--- description: The 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Love, Actually' co-stars had a close bond title: Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to "Rare and Unique" Alan Rickman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c92e78ed3ed5e0c/6988791f524fc06a86df64a6/love-actually-alan-rickman-emma-thompson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to 'Rare and Unique' Alan Rickman by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 4:38 PM CUT  Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in Love Actually, 2003. Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in Love Actually, 2003.Universal Pictures by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2016 4:38 PM CUT [Alan Rickman](http://time.com/4180432/alan-rickman-death-harry-potter-cast-reactions/ "undefined") played several of his most memorable roles alongside Emma Thompson: They played a married couple on the rocks in _Love, Actually_; served on the faculty of Hogwarts in the [_Harry Potter_ series](http://time.com/4180502/alan-rickman-dead-snape-harry-potter/ "undefined"); and charmingly became in-laws in the Thompson-written film adaptation of _Sense and Sensibility_. On the news of the actor’s [death](http://time.com/4180354/alan-rickman-dead/ "undefined") at 69 on Thursday, Thompson shared her feelings for her colleague and friend: --- > “” --- ### Alan Rickman: A Career in Pictures  Die Hard, 1988. 20th Century Fox  Truly, Madly, Deeply, 1990. BBC Films  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, 1991. Warner Bros.  Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny, 1996. Getty Images  Dogma, 1999. Lionsgate  Galaxy Quest, 1999. DreamWorks Pictures  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 2001. Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images  Love Actually, 2003. Universal Pictures  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007. DreamWorks Pictures  The Butler, 2013. The Weinstein Company ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4180706/alan-rickman-death-emma-thompson-tribute/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4180706/alan-rickman-death-emma-thompson-tribute/"},"headline":"Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to 'Rare and Unique' Alan Rickman","datePublished":"2016-01-14T16:38:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:35.741Z","description":"The Sense and Sensibility and Love, Actually co-stars had a close bond","url":"https://time.com/4180706/alan-rickman-death-emma-thompson-tribute/","keywords":["celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c92e78ed3ed5e0c/6988791f524fc06a86df64a6/love-actually-alan-rickman-emma-thompson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c92e78ed3ed5e0c/6988791f524fc06a86df64a6/love-actually-alan-rickman-emma-thompson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"love-actually-alan-rickman-emma-thompson","caption":"Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman in Love Actually, 2003.","creditText":"Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4180706/alan-rickman-death-emma-thompson-tribute/","name":"Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to 'Rare and Unique' Alan Rickman"}}]}] ```