Emma Thompson to Receive Star on the Walk of Fame Next Week
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Posted by: Rosi
July 28, 2010, 05:35 AM
Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney) is to receive the 2,415th star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Friday, 6th of August. Thompson will speak in front of the Pig 'n Whistle pub on Hollywood Boulevard, joined by "House" star and fellow University of Cambridge graduate Hugh Laurie. Maggie Gyllenhaal, who stars alongside Thompson in "Nanny MacPhee and the Big Bang" - distributing as "Nanny MacPhee Returns" in the USA - will also speak at the late morning ceremony.
Thompson has won two Academy Awards, the first for Best Actress for her role in "Howards End" and the second for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Sense and Sensibility", in which Thompson also starred. The actress first played Sybill Trelawney in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and is currently working on a new adaptation of "My Fair Lady."
Thanks to HPANA for the heads up!
43 Comments
1740 Points
That’s great! She is a great actress and deserves the recognition….I mean the way she played Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter was amazing! I don’t think there could be anyone else that could play her better than Emma Thompson did…
523 Points
Well it is certainly about time. Emma Thompson is an exceptionally talented actress and screenwriter. Congradulations!
236 Points
Woo! Go Emma! You deserve that star 100%! :D I’ll definitely be visiting it if I ever visit Hollywood again!
45744 Points
Amazing! Congrats Emma! :) you deserve it!
2417 Points
Like Emma a lot – good for her
42 Points
She’s just perfect for the role of Trewlaney she has the perfect voice and stance. Although I don’t ever recognise in her other films due to the absence of her bottle-glasses! A star well deserved!
4852 Points
Wasn’t she first in PoA? And congrats to her!
1061 Points
Congratulations to Emma! I love her as Trelawney, she makes her even more of an endearing oddity. :) And Sense And Sensibility was great, i usually find Jane Austen a bit boring but Emma made it really enjoyable.
I really hope shes back for Deathly Hallows, even if we only see her for a few seconds.
803 Points
an amazing actress and also one of my favorite screenwriters. i can’t believe she’s just getting her star though, and maggie gyllenhaal is already getting one. i mean, she’s cool and all, and the academy’s got love for her, yeah, but…
3777 Points
She does trelawney so well
140 Points
I am surprised she does not have one already she is an amazing actress. Her character was very touching in Love Actually. Yes I am a male who loves that movie.
37 Points
I definetely think she deserves a star. She can do roles of normal people, like in Sense and Sensibility, yet she can also act crazy or deranged, like Sibyl. And she can act in Shakespeare, as proved in Much Ado About Nothing.
37 Points
I definetely think she deserves a star. She can do roles of normal people, like in Sense and Sensibility, yet she can also act crazy or deranged, like Sibyl. And she can act in Shakespeare, as proved in Much Ado About Nothing.
126 Points
About time! ;-)
871 Points
Well done Emma! I did not think her portrayal of Professor Trelawney was well judged. It was more caricature than character, but I’m inclined to blame the director. The rest of her work has been first class.
That’s great! She is a great actress and deserves the recognition….I mean the way she played Professor Trelawny in Harry Potter was amazing! I don’t think there could be anyone else that could play her better than Emma Thompson did…