A look back at the best of Kristin Scott Thomas's flawless work in film.
The English Patient by Anthony Minghella (1996)
It's one of the best roles of her career. In this adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel of the same name, the actress plays the role of Katharine Clifton, an adventurer with whom Lazlo de Almásy (Ralph Fiennes), the amnesic patient, lives a passionate idyll between Cairo and the Libyan desert. A powerful performance that would later earn her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, her only one to date.
Four Weddings and a Funeral by Mike Newell (1994)
In this legendary dramatic comedy, one of the greatest hits in the history of British cinema, Kristin Scott Thomas plays Fiona, a long-time friend of Charles (Hugh Grant), who confesses to him that she has secretly loved him forever. Although secondary, this role is indicative of the actress's great talent for duality. She embodies with perfect balance a Fiona who is as cold as she is fragile.
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I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) by Philippe Claudel (2008)
Kristin Scott Thomas' French filmography is full of gems that have affirmed her status as a versatile actress, and enriches her repertoire of challenging roles. In Il y a longtemps que je t'aime, the actress plays Juliette, an ex-convict trying to reconnect with her family. She delivers a particularly touching performance in which simple looks and body language convey the complexity of human relationships.
Gosford Park, by Robert Altman (2001)
In this enigmatic pre-Downtown Abbey drama, which depicts the plight of a wealthy English family in the United Kingdom in the 1930s, the actress plays Sylvia McCordle, a poisonous and cruel woman, bored by a lecherous husband whose moods she suffers. With her unbeatable class and natural composure, Kristin Scott Thomas masters the stereotype of the disillusioned aristocrat to perfection.
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Partir (Leaving) by Catherine Corsini (2009)
By the sheer force of her acting, the actress has elevated this French melodrama to the rank of a profoundly sentimental film. She plays Suzanne, a forty-something woman who lives an uneventful bourgeois life in the South of France, with her husband (Yvan Attal) and two children. Her meeting with Ivan (Sergi Lopez), an ex-convict who has come to work on her house, will turn her daily life and her family relationships upside down. A fair and touching performance, where we see a woman resigned to a monotonous life reopening the door to eventual happiness.
Translated by Freya Doggett
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