Biography
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Kristin Scott Thomas OBE (born May 24, 1960) is an English actress, born in Redruth, Cornwall and educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College. She was nominated for "Worst New Star" in the 1986 Golden Raspberry Awards for her role in Under The Cherry Moon (and lost). She subsequently recovered to obtain a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for The English Patient (1996). She speaks French fluently, as she has studied acting at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques de théâtre (ENSATT), in Paris, having previously worked in the city as an au pair. She is married to a French doctor, Dr. François Olivennes and has 3 children: Hannah (1988), Joseph (1991) and George (2000); Thomas lives with her husband and children in France. Both her father and step-father were pilots in the Fleet Air Arm and both died in flying accidents. She is the older sister of the actress Serena Scott Thomas. Kristin Scott Thomas was given an OBE in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours list and was also awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 2005. She has also played in many TV movies and as an actress in the theatre. She is a practising Roman Catholic.
In the British motoring program Top Gear she was used as a point of reference of "good taste" until replaced by BBC newsreader Fiona Bruce. During the Cool Wall segment of the program, presenter Jeremy Clarkson rated a car's coolness based mostly on what he thought Kristin Scott Thomas's level of distaste for it would be.
One of Jeremy Clarkson's donkeys was named after her, perhaps showing a humorous fondness of her by Clarkson. It is called "Kristin Scott Donkey".
Selected filmography
- Under The Cherry Moon (1986) .... Mary Sharon
- Bitter Moon (1992)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) .... Fiona
- Richard III (1995) .... Lady Anne
- Angels & Insects (1995) .... Matty Crompton
- Microcosmos .... Narrator
- Mission: Impossible (1996) .... Sarah Davies
- The English Patient (1996) .... Katharine Clifton
- Love & Confusions (Amour et confusions) (1997) .... Sarah
- The Horse Whisperer (1998).... Annie MacLean
- Random Hearts (1999) .... Kay Chandler (romance)
- Play (2000) .... First Woman
- Up at the Villa (2000) .... Mary Panton
- Life as a House (2001) .... Robin Monroe
- Gosford Park (2001).... Sylvia McCordle
- Small Cuts (Petites coupures) (2003) .... Béatrice
- Arsène Lupin (2004) .... Joséphine, comtesse de Cagliostro
- Man to Man (2005) .... Elena Van Den Ende
- Keeping Mum (2005) .... Gloria Goodfellow
- The Walker (2007)
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