679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Sky News speaks to Kristin Scott Thomas, who stars in a new adaptation of Daphne du … Police Sergeant Dutch Van Den Broek (Harrison Ford) and U.S. Representative Kay Chandler (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) lose their spouses in a plane crash, and they soon discover that their spouses were having an affair with each other. It opens as Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is preparing for a small dinner party to celebrate her appointment as a government minister. On 24-5-1960 Kristin Scott Thomas (nickname: Kristin) was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK. Kristin Scott Thomas was born May 24, 1960 in Redruth, Cornwall, making her 60 years old. New rub-on sex gel for male impotence works SIX times faster than Viagra, Thousands more pubs can open on April 12 as outdoor boozing rules are eased, Good Morning Britain hold crisis talks over handling of Patsy Palmer interview, Christine and Frank Lampard seen for the first time since she gave birth, Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett lose 10 STONE & is his lightest in 25 years, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. 21-Aug-2000) High School: Cheltenham Ladies' College Officer of the British Empire 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR For other inquiries, Contact Us. Her mother remarried, to another Royal Navy pilot, Lt Cdr Simon Idiens (of Simon's Sircus aerobatic team flying Sea Vixens) who also died in a flying accident, flying a Phantom FG1 off the North Cornwall coast, six years after the death of her father. 1988) Son: Joseph (b. Mar-1991) Son: George (b. It emerged in 2006 that Kristin began dating Tobias Menzies. This comes after a lot of drama was surrounding their relationship during the latest season of “Basketball Wives.”. In 2018 Kristin starred in Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour, where she plays Clementine Churchill. [9][10] She is the elder sister of Serena Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (a former Black Rod),[11] and the great-great-niece of the polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott,[citation needed]. 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. The … British couple Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Nigel Dobson (Hugh Grant) are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. Her work includes Bitter Moon (1992), Mission: Impossible (1996), The Horse Whisperer (1998), Gosford Park (2001), The Valet (2006), and Tell No One (2007). An Interview With Kristin Scott Thomas On Divorce, Acting & Getting Older. Kristin Scott Thomas made audiences swoon in 1996's The English Patient, earning a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her heartbreaking performance in … The actress has continued to live in France since she was 19 and it's said that she sometimes considers herself more French than British. Jun 6, 2019 - Kristin Scott Thomas and husband François Olivennes [13] During her time at the school, she requested to switch degree courses to acting but was refused. There was some controversy as it sparked rumours that the pair began a relationship while Kristin was still married. Acting almost didn't happen for the now critically acclaimed star when she was told she would never be a good enough actress - leading her to leave England at the age of 19 to work as an au pair in Paris. He dated Kristin Scott Thomas. Kristen went on to study acting while abroad, and was cast opposite pop star Prince in 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon upon graduation. 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Kristin Scott Thomas was born May 24, 1960 in Redruth, Cornwall, making her 60 years old. Kristin Scott Thomas. In May 2017, it was reported that Scott Thomas has signed on to star as BMW heiress Susanne Klatten in the thriller Paramour, directed by Alexandra-Therese Keining. Kristin Scott Thomas and her ex-husband. In the present, the French husband of journalist Julia (Kristin Scott Thomas) inherits the apartment of his grandparents (his elderly father was the boy who opened the door to Sarah in August 1942). The reason why Menzies so tight-lipped about his personal life likely dates back to 2006. [18][dead link]. While in France Kristen met her future husband - François Olivennes - a celebrated obstetrician and gynaecologist, specialising in IVF and reproductive medicine. 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). Directed by Sydney Pollack. 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. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. [4][5] She was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by the French Government in 2005. 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. 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. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. In 2011, French President Nicolas Sarkozy personally awarded François the Légion d'Honneur for his work in the medical field. Kristin Scott Thomas confessed she suffered from depression in her late teens She has also been able to move between small-budget European movies, … [14] After a year at Central, speaking French fluently, she decided to move to Paris to work as an au pair[15] and studied acting at the École Nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre (ENSATT). 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. She won the European Film Award for Best Actress for Philippe Claudel's I've Loved You So Long (2008). Kristin Scott Thomas' Personal Life. Rather than learn Romanian for the part, she read her lines phonetically. for Kristen Scott Thomas whom was running for U.S. Congress (her husband, Peter Coyoto - Cullen Chandler) Sydney Pollack was the director for this film and also was the actor playing the role of Kate Chandler - Kristen Scott Thomas - running for the role of U.S. Congresswoman. In October 2005, it was reported that the Four Weddings and a Funeral actress had left her husband, obstetrician François Olivennes, and begun romancing the Outlander actor, who is … The childhood home of Scott Thomas was in Trent, Dorset, England. Kristin Scott Thomas plays Mrs. Danvers, Maxim's housekeeper.. She has ordered tea in her room, but it comes in the form of a flask of hot water ready to pour onto leaves in a pot. Her father was a pilot for the British Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964. If Byron Scott adopted Thomas Scott, the amended birth certificate list them as father/son. With Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes. 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.[21]. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed, Kristin Scott Thomas is an esteemed British actress, Kristin shot to fame in Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994, Trailer for Military Wives starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). For starters she's rarely done British TV, which means we don't get to see enough of her. Kristin Scott Thomas can still remember the first review she ever read of her own work. Weeks ago, Thomas Scott and Cece Gutierrez revealed that they would be tying the knot on July 11. The actress is married to Tobias Menzies, her starsign is Gemini and she is now 60 years of age. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in Hong Kong and Africa, and studied drama before marrying Kristin's father,[8] 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. [20] In summer 2011, Scott Thomas returned to London's West End to star as Emma in Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Comedy Theatre. 