Emma Thompson Ex-Husband: Who Is Kenneth Branagh?

Emma Thompson was previously married to Kenneth Branagh. Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015.

In 1989, Branagh co-starred with Emma Thompson in the Renaissance company’s revival of Look Back in Anger. Judi Dench directed both the theatre and television productions and presented first in Belfast then at London Coliseum and Lyric Theatre.

During his marriage with Emma Thompson, and while directing and co-starring with Helena Bonham Carter in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, he began an affair with Bonham Carter.

After Thompson divorced him, he and  Bonham were in a well-publicised relationship until 1999. In 2003, he married film art director, Lindsay Brunnock, whom he met during the shooting of Shackleton.