Emma Thompson will take the role of divination teacher Professor Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The actor joins fellow Potter newcomer Gary Oldman, who will play Sirius Black in the third installment in the schoolboy wizard series. It is being directed by Mexican film-maker Alfonso Cuaron and is due for release next year. Show Val Kilmer has upset the residents of rural New Mexico after revealing he carries a gun when driving in case he ends up in a confrontation with a fellow driver. The Top Gun star told Rolling Stone: "I live in the homicide capital of the southwest. Eighty percent of the people in my county are drunk. So driving home on the highway, especially with kids, it's just a precaution." State senator Phil Griego has said that if Kilmer doesn't like the area, he should consider living somewhere else. This article is not part of the Harry Potter universe. Emma Thompson (born 15 April, 1959) is an Emmy, BAFTA and two time-Academy Award-winning English actress, who portrayed Sybill Trelawney in the Harry Potter film series. She is also a comedian, screenwriter, and patron of the Refugee Council. CareerIn 2004, Thompson played the eccentric Divination teacher Sybill Trelawney in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, her character described as a "hippy chick professor who teaches fortune-telling".[2] She later reprised the role in the fifth and eighth films,[3] and has described her time working on the popular franchise as "great fun".[4] She has named the film as one of the greatest experiences of her career, considering it to be a "masterpiece of withheld emotion".[5] Thompson's other roles include: Stranger Than Fiction (2006), Last Chance Harvey (2008), and Beautiful Creatures (2013) and more. She worked on but was uncredited in I Am Legend (2007), and while she joined in 2011 and recorded narration, she was ultimately cut from the finished production of the 2016 documentary film Voyage of Time.[6] Aside from acting, Thompson also wrote screenplays and produced films. She wrote Sense and Sensibility (1995), Nanny McPhee (2005) and its sequel Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Effie Gray (2014), Bridget Jones's Baby (2016), and Last Christmas (2019), which she herself also all starred in. She produced Last Christmas, and executive produced Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang and the 2014 film Sold.[7] Personal lifeThompson was born in London[8] to the Scottish actress Phyllida Law, and the English writer–narrator Eric Thompson, who was involved in theatre and known for the popular children's television series The Magic Roundabout.[9][10] She has one sister, Sophie Thompson, who also works as an actress.[9] She was formerly married to Kenneth Branagh who played Gilderoy Lockhart in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Thompson, along with the activist Sam Roddick, instigated The Journey,[11] an art installation on the subject of human trafficking. Through a series of seven linked transport containers it depicts the experiences of women sold into the sex trade.[12] It is designed to highlight the work of the Helen Bamber Foundation, an organisation offering therapeutic treatment to those traumatised by violence and abuse.[13] The installation was first shown in Trafalgar Square in London between 23 and 30 September 2007.[14] Selective filmography
Selective galleryThompson as Sybill Trelawney Behind the scenes
Notes and references
External linksWhat professor does Emma Thompson play in Harry Potter?Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Emma Thompson as Professor Sybil Trelawney - IMDb.
Why was Emma Thompson not in Harry Potter?Emma Thompson (Sybill Trelawney)
As one of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, Emma Thompson was possibly just too busy for the "Harry Potter" reunion.
How long did Trelawney work at Hogwarts?Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Trelawney tells Professor Umbridge that she refuses to accept her dismissal; she has been at Hogwarts for sixteen years, and the castle is her home.
How many movies was Trelawney in?Professor Trelawney is portrayed by Emma Thompson in the Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, and Deathly Hallows Part 2.
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