Emma Thompson Wins Best Actress: 1993 Oscars

Anthony Hopkins presenting Emma Thompson with the Oscar® for Best Actress for her performance in "Howards End" at the 65th Academy Awards® in 1993. Hosted by Billy Crystal.

[@got2bjosh]

2:38 "Give back... the money!" I love Emma's inflection and comedic timing.

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

Like MIchelle in that film but she should have won for the Fabulous Baker Boys. Thompson was the clear winner for Howard's End. One of the few actors to win all of the major critics awards (NY, LA, National Board of Review, and National Society of Film Critics). Interestingly enough, her wonderful performance in The Remains of the Day, was up against Holly Hunter in The Piano, who also won all four of those top awards, and I might add, they both also won the Globe, which in my humble opinion, mean less, given they tend to judge by star power, less than actual acting.

[@Benyikoko]

I love your profile picture!!! MC!!!

[@ENIGMAPOP]

She was winning all the awards that season and yet appeared totally blindsided by winning here. Best actress indeed!

[@AlexLopez-kx7bc]

Good actress

[@Dan2xGalicia-cb2tf]

British actors are always humble when it comes to awards and British actresses don't seem to win in Best Actress Oscars that much. From 1980 to 2005 there are only 2 British actresses won leading category : Jessica Tandy and Emma Thompson.

[@maxipazz8214]

I like how Glenn Close is so happy for Emma

[@philomenamuinzer4805]

Aw cmon, Close is a brilliant actress!

[@ranmsesmendiola5681]

Glenn should've have his Oscar for Fatal Attraction of course by that time. How unfair the Oscars always have been for her.

[@hsd287]

She was amazing she probably was a fan of Emma ❤👍🏻

[@hsd287]

@@ranmsesmendiola5681 fatal attraction released 6 years before this one so that film was nominated in 1988 Oscars

[@dellawahyuni6349]

Fun fact: Emma won everything else she was nominated for that year.

[@gregdelisle6751]

Nope, she won Best Screenplay in 1996

[@jollyfighter7319]

That’s why all the other nominees we’re like: :/

[@NP-vn8so]

@@gregdelisle6751 What the OP means is that Emma Thompson won all acting awards she was nominated for in 1993 for Howard's End.

[@emilydiveley9661]

She did much ado about nothing with Kenneth Branagh

[@manoliskasioumis1115]

@@NP-vn8so What do you mean?

[@will.a.benjamin]

There's something about Emma Thompson...I just love her.

[@taylorahern2714]

Emma Thompson is one of the best, beauty, brains and brilliant humor all wrapped into one classy, courteous and courageous package. She is always entertaining to watch, though in the most interesting, breathtaking and impressive way. She might be the greatest actress of our era (post 1980), alongside Meryl Streep and Judi Dench. Emma is an amazing woman, that's for sure, and very much unlike most of her peers she doesn't take herself too seriously. Talent wise, she can't be beat, thoroughly commendable, legitimate and awesome as it is, and spellbinding as she can be. Every time she wins an award of such a high and prestigious caliber the Gods of justice dance a spirited jig way up in the realm of the otherworldly, and the afterlife blazes with surreal sunshine. Brilliant!!

[@55555gino]

Taylor Ahern so true! Don't forget Jessica Lange and Glenn Close. I think that's the top 5 😉

[@YiskaGudricht]

Taylor Ahern are you a writer Taylor? :)

[@prinsesanigianan6611]

Taylor Ahern she won two. For her screenplay adaptation of sense and sensibility

[@jordybeukeboom539]

Beautifully put Taylor. Amen.

[@taylorahern3755]

@@YiskaGudricht 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😄😄😄😄

[@Crunchysopa52]

She was tremendous with Hopkins in The Remains of the Day too.

[@yunyi2009gmail]

+TheCrunchySopa she deserves an oscar for that, a much more powerful role than in "howards end".

[@analuzpena1]

+Yun Yi Yes! I thought I was alone in this. Although she is magnificent in both films, I almost fell asleep watching Howard's End.

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

She was absolutely superb in the remains of the day, and so was Hopkins.

[@pinkcupcake1642]

I love her so much together with Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the day!!!!!!!!!They are so a beautiful couple!!!!

[@gainal9080]

Her competition was much stronger that year.

