Dame Kristin Ann Scott Thomas born 24 May 1960 is a British actress who also holds French citizenship A fivetime BAFTA Award and Olivier Award nominee she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 and the Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2008 for the Royal Court revival of The Seagull She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in The English Patient 1996 Scott Thomas made her film debut in Under the Cherry Moon 1986 and won the Evening Standard Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer for A Handful of Dust 1988 Her work includes Bitter Moon 1992 Mission Impossible 1996 The Horse Whisperer 1998 Gosford Park 2001 The Valet 2006 and Tell No One 2007 She won the European Film Award for Best Actress for Philippe Claudels Ive Loved You So Long 2008 Her other films include Leaving 2009 Love Crime 2010 Sarahs Key 2010 Nowhere Boy 2010 The Woman in the Fifth 2011 Only God Forgives 2013 Darkest Hour 2017 and Tomb Raider 2018 She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 2003 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama She was named a Chevalier of the Légion dhonneur by the French government in 2005