British film stars Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley and Tom Hardy and Nobel-Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro are among those receiving honors in the name of the British Monarch.
The list published by Britain’s Cabinet Office includes many receiving honors for merit, service and bravery. The awards will be given out by Queen Elizabeth II or a senior royal acting in her place during investitures at Buckingham Palace.
The list often includes prominent figures, like actress Emma Thompson, the Oscar-winning actress who has been in the public eye for decades. There are also awardees of people who have labored behind the scenes or in academic or charity positions.
The awards will be given out by Queen Elizabeth II or a senior royal acting in her place during investitures at Buckingham Palace. The list often includes prominent figures — such as Thompson, an Oscar-winning actress who has been in the public eye for decades — as well as people who have labored behind the scenes or in academic or charity positions.
The 59-year-old Thompson will become Dame Emma, a high honor that is the female equivalent of becoming a knight. The citation calls her one of Britain’s “most versatile and celebrated actresses.”
Thompson’s long list of film roles includes favorites like The Remains of the Day (which was written by Ishiguro), Love Actually and Nanny McPhee. She received the best actress Oscar for Howards Endand — as a writer — the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay for Sense and Sensibility.
Knightley, known for Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride and Prejudice and other movies, received an OBE award, so she will
become an “officer” of the British empire, a slightly higher ranking.
Hardy, star of Inception and other films, received a CBE award, designating him a “commander” of the empire, a still higher
designation.
The list also honors the queen’s eye surgeon, Jonathan Jagger, who was made a commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He is a specialist in cataract surgery, but officials have not said if he performed the cataract surgery the queen had done in May.
With reports from The Associated Press
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