[@VoidedMirror]

Funny how Anthony Hopkins presented Oscars to Emma Thompson twice.

[@jenniferwellman5311]

VoidedMirror I just noticed that, how ironic?

[@dohaperson1]

It is not ironic. That's not what ironic means

[@morganfisherart]

Not only that, but she was the last in the list of nominees he read out, both times.

[@dcaouki]

morganfisherart I think it’s done alphabetically. T for Thompson, it isn’t surprising she was last both times

[@gloriawright909]

They choose who they want to present the oscar to them.

[@MicaRayan]

Basically she's spontaneous... that's why the speech always appears genuine. It just shows in many of her interviews. You have to only memorize some points...and just delve into the moment, LOVE HER !

[@Cherry28K]

She gives the best acceptance speeches!!! I could listen to her all day

[@anacletwilliams8315]

I could listen to them all day long too. And it would be a pleasure.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Dame Emma Thompson is one of the finest actresses in the world. From "Howard's End" to "Angels in America" to "Harry Potter", she has shone like the sun in every role.

[@thezmanchar]

Why is it that the British always give the most eloquent acceptance speeches. They have class and finesse in all they do.

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

I think... Because you are comparing them to Americans and so it’s too easy to sound classy and sophisticatsd

[@thezmanchar]

Gabriel Barrueco yeah you are probably right. But I mean look at the acceptance speech that Regina King gave and that is total class....

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

I think... Yeah, but the same is said of French people for instance. I think Americans tend to find Europeans in general elegant and stuff

[@bigboy6191]

@@Gabriel-hs9mv not Germans and Italians or the Spanish

[@Gabriel-hs9mv]

Big Boy I think they do. They find Penelope Cruz or Donatella Versace really classy in a European sort of way.

[@jamesmonroe7751]

The genuine shock is amazing! Hopkins and Pacino said she was going to win. She just couldn't believe it. What a wonderful structured performance!

[@prodigalson3719]

For my money, the most deserving acting Oscar in the last 25 years or so. She was simply brilliant in that movie. If you haven't seen "Howards End," you really should.

[@MultiOne4all]

The combination of her with Anthony Hopkins is always a treat !

[@aaronwalker1678]

Her reaction is priceless

[@luiscontreras-pm2bf]

I love that she won, but it's rare that she reacted that way because that year she was the favorite for the award.

[@siddharthnaagar7028]

Jodie Foster and Emma Thompson should get oscars only for being alive

[@jrwxtx]

Anthony Hopkins also presented Emma Thompson her other Oscar for Best Screenplay for "Sense & Sensibility".

[@Apathyisthenewpissed]

How gorgeous is it that Anthony Hopkins gives the award? Most gorgeous Merchant Ivory film. Only Emma and Tony.

[@BoboAttitude]

Emma always makes the best speeches!

[@aileen694]

Funniest when she happens to be tipsy....

[@funvideosandmontages3035]

OMG.. all the ladies nominated were all treasured actors..😘😘 Susan Sarandon, Catherine D, Michelle P..Emma ..goodness..they were all deserve to win that day..💪💪

[@omargonzalez2641]

Emma, You will live eternally. Lovely human being.

[@Midnaswolf47]

Amazing how Anthony Hopkins presented both of her Oscars (this one particularly because the lead actor gave to his lead actress), and also that both acceptance speeches began with, "I really don't know how to thank the Academy..."

[@willtait7170]

Did she actually win or did he just read her name and everyone had to go with it...

[@Templedelagloire]

really sad how you know that :)

[@amyclarke41]

Good actress and seems a nice person😀

[@BattMrown]

Anthony Hopkins presented Emma Thompson with both of her Oscars. What a coincidence.

[@ledepi34]

eastwoodkicksass The first time (this video) was very normal. Best actor presents best actress and vice versa (if the person come back in the following year).

[@sultanalharbi2998]

I love Glenn Close's reaction and I love Emma.

[@Sagan8]

I love how the Brits deliver their thanksgiving speeches at the Oscars. No loss for words; still very eloquent and don't waste any second on their limited time. And witty, too. Just like Kate Winslet's speech as well.

[@trumancapote9097]

LOVE DAME EMMA THOMPSON!! Such a funny and humble and classy LADY. Glad she won TWICE!!

[@guilhermegeremias4735]

Glenn Close at 1:31 so happy for Emma!

