27 Facts About Margaret Thompson

Margaret Catherine Sheila Thompson is a fictional character in the HBO crime drama series Boardwalk Empire, portrayed by Kelly Macdonald.

Margaret Thompson becomes pregnant as a teenager by her employer's son, and her family sends her to the Magdalene asylum.

Margaret Thompson departed from Galway aboard the SS Haverford on 27 September 1909 and landed in America on October 12.

Margaret Thompson enjoys her newfound affluence and appreciates having a father figure for her children, but is troubled by Nucky's corruption.

One night, when Eli is critically wounded during a robbery of one of Nucky's illegal casinos by the D'Alessio brothers, Nucky asks Margaret Thompson to retrieve a ledger from a safe in his office; the ledger details Nucky's profits from bootlegging.

Margaret Thompson ends the relationship after she and Nucky have an intense argument, in which he tacitly admits to having her husband killed.

Margaret Thompson learns that, years before, Nucky's infant son had died of pneumonia and that his wife had committed suicide.

Margaret Thompson meets with him and expresses her sympathy, and he tells her that his time with her and the children had been the happiest of his life.

Margaret Thompson goes to Nucky's office, which is being searched by the New Jersey State Police, and steals the incriminating ledger to protect Nucky.

Margaret Thompson accepts temporary guardianship of his real estate holdings to keep it out of the government's reach.

Margaret Thompson learns that her brother and sisters are living in Brooklyn.

When Emily contracts polio, Margaret Thompson blames herself, believing that her daughter's illness is divine retribution.

Margaret Thompson is subpoenaed by Assistant US Attorney Esther Randolph to testify against Nucky, and considers doing so to atone for her sins, even if it means sending Nucky to the electric chair.

Margaret Thompson is unsure of what to do until she sees him teaching Emily to walk in her leg braces; she realizes that he loves her and her children, and marries him the following day after making a full confession to her parish priest.

When he tells her that Jimmy had re-enlisted in the Army, Margaret Thompson reads between the lines and realizes that Nucky personally killed him.

The already tense situation worsens when Margaret Thompson sees Nucky with his mistress, Billie Kent.

Margaret Thompson busies herself with philanthropic causes, having funded an entire new wing of a hospital with the land she donated to the church.

When Margaret Thompson learns that she is pregnant with Owen's child, she tells him she will leave with him when the time is right.

Margaret Thompson earns extra money by helping her boss trick customers into investing in worthless properties.

Margaret Thompson has an awkward reunion with Nucky, who gives her a present for Teddy and tells her that his butler Eddie has committed suicide.

Margaret Thompson is badly shaken to find Nucky's associate Arnold Rothstein in her boss' office, investing under another name.

When Rothstein learns that Margaret Thompson's boss is conning him, he arranges to set her up in a new apartment in return for inside information on the deal.

Season five opens in 1931, with Margaret Thompson still working at the investment office, which has been hit hard by the Great Depression.

Margaret Thompson goes to Rothstein's widow, Carolyn, to ask for help; Carolyn instead threatens to publicly reveal Margaret's ties to Nucky unless she gives her the profits from Rothstein's illegal stock trade.

Desperate, Margaret Thompson goes to see Nucky for the first time in years.

Margaret Thompson agrees to help, but she suspects that he is up to something.

Margaret Thompson advises Kennedy to short sell the stock, thus making a huge profit for himself and Nucky.