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Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

ActingBorn March 3, 1958 (age 68)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.

Filmography

2025
The Yellow Tie

as Ioana Celibidache

Movie
2024Movie
2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

Movie
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

as Self - Contributor

Movie
2023
The Magician's Elephant

as Madam LaVaughn (voice)

Movie
2022
The House

as Aunt Clarice (voice)

Movie
2021TV
2020
Rams

as Kat

Movie
2019TV
2019
Good Omens

as Shax

TV
2019
Good Omens

as Madame Tracy

TV
2019
Curfew

as Lou

TV
2018TV
2017
Stronger

as Patty Bauman

Movie
2017
Churchill

as Clementine Churchill

Movie
2017
iBoy

as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

Movie
2015TV
2015
Danger Mouse

as Queen of Weevils (voice)

TV
2015
An Inspector Calls

as Sybil Birling

Movie
2015
Casanova

as Marquise d'Urfé

TV
2015
Casanova

as Marquise d'Urfé

Movie
2015
Operation Orangutan

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Testament of Youth

as Miss Lorimer

Movie
2014
Mapp and Lucia

as Elizabeth Mapp

TV
2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as Berliner at Window

Movie
2013Movie
2013
Psychobitches

as Enid Blyton

TV
2013
Belle

as Lady Ashford

Movie
2012
World Without End

as Mother Cecilia

TV
2012
Parade's End

as Mrs. Wannop

TV
2012TV
2012Movie
2010
Made in Dagenham

as Barbara Castle

Movie
2010
Rubicon

as Katherine Rhumor

TV
2009Movie
2009
Spinning Into Butter

as Dean Catherine Kenney

Movie
2009
The Young Victoria

as Duchess of Kent

Movie
2007
Southland Tales

as Nana Mae Frost

Movie
2007
Fred Claus

as Annette Claus

Movie
2007
Puffball

as Mabs Tucker

Movie
2007
Provoked: A True Story

as Veronica Scott

Movie
2006
The One Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2006
Paris Je T'aime

as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

Movie
2006
Merlin's Apprentice

as Lady of the Lake

TV
2005Movie
2005Movie
2005TV
2005
Wah-Wah

as Lauren Compton

Movie
2005
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

as Corky (British dub voice)

TV
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2005Movie
2004Movie
2004Movie
2004
The Prince & Me

as Queen Rosalind

Movie
2003
Falling Angels

as Mary Field

Movie
2003Movie
2003
The Actors

as Mrs. Magnani

Movie
2003
The Lost Prince

as Queen Mary

TV
2002
The Hours

as Vanessa Bell

Movie
2002
Spider

as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

Movie
2002TV
2001
Snow White

as Elspeth

Movie
2000
Get Carter

as Gloria Carter

Movie
2000
Chicken Run

as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

Movie
2000
The Miracle Maker

as Mary Magdalene (voice)

Movie
1999
Sleepy Hollow

as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

Movie
1999
The Big Brass Ring

as Dinah Pellarin

Movie
1999Movie
1999
The King and I

as Anna Leonowens (voice)

Movie
1999
Alice in Wonderland

as Queen of Hearts

Movie
1998
Ted & Ralph

as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

Movie
1998
Merlin

as Lady of the Lake / Mab

TV
1998
The Scold's Bridle

as Dr. Sarah Blakeney

Movie
1998
The Scold's Bridle

as Dr Sarah Blakeney

TV
1998
St. Ives

as Susan Gilchrist

Movie
1997
The Apostle

as Toosie

Movie
1997TV
1997Movie
1997
Swann

as Sarah Maloney

Movie
1996
The Evening Star

as Patsy Carpenter

Movie
1996
Saint-Ex

as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

Movie
1996
Kansas City

as Carolyn Stilton

Movie
1995Movie
1994
Fatherland

as Charlie Maguire

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Tom & Viv

as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Movie
1993
Century

as Clara

Movie
1993TV
1993
Jealousy

as Stella/Elsbeth

Movie
1993
Demonella

as Marie Antoinette

Movie
1993Movie
1992
Damage

as Ingrid Fleming

Movie
1992TV
1992Movie
1992Movie
1991
Enchanted April

as Rose Arbuthnot

Movie
1991Movie
1991TV
1991
Redemption

as Valerie Paris

Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Fool

as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Movie
1990
Die Kinder

as Sidonie Reiger

TV
1990
Les Dogs

as Bride's Mother

Movie
1990
The Bachelor

as Friederike / Widow Sommer

Movie
1989Movie
1989Movie
1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

Movie
1988
Mountain Language

as Young Woman

Movie
1988TV
1988
The Master Builder

as Hilde Wangel

Movie
1988TV
1988
Sweet as You Are

as Julia Perry

Movie
1987
Empire of the Sun

as Mrs. Victor

Movie
1987
Eat the Rich

as DHSS Blonde

Movie
1987
The Death of the Heart

as Daphne Heccomb

Movie
1987
After Pilkington

as Penny Newhouse

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Unnatural Causes

as Anne Forrest

TV
1986
ScreenPlay

as Valerie Paris

TV
1986Movie
1985
Underworld

as Oriel

Movie
1985
The Innocent

as Mary Turner

Movie
1985Movie
1985
Screen Two

as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Julia Perry

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Clara

TV
1985
A Woman of Substance

as Paula McGill Amory

TV
1983
Natural World

as Narrator

TV
1983
Blackadder

as Queen Elizabeth I

TV
1983
Blackadder

as Nurse Mary

TV
1983
Blackadder

as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow

TV
1983TV
1983
The Hard Word

as Polly Wood

TV
1982TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
The Queen of Fashion

as Helen Delves Broughton

Movie
Dinner with Audrey

as Ella Van Heemstra

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 3, 1958
Place of BirthSouthport, Lancashire, England, UK
Popularity2.1