- Born
- Birth nameKristin Ann Scott Thomas
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- The acclaimed Cornish actress Dame Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Redruth, Cornwall, to Deborah (Hurlbatt) and Lieutenant Commander Simon Scott Thomas. Her father was a pilot for the British Royal Navy and died in a flying accident in 1964. Her stepfather, Lt. Cdr Simon Idiens, was also a pilot, and died six years later under similar circumstances. Her childhood home was Dorset, England. She left at the age of 19 to work as an au pair in Paris. She was married to French doctor François Oliviennes, with whom she had three children; Hannah, Joseph, and George.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Phil Champ
- SpouseFrançois Olivennes(1987 - 2005) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenHannah OlivennesJoseph OlivennesGeorge Olivennes
- ParentsDeborah HurlbattSimon Scott Thomas
- RelativesSerena Scott Thomas(Sibling)Ben Scott Thomas(Sibling)Samantha Scott Thomas(Sibling)
- Considers herself more French than British, having lived in Paris for more years than in her homeland.
- Speaks French fluently and often stars in French films. Dubbed herself in French in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994).
- The casting choice of her as Katherine Clifton in The English Patient (1996) led to a dispute between the studio and the producers of the film. Originally, 20th Century Fox was to finance the film, but they preferred a more well-known actress to play Katharine instead of Thomas. Demi Moore lobbied particularly hard for the role. After the producers refused to give in on a series of casting choices, Fox backed out of the film, and the project was uncertain just as production was about to begin. However, within a few weeks - during which the cast and crew stayed on in Italy without knowing if the film would be made - the film was picked up by Miramax.
- Speaking an almost perfect French, with only a small hint of English accent, she has provided her own dubbing in most of her movies shot in English.
- Has lived in Paris since she was 19.
- People have always told me I was beautiful, but beauty isn't the same as attractiveness and I don't think I have ever been attractive . . . My sister Serena is beautiful and attractive, but not me.
- The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted. One of them being Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). I couldn't think of anyone better for that part than me. And the other was The English Patient (1996). Occasionally, you read scripts and, well, there you are on the page.
- I'm 47 - unlike most actresses, I don't lie about my age - but I'm liking this bit. I love it. I wouldn't swap it for a million years.
- I'm not complaining. I love the teamwork of making films, and you get to go to the most beautiful places. It's a very privileged life in that respect. And you live about eight different lives when you're making a film - 12 hours a day for 6, 8, 10 weeks just pretending to be someone else. I find that very stimulating. And then every now and then I go to a film that just blows you away, and that encourages me to want to make another.
- I've always really wanted to be onstage but movies kind of carry you along. You get swept away by them. And there's this feeling sometimes of being a bit of a pawn and of other people channeling their ambition through you. They make films, they make films, they make films. But theater - good theater - is rarer. If you see a really amazing production - there aren't many, but if you see one - it stays with you forever and ever. Films are just consumables. The experience of living theater is more powerful.
- The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008) - €300,000
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