Miranda Richardson
- Acting
- March 3, 1958 · Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre. She made her film debut as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to earn Academy Award nominations for her roles in Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A decorated performer, Richardson has received seven BAFTA Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage, and has earned seven Golden Globe Award nominations, with wins for Enchanted April (1992) and the television film Fatherland (1994). Her extensive career includes notable television work in series such as Blackadder, The Lost Prince, and Rubicon, as well as a prolific stage career that earned her an Olivier Award nomination for A Lie of the Mind (1987). In 1996, one critic notably hailed her as "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" following her performance in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival.
Known for
Filmography
- My Duchess
- The Yellow Tie · Ioana Celibidache
- Bookish · Duchess Alberta, Duschess Alberta
- The Last Anniversary · Rose
- Like Tears in Rain · Self
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget · Mrs Tweedy (Voice)
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story · Self
- The Magician's Elephant · Madam LaVaughn (Voice)
- The House · Aunt Clarice (Voice)
- Fate: The Winx Saga · Rosalind
- Rams · Kat
- Modern Love · Jane
- Good Omens · Shax, Madame Tracy
- Curfew · Lou
- Girlfriends · Sue
- Stronger · Patty Bauman
- Churchill · Clementine Churchill
- iBoy · Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
- And Then There Were None · Emily Brent
- Danger Mouse · Queen of Weevils (Voice)
- An Inspector Calls · Sybil Birling
- Casanova · Marquise d'Urfé
- Casanova · Marquise d'Urfé
- Operation Orangutan · Narrator (Voice)
- Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey · Narrator (Voice)
- Testament of Youth · Miss Lorimer
- Orango rischio fatale · Actor's Assistant
- Mapp and Lucia · Elizabeth Mapp
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm · Mrs Blitherington
- Muppets Most Wanted · Berliner at Window
- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips · Self / Mrs. Victor
- Hidden Universe
- Psychobitches · Enid Blyton
- Belle · Lady Ashford
- World Without End · Mother Cecilia
- Parade's End · Mrs. Wannop
- Dead Boss · Jo
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 · Rita Skeeter
- Made in Dagenham · Barbara Castle
- Rubicon · Katherine Rhumor
- Turtle: The Incredible Journey · Narrator (Voice)
- Spinning Into Butter · Dean Catherine Kenney
- The Young Victoria · Duchess of Kent
- Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments · Self
- Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga · Self
- Southland Tales · Nana Mae Frost
- Fred Claus · Annette Claus
- Puffball · Mabs Tucker
- The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
- Provoked · Veronica Scott
- The One Show · Self
- Paris Je T'aime · La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
- Merlin's Apprentice · Lady of the Lake
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · Rita Skeeter
- Gideon's Daughter · Stella
- Final Chance to Save · Self
- Wah-Wah · Lauren Compton
- The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill · Corky (British dub voice)
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy · Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Comic Aid
- The Phantom of the Opera · Madame Giry
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years · Eva Braun
- The Prince & Me · Queen Rosalind
- Falling Angels · Mary Field
- The Rage in Placid Lake · Sylvia Lake
- The Actors · Mrs. Magnani
- The Lost Prince · Queen Mary
- The Hours · Vanessa Bell
- Spider · Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
- V Graham Norton · Self
- Snow White · Elspeth
- Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making · Self
- Get Carter · Gloria Carter
- Chicken Run · Mrs. Tweedy (Voice)
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend · Self
- The Miracle Maker · Mary Magdalene (Voice)
- Sleepy Hollow · Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang · Miss Fowl
- The Big Brass Ring · Dinah Pellarin