[@monmothma3358]

Leave it to Emma Thompson to be able to give such an eloquent and witty speech despite being clearly shocked!

[@hardsam68]

When I saw this I was amazed at this performance and the eventual breakdown of her character which was brilliant acting

[@butterflylady7097]

When the Oscars were real Oscars....

[@MyraAhmedCopywriter]

What does that even mean?!

[@nisiriti]

they still are as long as cate blanchett, julianne moore and lupita nyong'o win them!!

[@amyclarke41]

emma deserved it and howards end was the most exciting film besides beauty and the beast but that was another ceremony oh yeah oddly best film the other year silence of the lambs beating hairy guy and book freak 🤣

[@MissLitha]

So true... nowadays things are... banal

[@pam0626]

To me, it also harkens back to a time when the Oscars were more about the work, and less about appearances. Glam squads, branding, designers labels, etc. It’s all all so slick and commercialized now, there is no room for an actor or actress to express their individuality.

[@tomosborne3437]

She's so bloody classy

[@RenanCMaia]

Vanessa Redgrave is beautiful in the audience! She's a wonderful actress.

[@Arryxavenues]

Gracefully chewing gum, love that!

[@elvirakozakova6873]

Amazing speech. I'll be honest, Michelle Pfeiffer was my personal winner that year. My runners-up were Emma Thompson and Susan Sarandon. Anyway, I'm glad Emma won. She was fantastic in Howards End

[@MrPanacea999]

Really? I think Pfeiffer is great but Love Field is not a good film. She should have won for The Fabulous Baker Boys in the 1990 Oscars, though.

[@Starkardur]

I would have personally nominated Meryl for Death Becomes Her but that wasn't exactly an oscar type of performance.

[@aafaq4286]

Never seen Nanny McPhee so happy and astonished before!

[@josephl1416]

Wow he's awarded Emma Thompson BOTH of her Oscars!!!!

[@RenanCMaia]

Catherine Deneuve is gorgeous!

[@s.leochapman417]

@Renan C. Maia That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@ajhiflyer]

Is there a more delightful and gorgeous lady?

[@Mirrorgirl492]

+ajhiflyer She really is one out of the box. Love her.

[@EigramGn]

+ajhiflyer Cate Blanchett, perhaps

[@Mirrorgirl492]

EigramGn On a par I would say :)

[@jazzguitar3441]

Her shock and "That can't be" reaction is too cute...

[@AlexLopez-kx7bc]

So much class and elegance there was in the 90s

[@ivanbrocko]

She is just natural, every role she is in. Like she is not acting at all.

[@loveanimals6981]

One of my personal all-time favorite performances by an actress. Very deserving win.

[@FactBuffet]

Emma Thompson is the first (and so far, only) person to win Oscars for both acting and writing!

[@anotherldt]

The ever funny and classy Emma Thompson......a great actress a great woman.

[@MC-wc8mi]

Amazing speech. Authentic, inspiring and still brief.

[@lauramackenzie1157]

Love Emma Thompson!! Beautiful, articulate, intelligent, funny and so damn talented!!

[@AnneChamberlain1]

Such grace and intelligence. What a beautiful lady in every sense of the word, inside and out.

[@jamesnazon8714]

The 90s had the best actresses of any decade, there was Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Emma Thompson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jodie Foster. They had beauty, intelligence, strength of character.

[@areejkhan2922]

She’s an amazing actress and overall smart person

[@শাফায়াতসুমিত]

My birth year. World has changed so much. Love and respect for Emma.

[@nickjmort]

LOVE Emma Thompson❤️

[@hopsT80]

Now where was her nomination for Saving Mr. Banks?

[@Sssvvvgggwww]

she's too good for hollywood these days

[@nikoharrington6439]

That's What I've been wondering since I've seen it!!!

[@farfisa]

and Nanny McPhee.

[@nikoharrington6439]

Hollywood sucks in these days, guys! :(

[@FantasticBeasts2024]

Dan Tee I RECKON! Emma Thompson deserved (at least) an Oscar nomination for her performance as P.L. Travers in Saving Mr. Banks. Just like Julie Andrews won an Oscar for her portrayal as Mary Poppins. Emma Thompson should have received an Oscar for her portrayal of author, P.L. Travers!

