Kristin Scott Thomas is a British actress best known for her role in the film “The English Patient,” which became a major box office hit in 1994. Her international acting career on screen began during the 1990s, first as the co-star of actor Hugh Grant in the movie “Bitter Moon.” She later reunited with Grant in another box office hit, “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”

Prior to becoming a star, Kristin Scott Thomas was already active in the world of entertainment. During the 1980s, she starred in the films “Charly,” “Under the Cherry Moon,” “Agent trouble,” “A Handful of Dust,” and “Valentino, I Love You!” She earned an Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her role in “A Handful of Dust.”

During this period, she also ventured into the world of French cinema. Kristin Scott Thomas starred in the films “Djamal et Juliette,” “La meridienne,” “Billie en tete,” “Force majeure,” “Le bal du gouverneur,” “Aux yeux du monde” and “Mio caro dottor Grasler.”

In 1994, Kristin Scott Thomas starred in films such as “Un ete inoubliable” and “Le Confessional.” In the succeeding years she had roles in “Richard III,” “Angels & Insects,” and “Microcosmos.” She then had a notable role as Katharine Clifton in “The English Patient,” and soon after she appeared in “Mission: Impossible,” “Somebody to Love” and “The Pompatus of Love.”

During the latter part of the 1990s, Kristin Scott Thomas had roles in “Love and Confusions,” “Sweet Revenge,” “The Horse Whisperer,” “Random Hearts,” “Up at the Villa,” “Play” and “Life as a House.”

In 2001, Kristin Scott Thomas garnered critical acclaim for her role in “Gosford Park,” and thereafter she starred in more films including “Small Cuts,” “Arsene Lupin,” “Man to Man” and “Chromophobia.”

Her most recent films include “Tell No One,” “The Valet,” “The Golden Compass,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “Easy Virtue” and “Confessions of a Shopaholic.”

Kristin Scott Thomas is also active on theater. She recently received an Olivier award for her role in Anton Chekov's “The Seagull.” She was also awarded with an Order of the British Empire in 2003 and the Legion d'honneur by the French government in 2005.