Emma Thompson Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for the period drama "Howards End". In 1993, she garnered dual Academy Award nominations for her roles in "The Remains of the Day" as the housekeeper of a grand household and "In the Name of the Father" as a lawyer. Thompson scripted and starred in "Sense and Sensibility" (1995), which earned her numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which makes her the only person to receive Academy Awards for both acting and writing, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Other notable film and television credits include the
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters (2009) is a parody novel by Ben H. Winters, with Jane Austen credited as co-author. It is a mashup story containing elements from Jane Austen's 1811 novel "Sense and Sensibility" and common tropes from sea monster stories. It is the thematic sequel to another 2009 novel from the same publisher called "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". It was first published by Quirk Books on September 15, 2009. The story follows the plot of "Sense and Sensibility", but places the novel in an alternate universe version of Regency era