03/03/1958
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK:
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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Cravata galbenă (2025) as Ioana Celibidache |
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Like Tears in Rain (2024) as Self |
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) as Mrs Tweedy (voice) |
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023) as Self - Contributor |
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The Magician's Elephant (2023) as Madam LaVaughn (voice) |
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The House (2022) as Aunt Clarice (voice) |
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Rams (2020) as Kat |
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Stronger (2017) as Patty Bauman |
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Churchill (2017) as Clementine Churchill |
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iBoy (2017) as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey |
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An Inspector Calls (2015) as Sybil Birling |
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Casanova (2015) as Marquise d'Urfé |
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Operation Orangutan (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Testament of Youth (2015) as Miss Lorimer |
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (2014) as Mrs Blitherington |
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Muppets Most Wanted (2014) as Berliner at Window |
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013) as Self / Mrs. Victor |
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Hidden Universe (2013) as |
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Belle (2013) as Lady Ashford |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) as Rita Skeeter |
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Made in Dagenham (2010) as Barbara Castle |
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2009) as Narrator (Voice) |
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Spinning Into Butter (2009) as Dean Catherine Kenney |
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The Young Victoria (2009) as Duchess of Kent |
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008) as Self |
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga (2008) as Self |
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Southland Tales (2007) as Nana Mae Frost |
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Fred Claus (2007) as Annette Claus |
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Puffball (2007) as Mabs Tucker |
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Provoked: A True Story (2007) as Veronica Scott |
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Paris, je t'aime (2006) as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille) |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Rita Skeeter |
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Gideon's Daughter (2005) as Stella |
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Wah-Wah (2005) as Lauren Compton |
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Comic Aid (2005) as |
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004) as Madame Giry |
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) as Eva Braun |
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The Prince & Me (2004) as Queen Rosalind |
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Falling Angels (2003) as Mary Field |
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The Rage in Placid Lake (2003) as Sylvia Lake |
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The Actors (2003) as Mrs. Magnani |
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The Hours (2002) as Vanessa Bell |
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Spider (2002) as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg |
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Snow White (2001) as Elspeth |
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Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making (2001) as Self |
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Get Carter (2000) as Gloria Carter |
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Chicken Run (2000) as Mrs. Tweedy (voice) |
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) as Self |
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The Miracle Maker (2000) as Mary Magdalene (voice) |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch |
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) as Miss Fowl |
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The Big Brass Ring (1999) as Dinah Pellarin |
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Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) as Queenie |
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The King and I (1999) as Anna Leonowens (voice) |
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Alice in Wonderland (1999) as Queen of Hearts |
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Ted & Ralph (1998) as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton |
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The Scold's Bridle (1998) as Dr. Sarah Blakeney |
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St. Ives (1998) as Susan Gilchrist |
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The Apostle (1997) as Toosie |
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The Designated Mourner (1997) as Judy |
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Swann (1997) as Sarah Maloney |
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The Evening Star (1996) as Patsy Carpenter |
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Saint-Ex (1996) as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry |
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Kansas City (1996) as Carolyn Stilton |
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La notte e il momento (1995) as Julie |
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Fatherland (1994) as Charlie Maguire |
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The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1994) as Mysterious Woman |
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Tom & Viv (1994) as Vivienne Haigh-Wood |
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Century (1993) as Clara |
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Jealousy (1993) as Stella/Elsbeth |
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Demonella (1993) as Marie Antoinette |
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993) as Miss Straugheim |
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Damage (1992) as Ingrid Fleming |
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The Crying Game (1992) as Jude |
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992) as Sandra |
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Enchanted April (1991) as Rose Arbuthnot |
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Old Times (1991) as |
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Redemption (1991) as Valerie Paris |
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Broken Skin (1991) as |
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The Fool (1990) as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia |
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Les Dogs (1990) as Bride's Mother |
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Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1990) as Friederike / Widow Sommer |
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Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989) as Early Bird |
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El sueño del mono loco (1989) as Marilyn |
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Communicators From Hell (1989) as |
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX |
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Mountain Language (1988) as Young Woman |
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The Master Builder (1988) as Hilde Wangel |
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Sweet as You Are (1988) as Julia Perry |
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Empire of the Sun (1987) as Mrs. Victor |
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Eat the Rich (1987) as DHSS Blonde |
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The Death of the Heart (1987) as Daphne Heccomb |
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After Pilkington (1987) as Penny Newhouse |
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Lost Property (1986) as Anne |
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The Demon Lover (1986) as Gina |
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Transmutations (1985) as Oriel |
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The Innocent (1985) as Mary Turner |
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Dance with a Stranger (1985) as Ruth Ellis |
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The Queen of Fashion () as Helen Delves Broughton |
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Custom of the Country () as |
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The Duchess and I () as |
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Orango rischio fatale (2015) Actor's Assistant |