography

Film{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes|1985|Charly|Marie|Short film|1986| Under the Cherry Moon|Mary SharonNominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star}}|1987|Agent trouble|Julie| 1988Lounge Chair (film)>Lounge Chair|Marie||Brenda Last|Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer 1989|Force majeure|Katia||Bille en tête|Clara|Also released as Headstrong 1990|Marie Forestier||Sabine| 1991|Valentino! I Love You||Short film|Aux yeux du monde|1992|Bitter Moon|Fiona|Directed by Roman Polanski 1994|Four Weddings and a Funeral|FionaBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of Evening Standard British Film Awards>Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress}}|Marie-Thérèse von Debretsy| 1995|En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît|Martine||Alfred Hitchcock’s assistant||Angels & Insects|Matty Crompton|Evening Standard British Film Award for Best ActressRichard III (1995 film)>Richard IIIAnne Neville>Lady Anne of Lancaster||Mary-Jane Cooper|(The title refers to the Camp des Milles)|Caroline||Plaisir d’offrir||Short film 1996(Mission: Impossible (film)>Mission: Impossible)|Sarah Davies||Souvenir|Ann|Microcosmos (film) >Microcosmos|Narrator|English version|Katharine CliftonNational Board of Review Award for Best Supporting ActressAcademy Award for Best Actress>Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama>Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role>Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture}}|1997|Amour et confusions|Sarah| 1998|Annie MacLean|Sweet Revenge (1998 film) >Sweet Revenge|Imogen Staxton-Billing||1999|Random Hearts|Kay Chandler||2000Up at the Villa (film)>Up at the Villa|Mary Panton| 2001Play (2000 film)>Play|First Woman|Short film|Life as a House|Robin Monroe||Gosford Park|Sylvia McCordleBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast>Online Film Critics Society Award for Best CastSatellite Awards>Satellite Special Achievement Award – Ensemble CastScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture>Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast}}|2003|Small Cuts|Béatrice|French language film|2004Arsène Lupin (2004 film)>Arsène LupinJosephine Balsamo>Joséphine, comtesse de Cagliostro| 2005Man to Man (2005 film)>Man to Man|Elena van den Ende|Chromophobia (film) >Chromophobia|Iona Aylesbury||Keeping Mum|Gloria Goodfellow|Nominated – London Film Critics’ Circle Award for British Actress of the Year 2006|Christine Levasseur|French language film|Tell No One|Hélène Perkins|French language film 2007|Lynn Lockner||Stelmaria (voice)| 2008|I’ve Loved You So Long|JulietteEuropean Film Award for Best ActressLondon Film Critics’ Circle Award for British Actress of the Year>Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleCésar Award for Best Actress>Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama6th Irish Film & Television Awards>Irish Film and Television Award for Best ActressSatellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama>French language film}}|Lady Elizabeth Boleyn||Seuls Two|L’antiquaire|Easy Virtue (2008 film)>Easy Virtue|Mrs. WhittakerNominated – British Independent Film Awards 2008#Best Supporting Actress>Nominated – London Film Critics’ Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year}}Largo Winch (film)>Largo Winch|Ann Fergusson||2009Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)>Confessions of a Shopaholic|Alette Naylor| 2009Leaving (2009 film) >Leaving|Suzanne|Evening Standard British Film Awards 2011 Best ActressNominated – César Award for Best ActressNominated – Globe de Cristal Award for Best ActressFrench language film|Nowhere Boy|Mimi SmithNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBritish Independent Film Awards 2009#Best Supporting Actress>British Independent Film Awards for Best Supporting ActressLondon Film Critics’ Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year>Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress}} 2010|Love Crime|Christine||Sarah’s Key|Julia Jarmond|Lumières Award for Best Actress Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated – César Award for Best ActressIn Your Hands (2010 film)>In Your Hands|Anna Cooper|French language film 2011|Salmon Fishing in the Yemen|Patricia Maxwell||Margit Kadar| 2012Bel Ami (2012 film)>Bel Ami|Virginie Walters||Looking for Hortense|Iva Delusi|French language filmIn the House (film)>In the House|Jeanne Germain|French language film 2013|Only God Forgives|Crystal||Before the Winter Chill|Lucie|French language film|Frances Ternan| 2014My Old Lady (film)>My Old Lady|Chloé Girard|Suite Française (film)>Suite Française|Madame Angellier| 2017|JanetEvening Standard British Film Awards for Best Actress|Nominated – National Film Award for Best Actress}}Darkest Hour (film)>Darkest Hour|Clementine ChurchillNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleWORK=NORTH TEXAS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION Nominated – St. Louis Film Critics Association for Best Supporting ActressHTTP://WWW.STLFILMCRITICS.ORG/2017 >TITLE=2017 STLFCA ANNUAL AWARD WINNERS ACCESS-DATE=7 JUNE 2021, }} 2018Tomb Raider (film)>Tomb Raider|Ana Miller||Au bout des doigts|Countess Elizabeth Buckingham||2019Military Wives (film)>Military Wives|Kate| 2020Final Set (2020 film)>Final Set|Judith|Rebecca (2020 film) >Rebecca|Mrs. Danvers||2022|Les Cyclades (Two Tickets to Greece)|Bijou||2023North Star (2023 film)>North Star|Diana|Also director and screenwriter

As director{| class=“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Notes|2023North Star (2023 film)>North Star|Also screenwriter“>

Television{| class“wikitable sortable”

! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes|1984|{{n/a}}|Episode: “L’Ami d’enfance de Maigret”|1984|Mistral’s Daughter|Nancy|Miniseries; 3 episodes|1987|Sentiments|Nathalie|Episode: “La tricheuse”|1987|Sentimental Journey|Bettina|Television film|1988|Thérèse Mangeot|Television film|1989|Caroline|Miniseries; 2 episodes|1990|(Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming)|Leda St Gabriel|Television film|1990Framed (1990 film)>Framed|Kate|Television film|1991Titmuss Regained#Adaptation>Titmuss Regained|Jenny Sidonia|Miniseries; 3 episodes|1992|Look at It This Way|Victoria Rolfe|Miniseries; 3 episodes|1992|Weep No More, My Lady|Elisabeth|Television film|1993|Body & Soul|Sister Gabriel / Anna|Miniseries; 6 episodes|1995|Belle Époque|Alice Avellano|Miniseries; 3 episodes|1996Gulliver’s Travels (miniseries)>Gulliver’s Travels|Immortal Gatekeeper|Miniseries; episode 2|2003|Absolutely Fabulous|Plum Berkeley|Episode: “Book Clubbin’”|2019Four Weddings and a Funeral#One Red Nose Day and a Wedding (2018)>One Red Nose Day and a Wedding|Fiona|Television short|2019|Fleabag|Belinda Friers|Series 2, episode 3Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series|2020Talking Heads (series)>Talking Heads|Celia|Episode: “The Hand of God”|2022–present|Slow Horses|Diana Taverner|Main cast

Theatre

• La Lune déclinante sur 4 ou 5 personnes qui dansent (1983, Festival de Semur en Auxois)
• Terre étrangère (1984, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers)
• Naïves Hirondelles (1984, Festival d’Avignon)
• Yes, peut-être (1985, in a field in Burgundy)
• Bérénice (2001, Festival de Perpignan and Festival d’Avignon + national tour)
• Three Sisters (2003, Playhouse Theatre, London) ... Masha
• As You Desire Me (2005–06, Playhouse Theatre, London) ... Elma
• The Seagull (2007, Royal Court Theatre, London) ... Arkadina
• The Seagull (2008, Walter Kerr Theatre, New York) ... ArkadinaWEB, Seagull Revival, with Kristin Scott Thomas and Peter Sarsgaard, Opens on Broadway Oct. 2,www.playbill.com/article/seagull-revival-with-kristin-scott-thomas-and-peter-sarsgaard-opens-on-broadway-oct-2-com-153828, Playbill, 30 December 2017,
• Harold Pinter’s Betrayal (2011, Comedy Theatre, London) ... EmmaComedy Theatre website “Ambassador Theatre Group’s AmbassadorTickets.com” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623195653www.ambassadortickets.com/2571/667/London/Comedy-Theatre/Betrayal-Tickets |date=23 June 2011 }}. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
• Harold Pinter’s Old Times (2013, Harold Pinter Theatre London) ... Kate/AnnaNEWS, Role-swapping: just a gimmick or an extra dimension to the drama?,www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/roleswapping-just-a-gimmick-or-an-extra-dimension-to-the-drama-8470442.html, The Independent, Alice, Jones, 29 January 2013, 29 January 2013, London,
• Sophocles’ Electra (2014, The Old Vic, London) ... ElectraWEB, Old Vic stages Kevin Spacey as Darrow and Kristin Scott Thomas in Electra,www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/03-2014/old-vic-stages-kevin-spacey-as-darrow-and-kristin-_33873.html, whatsonstage.com, 18 March 2014, 10 May 2014,
• Peter Morgan’s The Audience (2015, Apollo Theatre, London) ... Queen Elizabeth IINEWS, Kristin Scott Thomas to star as the Queen in return of the Audience,www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/31/kristen-scott-thomas-queen-play-helen-mirren, The Guardian, 31 October 2014, 10 January 2015,

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Olivier Awards{| class“wikitable”

!Year!Category!Play!Result2004 Laurence Olivier Awards>2004Best Actress|Three Sisters|{{nom}}2008 Laurence Olivier Awards>2008|The Seagull|{{won}}2012 Laurence Olivier Awards>2012|Betrayal|{{nom}}2013 Laurence Olivier Awards>2013|Old Times|{{nom}}2015 Laurence Olivier Awards>2015|Electra|{{nom}}

Honours

National

• (File:Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png|50px) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE, 31/12/2014 −OBE, 14/06/2003−).{{London gazette |issue=61092 |date=31 December 2014 |page=N8 |supp=y}}WEB,www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-years-honours-list-2015, New Year’s Honours lists 2015, GOV.UK, 8 January 2015, 9 June 2022,

Foreigns

• (File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|50px) Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic, 27/05/2005).WEB,www.alamy.com/british-actress-kristin-scott-thomas-honored-by-french-president-jacques-chirac-with-the-medal-of-chevalier-de-la-legion-dhonneur-at-the-elysee-palace-in-paris-france-on-june-27-2005-photo-by-bruno-kleinabaca-image402084511.html, British actress Kristin Scott Thomas honored by French President Jacques Chirac with the medal of ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, on June 27, 2005. Photo by Bruno Klein/ABACA Stock Photo - Alamy, Alamy, Limited, www.alamy.com, 9 June 2022,

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External links

{{Commons category|Kristin Scott Thomas}}

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• Ryan Gilbey, “The three stages of Kristin”, interview, The Guardian, 27 July 2007
• Louise France, “I’m 47. Unlike most actresses I don’t lie about my age” Interview, The Guardian, 3 February 2008
• Betrayal, “Comedy Theatre Review”, The Telegraph, 17 June 2011
• Betrayal – Review, “Comedy Theatre London”, The Guardian, 17 June 2011
• First Night: Betrayal, “Comedy Theatre London”, ‘’The Independent’, 17 June 2011
• My Grandparents’ War: Kristin Scott Thomas, PBS, May 17, 2022

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