13 Throwback Photos of Emma Thompson and Greg Wise That Are As Romantic as a Jane Austen Novel
13 Throwback Photos of Emma Thompson and Greg Wise That Are As Romantic as a Jane Austen Novel
Alexandra SchonfeldThu, May 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
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Greg Wise and Emma Thompson in 2001.
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Emma Thompson and Greg Wise have been a perfect match for decades, and we've got the pics to prove it.
The acting duo, who first met on the set of Sense and Sensibility in 1995, tied the knot in Scotland in 2003, The Telegraph reported at the time.
In the years since they've met, the pair has cozied up on red carpets all over the world (often delivering a seriously silly photo together), celebrated their growing family and welcomed their kids Gaia and Tindy into the mix.
In celebration of their anniversary, here's a look back at some of their best throwback photos as a couple.
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'90s Look
Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
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A few years after meeting on the set of Sense and Sensibility in 1995, Wise and Thompson walked hand-in-hand at the 1997 premiere of The Winter Guest. (If we didn't tell you it was 1997, you probably could have guessed by the blue eyeshadow and wine lip combo.)
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In the Stars
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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When the couple (seen at the premiere of Primary Colors in 1997) first met, Thompson was married to her first husband Kenneth Branagh. So when Wise had heard from a "witchy" friend of his who said he'd find the love of his life on the set of the series, Thompson didn't come to mind.
"He assumed it wasn't me because I was married and quite a lot older than him, so he thought it might be Kate [Winslet, Thompson and Wise’s costar on Sense & Sensibility]," Thompson later said said during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in 2021, per Hello!.
But after Thompson's marriage imploded, Winslet herself suggested that Wise ask Thompson out, and the rest was history.
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Parents-to-Be
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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The two kept it casual while attending the 1999 Oscar Moore Screenwriting Prize Awards at Planet Hollywood in London not long before welcoming their daughter Gaia later that year.
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Baby on Board
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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The happy couple showed off Thompson's growing baby bump at the premiere of Mad Cows in London. (Major points to Wise for his thematic dressing.)
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Supportive Partner
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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At the premiere of Wit in 2000, Thompson sported a buzz cut; she had shaved her head for the lead role of a woman facing a cancer diagnosis.
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All Smiles
Greg Wise and Emma Thompson
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A hug from Wise earned him a huge smile from his wife at the the 2001 Oscar Moore Screenwriting Prize Awards dinner in London.
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Love is All Around
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise
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Months after the pair tied the knot in a July 2003 wedding in Scotland, per The Telegraph, they shared a smooch at the premiere of Thompson's film Love Actually in New York City.
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Side by Side
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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For a fundraising gala in 2003, the newlyweds wore coordinated neutral jackets and posed for a PDA-packed photo.
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Couple Goals
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In 2004, the newly married pair glammed it up — and hammed it up —at the Evening Standard Film Awards.
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Sparkle and Shine
Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.
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Thompson and Wise kept close at a 2006 screening of Stranger Than Fiction in London.
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Cheers!
Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
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The couple clinked glasses inside the 2008 premiere of Brideshead Revisited.
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Family Time
Greg Wise, Gaia Romilly Wise and Emma Thompson.
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Gaia joined her parents at the premiere ofSaving Mr. Banks in 2013. The family might have been all dressed up but that didn't stop them from having a little fun on the carpet. She's also appeared alongside mom in 2008’s Last Chance Harvey and 2015’s A Walk in the Woods.
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Table for Four
Greg Wise, Emma Thompson and their two kids.
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Thompson and Wise didn't just get married in 2003; they also completed their family after welcoming Tindyebwa "Tindy" Agaba via adoption; he was 16 at the time.
Here, the family of four smiled together in 2014 at the EE British Academy Film Awards.
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