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Miranda Richardson

Born: 1958-03-03

From: Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

About: 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.


Film credits:

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