Emma Thompson turned 60-years-old in April and the milestone has thrown her for a loop as she is not sure who she is anymore.
The British beauty has gone from ingenue, the ex-wife of Kenneth Branagh, the Merchant-Ivory favorite, the wife of Greg Wise, the mom, the box-office queen to soon-to-be empty nester.
'The eternal question, which I never thought I'd ask, is who am I?' the Oscar-winning actress told The New York Times. 'I was always so sure. As it turns out, I have no idea.'
Tough shift: Emma Thompson turned 60-years-old in April and the milestone has thrown her for a loop as she is not sure who she is anymore, she told The New York Times; seen on Monday in London
The University Of Cambridge graduate added, 'There's lots of these roles that are in fact imposed on you by society, for years and years and years, then you suddenly go — am I any of those things? And if I'm not, who am I?' Thompson added.
But she is determined to figure it out before she retires.
'I have some questions that I hope to answer in the next 10 years,' she said.
Her first big role: The British born beauty won fans opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1992 movie Howards End
The Saving Mr Banks star is happily settled with Wise, her Sense And Sensibility co-star to whom she has been wed since 2003.
Together they share 19-year-old daughter Gaia and adopted son Tindyebwa Agaba, a former refugee and child soldier.
As far as her film career, she has had several shifts as well.
A lister: In 1998 the star worked with John Travolta on the highly anticipated Primary Colors
She was box office gold: She had a number of hits in her 50s like Nanny McPhee, which came out in 2005
Next for ET: Her next project is Late Night with Mindy Kaling. She plays a TV host who hires a female writer to drive
