Life and work
Emma Thompson is an English actress and screenwriter. Born: 15 April 1959. Citizenship recorded in the biographical source: United Kingdom.
Actor · 1959–
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson is an English actress and screenwriter. Born on 15 April 1959, this profile follows Emma Thompson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Love Actually. The location trail reaches Somerset House courtyard, Millennium Bridge and Grosvenor Chapel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
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Love Actually · Somerset House courtyard
Emma Thompson is credited as cast member on Love Actually. The work’s existing location story leads to Somerset House courtyard. Somerset House's own screen guide records the outdoor ice-rink and Christmas-tree sequence from Love Actually in its courtyard. This is a precise, visitable production location, while seasonal installations naturally change over time.
Love Actually — credits ↗︎London City Hall — London film locations to love ↗︎
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Somerset House courtyard ↗︎
Somerset House becomes a Christmas ice rink
Somerset House's own screen guide records the outdoor ice-rink and Christmas-tree sequence from Love Actually in its courtyard. This is a precise, visitable production location, while seasonal installations naturally change over time.
Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Open street map ↗︎Millennium Bridge ↗︎
The Millennium Bridge anchors the South Bank geography
London City Hall's film-location guide includes the Millennium Bridge among the central London locations used by Love Actually. The bridge is mapped as the public crossing rather than an inferred camera position.
Millennium Bridge, London SE1 9TG
Open street map ↗︎Grosvenor Chapel ↗︎
Grosvenor Chapel hosts the wedding sequence
London's official film-location guide names Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street as the church setting in Love Actually. The chapel remains an active place of worship, so access and photography depend on its programme.
South Audley Street, London W1K 2PA
Open street map ↗︎Tate Modern riverside ↗︎
Tate Modern frames the film's riverside London
The London location record includes the former Bankside Power Station / Tate Modern riverside among Love Actually's London geography. The map distinguishes the real museum complex from the film's edited exterior views.
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1959-04-15
Born 15 April 1959
Explore a shared connection.
WORKS
Culture, connected.
Follow the work through its real places.
Love Actually ↗︎
Love Actually
KEEP EXPLORING
Cities and Worlds.
London ↗︎
From the West End to the streets beyond it: cinema, music and the layers of a changing city.
Love Actually ↗︎
Cue cards: say it without saying it, one real place per card.
PEOPLE IN THE STORY
Creative connections.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
Liam Neeson ↗︎
Liam Neeson is an actor from Northern Ireland. Born on 7 June 1952, this profile follows Liam Neeson through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Love Actually. The location trail reaches Union Station, Somerset House courtyard and Millennium Bridge. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Hugh Grant ↗︎
Hugh Grant is a British actor. Born on 9 September 1960, this profile follows Hugh Grant through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Love Actually, Notting Hill and Paddington 2. The location trail reaches Somerset House courtyard, Millennium Bridge and Grosvenor Chapel, with existing stories in London. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Colin Firth ↗︎
Colin Firth is an English actor and producer. Born on 10 September 1960, this profile follows Colin Firth through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Love Actually and The King's Speech. The location trail reaches Somerset House courtyard, Millennium Bridge and Grosvenor Chapel, with existing stories in London. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Billy Bob Thornton ↗︎
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. Born on 4 August 1955, this profile follows Billy Bob Thornton through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), Goliath (2016) and Love Actually. The location trail reaches Musso & Frank Grill, Chez Jay and Somerset House courtyard. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Laura Linney ↗︎
Laura Linney is an American actress. Born on 5 February 1964, this profile follows Laura Linney through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Love Actually. The location trail reaches Somerset House courtyard, Millennium Bridge and Grosvenor Chapel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Richard Curtis ↗︎
Richard Curtis is a British screenwriter. Born on 8 November 1956, this profile follows Richard Curtis through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include Love Actually and Notting Hill. The location trail reaches Somerset House courtyard, Millennium Bridge and Grosvenor Chapel. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.