Miranda Richardson
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miranda Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 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 Madame Tracy
- 2019 · Good Omens as Shax
- 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 · An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Elizabeth Mapp
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as
- 2008 · A Fox's Tale as Anna Conda (voice)
- 2007 · Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- 2007 · The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle as
- 2007 · Provoked: A True Story as Veronica Scott
- 2005 · Gideon's Daughter as Stella
- 2005 · Final Chance to Save as Herself
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
- 2003 · Falling Angels as Mary Field
- 2003 · The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
- 2003 · The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- 2003 · The Lost Prince as Queen Mary
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr Sarah Blakeney
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
- 1994 · Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- 1993 · Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- 1991 · Redemption as Valerie Paris
- 1990 · Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- 1990 · The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
- 1989 · Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
- 1989 · Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
- 1987 · The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- Future · The Last Anniversary as
- 1987 · After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
- 1985 · Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
- Future · The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015 · Orankipelastus as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
- 2014 · Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
- 2013 · Hidden Universe as
- 2013 · Belle as Lady Ashford
- 2012 · World Without End as Mother Cecilia
- 2012 · Parade's End as Mrs. Wannop
- 2012 · Dead Boss as Jo
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
- 2010 · Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
- 2010 · Rubicon as Katherine Rhumor
- 2009 · Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
- 2009 · The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- 2007 · Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- 2007 · Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- 2007 · Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- 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 · The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill as Corky (British dub voice)
- 2005 · Comic Aid as
- 2004 · The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- 2004 · The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- 2002 · The Hours as Vanessa Bell
- 2002 · Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Snow White as Queen 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 Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- 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 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
- 1998 · St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- 1997 · The Apostle as Toosie
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as Pamela Flitton
- 1997 · The Designated Mourner as Judy
- 1997 · Swann as Sarah Maloney
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- 1996 · Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- 1995 · The Night and the Moment as Julie
- 1994 · Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- 1993 · Century as Clara
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
- 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 · Broken Skin as
- 1990 · The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- 1990 · Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- 1990 · Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
- 1989 · Communicators From Hell as
- 1988 · Mountain Language as Young Woman
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Witch
- 1988 · The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- 1988 · Sweet As You Are as Julia Perry
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- 1986 · Lost Property as Anne
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Anne Forrest
- 1986 · The Demon Lover as Gina
- 1985 · Transmutations as Oriel
- 1985 · The Innocent as Mary Turner
- 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 · Blackadder as Queen Elisabeth
- 1983 · Blackadder as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Miss Straugheim
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Bride's Mother
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Marie Antoinette
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1979 · Agony as Gudrun
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self