Miranda Richardson
March 3, 1958 (68 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · My Duchess as
- 2025 · The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
- 2025 · Bookish as Duchess Alberta
- 2025 · Bookish as Duschess Alberta
- 2025 · The Last Anniversary as Rose
- 2024 · Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2023 · Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2023 · The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
- 2022 · The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
- 2021 · Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind
- 2020 · Rams as Kat
- 2019 · Modern Love as Jane
- 2019 · Good Omens as Shax
- 2019 · Good Omens as Madame Tracy
- 2019 · Curfew as Lou
- 2018 · Girlfriends as Sue
- 2017 · Stronger as Patty Bauman
- 2017 · Churchill as Clementine Churchill
- 2017 · iBoy as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
- 2015 · And Then There Were None as Emily Brent
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Queen of Weevils (voice)
- 2015 · An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015 · Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Elizabeth Mapp
- 2013 · Hidden Universe as
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
- 2009 · Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2007 · The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle as
- 2005 · Gideon's Daughter as Stella
- 2005 · Final Chance to Save as Herself
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
- 2005 · The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill as Corky (British dub voice)
- 2005 · The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
- 2003 · The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
- 2003 · The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 1999 · The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr Sarah Blakeney
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
- 1997 · The Designated Mourner as Judy
- 1996 · Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- 1995 · The Night and the Moment as Julie
- 1994 · Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- 1989 · Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- 1985 · Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
- Future · The Portrait of a Lady as Mrs Lydia Touchett
- Future · The Custom of the Country as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- 1988 · Sweet as You Are as Julia Perry
- 1987 · Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
- 1985 · Underworld as Oriel
- 1985 · The Innocent as Mary Turner
- Future · The Queen of Fashion as Helen Delves Broughton
- 2014 · The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Enid Blyton
- 2013 · Belle as Lady Ashford
- 2012 · World Without End as Mother Cecilia
- 2012 · Parade's End as Mrs. Wannop
- 2012 · Dead Boss as Jo
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
- 2010 · Rubicon as Katherine Rhumor
- 2009 · Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- 2009 · The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2007 · Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- 2007 · Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- 2007 · Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- 2007 · Provoked as Veronica Scott
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
- 2006 · Merlin's Apprentice as Lady of the Lake
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Rita Skeeter
- 2005 · Comic Aid as
- 2004 · The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- 2004 · The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- 2003 · Falling Angels as Mary Field
- 2003 · The Lost Prince as Queen Mary
- 2002 · The Hours as Vanessa Bell
- 2002 · Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Snow White as Elspeth
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000 · Get Carter as Gloria Carter
- 2000 · Chicken Run as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as Mary Magdalene (voice)
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- 1999 · Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
- 1999 · The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- 1998 · Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
- 1998 · Merlin as Lady of the Lake / Mab
- 1998 · St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- 1997 · The Apostle as Toosie
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as Pamela Flitton
- 1997 · Swann as Sarah Maloney
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
- 1994 · Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- 1994 · The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
- 1993 · Century as Clara
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1993 · Demonella as Marie Antoinette
- 1993 · Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
- 1992 · Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Bettina
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Jude
- 1992 · Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
- 1991 · Old Times as
- 1991 · Performance as Anna
- 1991 · Redemption as Valerie Paris
- 1991 · Broken Skin as
- 1990 · The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- 1990 · Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- 1990 · Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
- 1990 · The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
- 1989 · Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
- 1989 · Communicators From Hell as
- 1988 · Mountain Language as Young Woman
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · The Storyteller: The Three Ravens as Witch
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Witch
- 1988 · The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- 1987 · The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- Future · Dinner with Audrey as Ella Van Heemstra
- 1987 · After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
- 1986 · Lost Property as Anne
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Anne Forrest
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Valerie Paris
- 1986 · The Demon Lover as Gina
- 1985 · Screen Two as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse
- 1985 · Screen Two as Julia Perry
- 1985 · Screen Two as Clara
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Paula McGill Amory
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Blackadder as Nurse Mary
- 1983 · Blackadder as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1983 · Blackadder as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
- 1983 · Shades of Darkness as Gina
- 1983 · The Hard Word as Polly Wood
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Bride's Mother
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1971 · Film '72 as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self