Miranda Richardson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

Gender

Female

Birthday

1958-03-03 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Miranda Richardson

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollow

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • The Comic Strip Presents...

    The Comic Strip Presents...

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Modern Love

    Modern Love

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

  • Fate: The Winx Saga

    Fate: The Winx Saga

  • The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

  • Testament of Youth

    Testament of Youth

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • Stronger

    Stronger

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • Empire of the Sun

    Empire of the Sun

  • Snow White

    Snow White

  • Provoked: A True Story

    Provoked: A True Story

  • An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • The Prince & Me

    The Prince & Me

  • The Magician's Elephant

    The Magician's Elephant

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • The Big Brass Ring

    The Big Brass Ring

  • The Crying Game

    The Crying Game

  • World Without End

    World Without End

  • Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    Blackadder: A Cunning Story

  • And Then There Were None

    And Then There Were None

  • The Evening Star

    The Evening Star

  • The Hours

    The Hours

  • The Rage in Placid Lake

    The Rage in Placid Lake

  • Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

    Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

  • Rams

    Rams

  • The Yellow Tie

    The Yellow Tie

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • Belle

    Belle

  • The House

    The House

  • Transmutations

    Transmutations

  • Saint-Ex

    Saint-Ex

  • The Death of the Heart

    The Death of the Heart

  • The Last Anniversary

    The Last Anniversary

  • The Young Victoria

    The Young Victoria

  • Les Dogs

    Les Dogs

  • Spider

    Spider

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Fred Claus

    Fred Claus

  • Southland Tales

    Southland Tales

  • Rubicon

    Rubicon

  • Kansas City

    Kansas City

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • iBoy

    iBoy

  • Muppets Most Wanted

    Muppets Most Wanted

  • Twisted Obsession

    Twisted Obsession

  • Like Tears in Rain

    Like Tears in Rain

  • Gideon's Daughter

    Gideon's Daughter

  • The Bachelor

    The Bachelor

  • Merlin's Apprentice

    Merlin's Apprentice

  • Tom & Viv

    Tom & Viv

  • Dance with a Stranger

    Dance with a Stranger

  • Ted & Ralph

    Ted & Ralph

  • The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

  • Parade's End

    Parade's End

  • Falling Angels

    Falling Angels

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • The Designated Mourner

    The Designated Mourner

  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years

    Churchill: The Hollywood Years

  • A Dance to the Music of Time

    A Dance to the Music of Time

  • Spinning Into Butter

    Spinning Into Butter

  • Churchill

    Churchill

  • Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

  • Agony

    Agony

  • Curfew

    Curfew

  • Paris Je T'aime

    Paris Je T'aime

  • The Lost Prince

    The Lost Prince

  • Redemption

    Redemption

  • After Pilkington

    After Pilkington

  • The Bitter End

    The Bitter End

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Enchanted April

    Enchanted April

  • Puffball

    Puffball

  • St. Ives

    St. Ives

  • Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

    Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

  • The Actors

    The Actors

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • The Fool

    The Fool

  • Sweet as You Are

    Sweet as You Are

  • The Miracle Maker

    The Miracle Maker

  • Century

    Century

  • Final Chance to Save

    Final Chance to Save

  • Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

  • The Innocent

    The Innocent

  • The Night and the Moment

    The Night and the Moment

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Eat the Rich

    Eat the Rich

  • Mountain Language

    Mountain Language

  • Wah-Wah

    Wah-Wah

  • The Demon Lover

    The Demon Lover

  • Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

    Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

    The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

  • The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

    The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

  • Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

    Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

  • The Apostle

    The Apostle

  • Die Kinder

    Die Kinder

  • Lost Property

    Lost Property

  • Blackadder: Back & Forth

    Blackadder: Back & Forth

  • Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

  • Dead Boss

    Dead Boss

  • