Happy Birthday, Emma Thompson!

Veteran British actress Emma Thompson turns 49 today.

An underrated, versatile star, Thompson has actually won a pair of Academy Awards, including the 1992 Best Actress honor for her role in Howard's End. Other movies we've loved this birthday lady in include:

• The Harry Potter franchise (as Hogawarts professor Sybil Trelawney, pictured below)
• Love Actually
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Sense and Sensibility