[@serenequeenl0v3]

Isn’t it amazing how graceful everyone was compared to award shows now? Don’t see Anthony Hopkins running up and punching Billy Crystal here do you? Well deserved by Emma Thompson - she is amazing in every single role she plays

[@brewerrkjb]

Love her! Great acceptance, witty, sharp, and yet somehow humble all at the same time. It's no wonder Vanessa Redgrave was thrilled for her. Those British actors and actresses always seem to be most prepared and normally give the best acceptances, could that be why they take home the trophies so often?

[@SymphonyBrahms]

It's because they're such good actors and actresses.

[@rydenr.2999]

Glenn Close looked so happy for Emma.

[@Ernie1978]

Emma Thompson is a monster, best actress of my lifetime.

[@chopin65]

Such grace and beauty!

[@Stefarooh]

She is so witty....love her

[@MarcosCorderoBALDO]

Emma Thompson a class actor in her own terms!!.. I just saw again Howards End, and as good as the movie is, I couldn't help but arguing that Thompson gave a much better and complex performance in another James Ivory film, "The Remains of the Day" than on this one for which she won the Oscar. Howards End it's not for everybody, it is kinda slow at times, but as a whole, it survives because of many things such as the superb acting, the cinematography, the art direction, and an excellent Original score. Anthony Hopkins gives one of the most underrated performances and he should've been nominated for an Oscar that year . Whatever the case is, Howards End it's one of the best movies from the last century.

[@harperlea9288]

I just love her! She is great in everything I've seen her in and always does interesting projects. Gorgeous too!

[@MrSebboxxx]

Its good to see such a great british actress winning that thing ...

[@prodigalson3719]

If you haven't seen "Howards' End", do. Then see it again, and again after that. Each time you're going to find something new. I saw it in the theater when it was released and didn't care much for it. Then I watched it at home and realized how wrong my first impression had been. For my money, it's the best film of the '90s.

[@lilchaos4792]

Boring movie. I just watched it

[@kathleenmelzer7499]

Brilliant actress.

[@gambasTV]

I like how Hopkins gave Thompson both of her Oscar's

[@MonroeSmile]

Wonderful speech. Wonderful actress. Thanks for uploading, Oscars!

[@mckavitt13]

Now, that was an acceptance speech worth remembering. Short & sweet... abit unlike her... tall & sharp as a tack. What a gift she has... & is.

[@daisymay9203]

We know Emma has won when sir Antony shows up. She’s such a legend!

[@Treebard]

The Best Actor winner from the previous year always gives out the Best Actress award. And vice versa.

[@mauromendoza4887]

I think she is a great actrees... She deserved the Oscar that year... I really miss to watch her in outstanding roles, such as In the name of the father, The remains of the day, Howard's end, Sense and sensibility... I love the way you perform those characters, Emma

[@lauragatehouse7935]

Could she be more ahead of the curve ? Genius woman

[@ivanbrocko]

She is just sooo natural in every movie, like she is not acting at all.

[@mitsu4176]

I am grateful that I was able to see such a dignified Oscar winner for the first time in my life.

[@fraukeschmidt8364]

She seemed genuinely shocked and surprised!

[@charogomezruvalcaba9321]

AMAZING ACTRESS! I ADORE HER!!!!

[@BroadwayBabyyy744]

She was always great...her second spring several years ago was wonderful but she hqd never really stopped working...one of the most devoted and hardest working actresses over the last 30 plus years. She deserves 5 of these!!!!

[@LadyAmerican]

Same here!!!! Glad that Emma won, but I would have made it a three way tie between Emma, Catherine and Michelle!!!!

[@spencervanderkley]

I really really really hope she's nominated again for 'The Children Act' this year :)

[@markdaly2406]

Emma Thompson should have been nominated for portrayal as pl Travers..and it's a crime that she wasn't even nominated for the movie...

[@lechat8533]

She is so beautiful, talented, and funny. Love her to bits❤❤❤

[@amara8698]

class... just class.... not just because she is British.... but because Emma Thompson is a class..

[@danielsmith9814]

Emma was robbed of a nomination for "Saving Mr. Banks!.

[@1trschaefer78]

Wonderful acceptance speech!!

[@melissaahmad4043]

Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere behind her

[@imhhm]

I just love her, how we couldn’t??

