1958-03-03 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 | Ioana Celibidache | 2025-11-14 |
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Like Tears in Rain | Self | 2024-09-22 |
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Mrs Tweedy (voice) | 2023-12-08 |
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The Magician's Elephant | Madam LaVaughn (voice) | 2023-03-10 |
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story | Self - Contributor | 2023-06-16 |
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The House | Aunt Clarice (voice) | 2022-01-14 |
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Rams | Kat | 2020-10-15 |
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Stronger | Patty Bauman | 2017-09-22 |
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Churchill | Clementine Churchill | 2017-05-25 |
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iBoy | Nancy 'Nan' Harvey | 2017-01-27 |
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Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey | Narrator (voice) | 2015-02-13 |
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Operation Orangutan | Narrator (voice) | 2015-04-22 |
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An Inspector Calls | Sybil Birling | 2015-09-13 |
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Casanova | Marquise d'Urfé | 2015-08-01 |
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Testament of Youth | Miss Lorimer | 2015-01-16 |
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Muppets Most Wanted | Berliner at Window | 2014-03-20 |
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm | Mrs Blitherington | 2014-12-24 |
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Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Self / Mrs. Victor | 2013-09-28 |
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Hidden Universe | 2013-06-29 | |
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Belle | Lady Ashford | 2013-05-01 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Made in Dagenham | Barbara Castle | 2010-10-01 |
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rita Skeeter | 2010-11-17 |
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey | Narrator (Voice) | 2009-10-01 |
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The Young Victoria | Duchess of Kent | 2009-03-04 |
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Spinning Into Butter | Dean Catherine Kenney | 2009-03-27 |
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments | Self | 2008-10-16 |
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga | Self | 2008-10-09 |
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Provoked: A True Story | Veronica Scott | 2007-04-06 |
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Southland Tales | Nana Mae Frost | 2007-11-14 |
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Puffball | Mabs Tucker | 2007-10-28 |
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Fred Claus | Annette Claus | 2007-11-09 |
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Paris, je t'aime | La femme au trench rouge (Bastille) | 2006-06-21 |
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Gideon's Daughter | Stella | 2005-10-21 |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rita Skeeter | 2005-11-16 |
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Comic Aid | 2005-03-02 | |
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Wah-Wah | Lauren Compton | 2005-08-17 |
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The Prince & Me | Queen Rosalind | 2004-03-28 |
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Eva Braun | 2004-12-03 |
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The Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry | 2004-12-08 |
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The Actors | Mrs. Magnani | 2003-03-16 |
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The Rage in Placid Lake | Sylvia Lake | 2003-05-17 |
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Falling Angels | Mary Field | 2003-11-13 |
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The Hours | Vanessa Bell | 2002-12-27 |
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Spider | Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg | 2002-11-06 |
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Snow White | Elspeth | 2001-10-28 |
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Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making | Self | 2001-10-15 |
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The Miracle Maker | Mary Magdalene (voice) | 2000-03-31 |
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Get Carter | Gloria Carter | 2000-10-06 |
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
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Chicken Run | Mrs. Tweedy (voice) | 2000-06-23 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts | 1999-02-28 |
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang | Miss Fowl | 1999-10-08 |
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The King and I | Anna Leonowens (voice) | 1999-03-19 |
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The Big Brass Ring | Dinah Pellarin | 1999-04-20 |
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Sleepy Hollow | Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch | 1999-11-19 |
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Blackadder: Back & Forth | Queenie | 1999-03-29 |
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St. Ives | Susan Gilchrist | 1998-01-01 |
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Ted & Ralph | Henrietta Blough-Pendleton | 1998-12-26 |
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The Scold's Bridle | Dr. Sarah Blakeney | 1998-04-10 |
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The Apostle | Toosie | 1997-12-19 |
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Swann | Sarah Maloney | 1997-03-01 |
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The Designated Mourner | Judy | 1997-05-23 |
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Saint-Ex | Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry | 1996-11-17 |
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The Evening Star | Patsy Carpenter | 1996-12-25 |
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Kansas City | Carolyn Stilton | 1996-08-16 |
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La notte e il momento | Julie | 1995-07-05 |
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The Line, the Cross & the Curve | Mysterious Woman | 1994-05-06 |
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Fatherland | Charlie Maguire | 1994-11-26 |
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Tom & Viv | Vivienne Haigh-Wood | 1994-04-15 |
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Century | Clara | 1993-12-31 |
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Space Virgins from Planet Sex | Miss Straugheim | 1993-04-29 |
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Demonella | Marie Antoinette | 1993-05-20 |
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Jealousy | Stella/Elsbeth | 1993-05-27 |
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Mr. Wakefield's Crusade | Sandra | 1992-04-22 |
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The Crying Game | Jude | 1992-09-02 |
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Damage | Ingrid Fleming | 1992-12-02 |
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Redemption | Valerie Paris | 1991-07-03 |
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Enchanted April | Rose Arbuthnot | 1991-11-27 |
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Old Times | 1991-10-26 | |
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Broken Skin | 1991-01-01 | |
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Mio caro dottor Gräsler | Friederike / Widow Sommer | 1990-03-29 |
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The Fool | Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia | 1990-12-07 |
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Les Dogs | Bride's Mother | 1990-08-03 |
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El sueño del mono loco | Marilyn | 1989-09-05 |
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Communicators From Hell | 1989-01-01 | |
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Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage | Early Bird | 1989-12-27 |
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The Master Builder | Hilde Wangel | 1988-05-15 |
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX | 1988-12-23 |
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Sweet as You Are | Julia Perry | 1988-01-24 |
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Mountain Language | Young Woman | 1988-12-11 |
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Empire of the Sun | Mrs. Victor | 1987-12-09 |
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The Death of the Heart | Daphne Heccomb | 1987-05-03 |
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After Pilkington | Penny Newhouse | 1987-01-25 |
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Eat the Rich | DHSS Blonde | 1987-10-23 |
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Lost Property | Anne | 1986-11-22 |
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The Demon Lover | Gina | 1986-06-21 |
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The Innocent | Mary Turner | 1985-03-18 |
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Transmutations | Oriel | 1985-11-29 |
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Dance with a Stranger | Ruth Ellis | 1985-03-01 |
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The Queen of Fashion | Helen Delves Broughton | |
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The Bitter End |
