Actor: Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas was nominated for Best Actress for The English Patient, and her particular quality is enormous feeling held completely still.

She has worked at least as much in French cinema as in English, is fluent, and has won a César, which very few British actors manage.

Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gosford Park and Darkest Hour show the range, and I’ve Loved You So Long is the French performance to seek out. She works consistently on the London stage.