Miranda Richardson
Biography
Miranda Jane Richardson (born March 3, 1958) is an English actor. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994). In 1996, one critic asserted that she is "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" after she appeared in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival. Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play Moving, before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for A Lie of the Mind. Her television credits include Blackadder (1986–1989), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Merlin (1998), The Lost Prince (2003), Gideon's Daughter (2006), the sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007), and Rubicon (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for Operation Orangutan.
Known For
Vanessa Bell
The Hours
Rita Skeeter
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Paris, je t'aime
Mrs. Victor
Empire of the Sun
Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Sleepy Hollow
Toosie
The Apostle
Gloria Carter
Get Carter
Nana Mae Frost
Southland Tales
Ingrid Fleming
Damage
Queen Rosalind
The Prince & Me
Annette Claus
Fred Claus
Patsy Carpenter
The Evening Star
Mary Magdalene (voice)
The Miracle Maker
Charlie Maguire
Fatherland
Jude
The Crying Game
Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Chicken Run
Carolyn Stilton
Kansas City
Queen of Hearts
Alice in Wonderland
Mabs Tucker
Puffball
Elspeth
Snow White
Dean Catherine Kenney
Spinning Into Butter
Mrs. Magnani
The Actors
Rose Arbuthnot
Enchanted April
Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Spider
Madame Giry
The Phantom of the Opera
Ruth Ellis
Dance with a Stranger
Madam LaVaughn (voice)
The Magician's Elephant
Narrator (Voice)
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Sylvia Lake
The Rage in Placid Lake
Lauren Compton
Wah-Wah
Veronica Scott
Provoked: A True Story
Dinah Pellarin
The Big Brass Ring
Barbara Castle
Made in Dagenham
Anna Leonowens (voice)
The King and I
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Tom & Viv
Duchess of Kent
The Young Victoria
Susan Gilchrist
St. Ives
Aunt Clarice (voice)
The House
Stella
Gideon's Daughter
Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Self - Contributor
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Saint-Ex
Judy
The Designated Mourner
Marilyn
El sueño del mono loco
Narrator (voice)
Operation Orangutan
Julie
La notte e il momento
Old Times
Lady Ashford
Belle
Narrator (voice)
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
Friederike / Widow Sommer
Mio caro dottor Gräsler
Dr. Sarah Blakeney
The Scold's Bridle
Penny Newhouse
After Pilkington
Mrs Tweedy (voice)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Miss Fowl
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Bride's Mother
Les Dogs
Miss Lorimer
Testament of Youth
Hidden Universe
Marie Antoinette
Demonella
Stella/Elsbeth
Jealousy
Clara
Century
Berliner at Window
Muppets Most Wanted
Anne
Lost Property
Queenie
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Mrs Blitherington
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Ted & Ralph
Ioana Celibidache
Cravata galbenă
Early Bird
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Comic Aid
Mary Field
Falling Angels
DHSS Blonde
Eat the Rich
Eva Braun
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Sybil Birling
An Inspector Calls
Sandra
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
The Fool
Mysterious Woman
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Clementine Churchill
Churchill
Patty Bauman
Stronger
Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
iBoy
Hilde Wangel
The Master Builder
Valerie Paris
Redemption
Marquise d'Urfé
Casanova
Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Sarah Maloney
Swann
Miss Straugheim
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Mary Turner
The Innocent
Young Woman
Mountain Language
Oriel
Transmutations
Self / Mrs. Victor
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Julia Perry
Sweet as You Are
Self
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Kat
Rams
Self
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Daphne Heccomb
The Death of the Heart
Rita Skeeter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Broken Skin
Self
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Communicators From Hell
Gina
The Demon Lover
Self
Like Tears in Rain
The Bitter End
Helen Delves Broughton
The Queen of Fashion
Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
103
Gender
Female
Birthday
1958-03-03
Place of Birth
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
Miranda Jane Richardson