 He had an affair with Helena Bonham-Carter (Image: WireImage) The pair went on to have a five-year relationship. Two years before they started the affair, Bonham-Carter co-starred with Thompson on acclaimed 1992 film Howards End. The actresses have since worked together in films of the Harry Potter series, with Thompson playing Professor Trelawney and Bonham-Carter in the role of Bellatrix Lestrange. Thompson has said she had 'forgiven' Bonham-Carter. In 2013, she said it was 'all blood under the bridge', adding: 'You can't hold on to anything like that. 'It's pointless. I haven't got the energy for it. Helena and I made our peace years and years ago.'' The star said it was her actor husband Greg Wise, who she has been married to for 27 years, who 'picked up the pieces and put them back together'. Emma and Helena 'made peace' following the affair (Image: Kent Gavin) Get all the biggest showbiz news straight into your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. She said: ''I've learned more from my second marriage just by being married. As my mother says, 'The first twenty years are the hardest.'' Th){kind=link}
The 63-year-old actress said she felt “unlovable” after finding out about the fling which ended her and her husband’s six-year marriage in 1995
Emma Thompson said she was “utterly blind” to her ex-husband Kenneth Branagh’s affair with Helena Bonham-Carter.
The 63-year-old actress said she felt “unlovable” after finding out about the fling which ended her and her husband’s six-year marriage in 1995.
Love Actually star Emma had married film director Kenneth, 61, in 1989 â just two years after they met.
Thompson said: “I was utterly, utterly blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set.