Miranda Richardson
Actor
Born March 3, 1958 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Duchess and I
Dinner with Audrey
Ella Van Heemstra
The Yellow Tie
Ioana Celibidache
The Last Anniversary
Rose
Like Tears in Rain
Self
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Mrs Tweedy (voice)
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
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
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: A True Story
Veronica Scott
The One Show
Self - Guest
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
Herself
Wah-Wah
Lauren Compton
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
Corky (British dub voice)
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
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Queenie
The King and I
Anna Leonowens (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
Ted & Ralph
Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Merlin
Lady of the Lake / Mab
The Scold's Bridle
Dr. Sarah Blakeney
The Scold's Bridle
Dr Sarah Blakeney
St. Ives
Susan Gilchrist
The Apostle
Toosie
A Dance to the Music of Time
Pamela Flitton
The Designated Mourner
Judy
Swann
Sarah Maloney
The Evening Star
Patsy Carpenter
Saint-Ex
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Kansas City
Carolyn Stilton
The Night and the Moment
Julie
Fatherland
Charlie Maguire
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Mysterious Woman
Tom & Viv
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Century
Clara
Shooting Stars
Self
Jealousy
Stella/Elsbeth
Demonella
Marie Antoinette
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Miss Straugheim
Damage
Ingrid Fleming
Absolutely Fabulous
Bettina
The Crying Game
Jude
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Sandra
Enchanted April
Rose Arbuthnot
Old Times
Performance
Anna
Redemption
Valerie Paris
Die Kinder
Sidonie Reiger
Les Dogs
Bride's Mother
The Bachelor
Friederike / Widow Sommer
Twisted Obsession
Marilyn
Communicators From Hell
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Mountain Language
Young Woman
This Morning
Self
The Master Builder
Hilde Wangel
The Storyteller
Witch
Sweet as You Are
Julia Perry
Empire of the Sun
Mrs. Victor
Eat the Rich
DHSS Blonde
The Death of the Heart
Daphne Heccomb
After Pilkington
Penny Newhouse
Lost Property
Anne
Unnatural Causes
Anne Forrest
ScreenPlay
Valerie Paris
The Demon Lover
Gina
Underworld
Oriel
The Innocent
Mary Turner
Dance with a Stranger
Ruth Ellis
Screen Two
Penny 'Patch' Newhouse
A Woman of Substance
Paula McGill Amory
Natural World
Narrator
Blackadder
Queen Elizabeth I
Shades of Darkness
Gina
The Comic Strip Presents...
Bride's Mother
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
The Oscars
Self