Miranda Richardson
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1958-03-03 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Miranda Jane Richardson · میراندا ریچاردسون
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
TV Shows (41)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Good Omens
2019
as Shax / Madame Tracy
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Blackadder
1983
as Queen Elizabeth I / Nurse Mary / Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
Screen Two
1985
as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse / Julia Perry / Clara
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Bettina
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Bride's Mother
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Fate: The Winx Saga
2021
as Rosalind
Performance
1991
as Anna
Modern Love
2019
as Jane
Shooting Stars
1993
as Self
The Storyteller
1988
as Witch
ScreenPlay
1986
as Valerie Paris
Danger Mouse
2015
as Queen of Weevils (voice)
Merlin
1998
as Lady of the Lake / Mab
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Paula McGill Amory
World Without End
2012
as Mother Cecilia
And Then There Were None
2015
as Emily Brent
Rubicon
2010
as Katherine Rhumor
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Pamela Flitton
Psychobitches
2013
as Enid Blyton
Parade's End
2012
as Mrs. Wannop
Curfew
2019
as Lou
The Last Anniversary
2025
as Rose
This Morning
1988
as Self
Unnatural Causes
1986
as Anne Forrest
Merlin's Apprentice
2006
as Lady of the Lake
The Lost Prince
2003
as Queen Mary
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
2005
as Corky (British dub voice)
Dead Boss
2012
as Jo
Shades of Darkness
1983
as Gina
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Elizabeth Mapp
Girlfriends
2018
as Sue
Die Kinder
1990
as Sidonie Reiger
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
Casanova
2015
as Marquise d'Urfé
The Scold's Bridle
1998
as Dr Sarah Blakeney
Final Chance to Save
2005
as Herself
Movies (105)
Damage
1992
as Ingrid Fleming
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Rita Skeeter
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Rita Skeeter
Chicken Run
2000
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Madame Giry
Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mrs. Victor
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
The Hours
2002
as Vanessa Bell
Spider
2002
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Fred Claus
2007
as Annette Claus
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
The House
2022
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
Stronger
2017
as Patty Bauman
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Berliner at Window
Get Carter
2000
as Gloria Carter
The Crying Game
1992
as Jude
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Queen of Hearts
The Prince & Me
2004
as Queen Rosalind
Enchanted April
1991
as Rose Arbuthnot
The Magician's Elephant
2023
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
Southland Tales
2007
as Nana Mae Frost
Belle
2013
as Lady Ashford
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Testament of Youth
2015
as Miss Lorimer
iBoy
2017
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
The Young Victoria
2009
as Duchess of Kent
Snow White
2001
as Elspeth
Churchill
2017
as Clementine Churchill
Made in Dagenham
2010
as Barbara Castle
The Apostle
1997
as Toosie
Fatherland
1994
as Charlie Maguire
The Miracle Maker
2000
as Mary Magdalene (voice)
Eat the Rich
1987
as DHSS Blonde
The Yellow Tie
2025
as Ioana Celibidache
The King and I
1999
as Anna Leonowens (voice)
Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Ruth Ellis
Casanova
2015
as Marquise d'Urfé
Comic Aid
2005
Kansas City
1996
as Carolyn Stilton
An Inspector Calls
2015
as Sybil Birling
Wah-Wah
2005
as Lauren Compton
The Evening Star
1996
as Patsy Carpenter
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Queenie
Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Stella
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
Rams
2020
as Kat
Communicators From Hell
1989
St. Ives
1998
as Susan Gilchrist
The Actors
2003
as Mrs. Magnani
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014
as Mrs Blitherington
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
Provoked: A True Story
2007
as Veronica Scott
Puffball
2007
as Mabs Tucker
The Queen of Fashion
as Helen Delves Broughton
Spinning Into Butter
2009
as Dean Catherine Kenney
The Fool
1990
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Tom & Viv
1994
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Underworld
1985
as Oriel
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Eva Braun
The Rage in Placid Lake
2003
as Sylvia Lake
Swann
1997
as Sarah Maloney
Century
1993
as Clara
Ted & Ralph
1998
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999
as Miss Fowl
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Mrs. Victor
Twisted Obsession
1989
as Marilyn
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
The Bachelor
1990
as Friederike / Widow Sommer
The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Dinah Pellarin
Redemption
1991
as Valerie Paris
The Innocent
1985
as Mary Turner
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Miss Straugheim
The Duchess and I
Jealousy
1993
as Stella/Elsbeth
The Night and the Moment
1995
as Julie
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Early Bird
Mountain Language
1988
as Young Woman
Falling Angels
2003
as Mary Field
Saint-Ex
1996
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001
as Self
The Master Builder
1988
as Hilde Wangel
Demonella
1993
as Marie Antoinette
Les Dogs
1990
as Bride's Mother
Sweet as You Are
1988
as Julia Perry
Dinner with Audrey
as Ella Van Heemstra
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2009
as Narrator (Voice)
The Designated Mourner
1997
as Judy
Custom of the Country
The Demon Lover
1986
as Gina
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
as Sandra
The Death of the Heart
1987
as Daphne Heccomb
The Scold's Bridle
1998
as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Operation Orangutan
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
as Mysterious Woman
Old Times
1991
Lost Property
1986
as Anne
After Pilkington
1987
as Penny Newhouse
Hidden Universe
2013
Broken Skin
1991
About Miranda Richardson
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 i… With 146 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Miranda Richardson has appeared in 105 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Miranda Richardson Movies
- Damage (1992) — as Ingrid Fleming
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Rita Skeeter
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Rita Skeeter
- Chicken Run (2000) — as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) — as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
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