[@DarthNihl312]

I hope she reunites with Anthony Hopkins for another movie...

[@marthadameriatamasya4771]

+Aberforth Cousland yes. he is emma's best counterpart beside alan rickman.

[@amyclarke41]

she did remains of the day 😁

[@nicolesong6199]

and then she does! in king lear (2018), though not a romantic role.

[@tatun65]

What a classy lady, and speech...

[@hazden87]

I love how genuine she was, enough surprise but still with her wits to deliver a gracious acceptance speech with poise and grace. It's annoying when other actors mumble and stumble and just keep saying how did this happen and OMG!

[@babygrl05]

She and adele are my two favorite english women.

[@AlexLopez-kx7bc]

Kate winslet?

[@thehouseofmonarch]

She has one of the most beautiful faces in Hollywood ❤

[@dumitrescusorana1907]

Well done Emma !! She an amazing actress with an amazing award and playing in an amazing movie !!

[@samaraisnt]

The poise, the eloquence, the execution. Enough said.

[@inberala]

now that's a good oscar acceptance speech!

[@samanshafiezadeh7155]

Anthony Hopkins is such a lovely ,decent ,talented actor ,to me he is the best actor of his generation. .

[@AcademyAwardsPerson]

It's funny that they play the Howards End music both when Hopkins enters the stage and when Thompson wins.

[@qaf19]

It's actually the music from "The Silence of the Lambs"

[@AcademyAwardsPerson]

Ke Vin It is? It's been a while since I've seen either film but I just assumed it was the Howards End theme because they played it when Emma won. Why would they play The Silence of the Lambs music?

[@Sciencespipo]

THAT's how you give an acceptance speech people: no crying, keep it short, throw in a few jokes, be grateful (without going overboard: it's only an oscar for god's sake) and graceful, thank the right people and then leave.

[@MisterObjectivity]

M Florence Ah, but she DOES go overboard. Please read my above comment. And she almost damn well does cry. Or maybe you left the room at 2:32.

[@lonellfletcher]

What’s wrong with crying? It takes a hell of a lot to get an Oscar

[@lonellfletcher]

MisterObjectivity that was actually her laughing. Were you not listening to the joke she made at that moment?

[@CamilaMartinez-rm8cy]

It is so unfair that she has only one Oscar...she's brilliant...

[@benwass5209]

She has 2....

[@CamilaMartinez-rm8cy]

I mean, as an actress...

[@oscarfun100]

But she's the only one who's got for acting AND for writing. I find that sooo cool.

[@CamilaMartinez-rm8cy]

Yeah, SHE is veeery cool! But, I would love to see her win onother one as an actress...

[@axr7149]

It should be noted that a total of about 11 people have received Writing and Acting nominations in the same year. They are: Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Massimo Troisi, Billy Bob Thornton, Matt Damon, Roberto Benigni, George Clooney, and Emma Thompson. Emma is the ONLY woman to achieve this feat (she achieved this feat for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY), as well as the ONLY person (male or female) to win both categories (winning Screenplay for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and Actress for HOWARD'S END). Side note: With the exception of George Clooney, everyone else have achieved this feat for one film. Also, Clooney and Warren Beatty are not only the only ones in this group to achieve the double nomination TWICE, but they BOTH achieved a unique Oscar feat that no one else achieved (before or since) and they achieved it twice. In Beatty's case, he's the ONLY person ever to receive Producing, Directing, Acting, and Writing nominations in the same year, doing to twice (for HEAVEN CAN WAIT and REDS respectively). In Clooney's case, it is receiving the nominations for 2 different films in the same year (also doing so twice) (in his case, it was Acting for SYRIANA and Writing for GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (both in 2005) and Acting for THE DESCENDANTS and Writing for THE IDES OF MARCH (both in 2011)).

[@YourDekslocGardener]

Great clip. Nicer times for AA in those days. Not so hysterical. Emma Thompson is wearing trousers. She's the greatest. Could she and Cate Blanchett please have some kids together, preferably some girls, in order we can have some great actresses who can and will speak up, also for the future.

[@cihatyildiz3565]

Great actress.

[@jordicamps7379]

Emma Thompson is intelligent, funny and full of grace.

[@mac_c]

She’s such a class act.

[@emiliobello2538]

She should have been nominated for Saving Mr Banks