How tall is Emma Thompson?

Emma Thompson is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).

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Emma Thompson’s 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Emma Thompson beside others

Emma Thompson is in the middle of the 1,404 actors we have heights for: Sun Mingming (7 ft 9 in) stands 2 ft 1 in (63.3 cm) taller and Verne Troyer (2 ft 8 in) is 3 ft 0 in (91.4 cm) shorter. All 1,404 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 8 in: Zac Efron, Salman Khan and Deepika Padukone.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Emma Thompson, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)