Kristin Scott Thomas

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Scott Thomas, not Thomas.
Dame
Kristin Scott-Thomas
DBE
Scott Thomas in 2017
Born
Kristin Ann Scott Thomas

(1960-05-24) 24 May 1960 (age 64)
Redruth, Cornwall, England
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom • France
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Spouse
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(m. 1987; div. 2005)​
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(m. 2024)​
Children3
RelativesSerena Scott Thomas (sister)

Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas[1] DBE (born 24 May 1960) is a British actress.[2] 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),[3] 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), 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.[4][5] She was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French government in 2005.[6][7]

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  2. ^ Lawrence, Ben (17 April 2015). "Kristin Scott Thomas is bored with being labelled an ice queen". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Kristin Scott Thomas". Yahoo Movies Canada. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014.
  4. ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N8.
  5. ^ "2015 New Year Honours List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ^ "English rose at home in Paris". The Connexion. March 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Clash de la semaine : Kristin Scott Thomas VS Sharon Stone". Excessif (in French). 1 February 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.