Inside Emma Thompson's life - soap star sister, tragic loss and co-star romances

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Film icon Dame Emma Thompson has played many interesting and magical characters on screen - but her life off-screen has been just as interesting too.The star, who turns 63 years old on April 15, is one of the country's most famous actresses - playing roles including Professor Trelawny in the Harry Potter film series and The Baroness in Cruella.Off-screen she also helped to introduce two huge comedy stars to one another, as well as forming an off-screen romance with one of her Sense and Sensibility co-stars.That's not all, as Emma is not the only famous star from her family - and it seems that a talent for performance certainly runs in the Thompson genes.To celebrate Emma Thompson's birthday, Daily Star takes a look at the actresses' incredible life and career.A talent for performance and writing certainly ran in Emma Thompson's family, as her parents were also famous stars too.Her mother is the Scottish actress Phyllida Law, who starred in TV series and productions including Dixon of Dock Green, Rumpole Of The Bailey, the original theatre production of La Cage Aux Folles and film Much Ado About Nothing, alongside her daughter Emma.Meanwhile her father Eric Thompson was the writer and narrator of children's TV classic The Magic Roundabout, before his tragic death aged just 52 years old in 1982.That's not all, as Emma's sister Sophie is also an actress, winning the 1999 Olivier Award for Best Actress in the revival of musical Into The Woods.Sophie also played Stella Crawford in EastEnders from 2006-2007 and Rosemary Piper in Coronation Street in 2018, as well as appearing in films Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part One.Emma Thompson attended Cambridge University in 1977, where she.