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
- 2025 · The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
- 2025 · The Last Anniversary as Rose
- 2023 · Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
- 2023 · The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
- 2022 · The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
- 2021 · Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind
- 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
- 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 · Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Elizabeth Mapp
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- 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 · Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
- 2010 · Rubicon as Katherine Rhumor
- 2009 · The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- 2007 · Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- 2007 · Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- 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 · 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 · The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- 2004 · The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- 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
- 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 · Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- 1998 · Merlin as Lady of the Lake / Mab
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as Pamela Flitton
- 1994 · Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1992 · Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Bettina
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Jude
- 1991 · Performance as Anna
- 1990 · Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Witch
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Anne Forrest
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Valerie Paris
- 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
- 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
- Future · The Custom of the Country as
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2020 · Rams as Kat
- 2017 · Churchill as Clementine Churchill
- 2017 · iBoy as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
- 2015 · Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2009 · Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- 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
- 2003 · The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
- 2003 · The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- 1999 · The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- 1999 · The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr Sarah Blakeney
- 1997 · The Apostle as Toosie
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- 1995 · The Night and the Moment as Julie
- 1994 · Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- 1993 · Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1993 · Demonella as Marie Antoinette
- 1993 · Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
- 1992 · Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- 1991 · Old Times as
- 1991 · Redemption as Valerie Paris
- 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
- 1986 · The Demon Lover as Gina
- 1985 · The Innocent as Mary Turner
- Future · Dinner with Audrey as Ella Van Heemstra
- 1985 · Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
- 1983 · The Hard Word as Polly Wood
- Future · The Duchess and I as
- 2024 · Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2015 · Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Hidden Universe as
- 2009 · Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2007 · Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- 2007 · Provoked: A True Story as Veronica Scott
- 2005 · Comic Aid as
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
- 2003 · Falling Angels as Mary Field
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 1999 · Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
- 1998 · Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
- 1998 · St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- 1997 · The Designated Mourner as Judy
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
- 1996 · Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- 1990 · The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- 1989 · Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- Future · The Queen of Fashion as Helen Delves Broughton
- 1997 · Swann as Sarah Maloney
- 1994 · The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
- 1993 · Century as Clara
- 1991 · Broken Skin as
- 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 · The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- 1987 · The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- 1987 · After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
- 1986 · Lost Property as Anne
- 1985 · Underworld as Oriel