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.
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Movies (34)
The Yellow Tie
as Ioana Celibidache
2025
Like Tears in Rain
as Self
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self – Contributor
2023
The Magician's Elephant
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
2023
The House
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
2022
Rams
as Kat
2020
Stronger
as Patty Bauman
2017
Churchill
as Clementine Churchill
2017
iBoy
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
2017
An Inspector Calls
as Sybil Birling
2015
Casanova
as Marquise d'Urfé
2015
Operation Orangutan
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Testament of Youth
as Miss Lorimer
2015
Orango rischio fatale
Actor's Assistant (Crew)
2015
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
as Mrs Blitherington
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
as Berliner at Window
2014
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self / Mrs. Victor
2013
Hidden Universe
2013
Belle
as Lady Ashford
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rita Skeeter
2010
Made in Dagenham
as Barbara Castle
2010
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
as Narrator (Voice)
2009
The Young Victoria
as Duchess of Kent
2009
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
2008
Southland Tales
as Nana Mae Frost
2007
Fred Claus
as Annette Claus
2007
Puffball
as Mabs Tucker
2007
Provoked: A True Story
as Veronica Scott
2007
Spinning Into Butter
as Dean Catherine Kenney
2007
Paris Je T'aime
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
2006
TV Shows (16)
The Last Anniversary
as Rose
2025
Fate: The Winx Saga
as Rosalind
2021
Modern Love
as Jane
2019
Good Omens
as Shax
2019
Curfew
as Lou
2019
Girlfriends
as Sue
2018
And Then There Were None
as Emily Brent
2015
Casanova
as Marquise d'Urfé
2015
Mapp and Lucia
as Elizabeth Mapp
2014
World Without End
as Mother Cecilia
2012
Parade's End
as Mrs. Wannop
2012
Dead Boss
as Jo
2012
Rubicon
as Katherine Rhumor
2010
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Merlin's Apprentice
as Lady of the Lake
2006