About this episode
Kristin Scott Thomas discusses her career and cultural influences with John Wilson.
Award-winning actor Kristin Scott Thomas talks to John Wilson about her career and cultural influences. After a breakthrough role in the Evelyn Waugh film adaptation of A Handful Of Dust, she became a global star with Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. Two years later, was Oscar nominated for The English Patient directed by Anthony Minghella. Her screen roles in the years since have included Gosford Park, The Horse Whisperer and more recently Rebecca and on television, Slow Horses. She has just made her debut as a director and screenwriter with My Mother’s Wedding, inspired by her real life family story. Her extensive theatre credits include Chekhov’s The Seagull, for which she won an Olivier Award, and she played The Queen in Peter Morgan's drama The Audience. Kristin Scott Thomas has also enjoyed a distinguished stage and film career in France, where she was awarded the Legion of Honour in 2005. In 2014 she was made a Dame for services to drama. Producer: Edwina Pitman
People in this episode
Host: John Wilson
Guest: Kristin Scott Thomas
Topics covered
- acting
- film career
- theatre
- cultural influences
- directing
- screenwriting
Keywords
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- John Wilson
- film
- theatre
- director
- Oscar
- Olivier Award
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: BBC Radio 4
Books & works: A Handful Of Dust, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The English Patient, Gosford Park, The Horse Whisperer, Rebecca, Slow Horses, My Mother’s Wedding, Chekhov’s The Seagull, The Audience
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