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 2014, she appeared at The Old Vic in the title role of Sophocles's Electra. About. Her father also joined the Navy, as a pilot, and was killed in a training exercise when she was five years old. She returned to the stage in 2001 when she played the title role in a French theatre production of Racine's Berenice and on-screen as Lady Sylvia McCordle in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed Gosford Park. 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. Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas DBE (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress who also … Last updated at 09:31 23 October 2005. Kristin's breakthrough role was in a 1988 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust, where she won an Evening Standard British Film Award for most promising newcomer. Born Kristin Ann Scott Thomas on 24th May, 1960 in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK, she is famous for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993), The English Patient (1997).. 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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. Due to some issues, she got divorced from her husband. Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a theatrical punch. Kristin Scott Thomas and her ex-husband had three children together: Hannah, Joseph, and George. After things went left with Kristen Scott, Byron decided he didn’t want to … [22][23] In May 2019, Scott Thomas was cast in the role of Mrs. Danvers in director Ben Wheatley's adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic romance Rebecca. She is now reportedly dating Arpad Busson and has been since 2014, though she keeps her love life very private. She made her 12 million dollar fortune with Four Weddings, a Funeral. Kristin Scott Thomas is disgusted with Brown's Hotel. 21-Sep-1961) Husband: François Oliviennes (obstetrician, m. 1987, one daughter, two sons) Daughter: Hannah (b. She has lived in France since she was 19, brought up her three children in Paris,[26] and sometimes considers herself more French than British. Kristin Scott Thomas was previously married to François Olivennes (1987 - 2005). Louise France The Observer. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The English Patient (1996). A young newlywed arrives at her husband's imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives … In 2009 she played the role of a wife who leaves her husband for another man in Leaving. NATIONAL treasure Kristin Scott Thomas is giving the likes of Dame Judy Dench a run for her money in the acting world. [17] 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. Kristin Scott Thomas is a 60 year old British Actress. 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. Kristin Scott Thomas: 'Sarah's Key' To A Dark Past Actress Kristin Scott Thomas stars in the drama Sarah's Key, about the French roundup of Jews during the Nazi occupation. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. 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. In March 2013, Kristin Scott Thomas was ranked among the 50 most stylish women over 50 by The Guardian. In 1994, she starred in the Romanian-French film An Unforgettable Summer, in which she played Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy. Scott Thomas was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and St Antony's Leweston in Sherborne, Dorset, both independent schools. With Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S. Dutton, Bonnie Hunt. The revival was directed by Ian Rickson. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. The … Has Kristin Scott Thomas really left her husband of 17 years for the actor Tobias Menzies? In January 2013, she starred in another Pinter play, Old Times, again directed by Ian Rickson. But her big break was starring opposite Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral, where her performance led to her winning a Bafta for Best Supporting Actress. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Her husband was played by Ben Miles and the love triangle was completed by Douglas Henshall. [16] She had all the lines translated into French, which she speaks fluently, so she knew what she was saying. Her father, Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas, was a pilot in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, and died in a flying accident when Kristin was aged just five. Scott Thomas has also acted in French films. Kristin Scott Thomas, Actress: The English Patient. 1996 saw the release of her most famous role as Katharine Clifton in The English Patient, which gained her Golden Globe and Oscar nominations as well as critical acclaim. She also featured in Confessions of a Shopaholic as a fashion magazine creator and editor and played Elizabeth Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl. Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas[1] DBE (born 24 May 1960) is an English actress who also holds French citizenship. [19] She reprised the role in New York in September 2008. [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 may play quintessential English women to perfection, but Kristin Scott Thomas does not have national-treasure status in this country. Kristin Scott Thomas on the 'foul' woman she's been waiting to play. They have three children together who were all brought up in Paris - Hannah (born 1988), Joseph (born 1991), and George (born 2000). 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). Directed by Ben Wheatley. View our online Press Pack. When she was 25, she was cast as Mary Sharon in the film Under the Cherry Moon (1986). She is currently in a relationship. [25], Scott Thomas is divorced from François Olivennes, a French gynaecologist, with whom she has three children: Hannah (1988), Joseph (1991) and George (2000). 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. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas's marriage is over -as she has been photographed enjoying a night out in London with Tobias Menzies, an actor 13 years her junior. While in France Kristen met her future husband - François Olivennes - a celebrated obstetrician and gynaecologist, specialising in IVF and reproductive medicine. Kristin Scott Thomas attends the Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week 2020. Credit: Getty Images Her … Acting almost didn't happen for the now critically acclaimed star … The pair married in 1987 but went on to divorce in 2005. Lily James stars as Mrs. de Winter, a newly married young woman, with Armie Hammer as her husband, Maxim de Winter. Post-divorce from her fertility doctor husband, Kristin Scott Thomas has emerged a different woman. She has been married once with Francois Olivennes and has three children from that marriage namely Hannah (born in 1988), Joseph (1991) and George (2000). [24], In 2020 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". On leaving school in 1978,[12] 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. In 2014, she voiced the narration of Kay Summersby, General Eisenhower's driver, in the documentary series D-Day Sacrifice. Bridge theatre, London Rochenda Sandall is sensational as a woman suspicious of her husband’s behaviour, while Kristin Scott Thomas’s genteel dowager revels in nostalgia Scintillating … However, growing disillusioned with Hollywood, she took a year off to give birth to her third child. ... No, not a rival, but her husband … The acclaimed Cornish actress Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall, to Deborah (Hurlbatt) and Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas. And in 2020 the British-French actress swapped the big screen for the small one to star in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads. She's still a luminous beauty, of course, … Kristin Scott Thomas has been in relationships with Tobias Menzies (2005). Sister: Serena Scott Thomas (actress, b. Kristin Scott Thomas was recently divorced from her husband when Tobias began dating her.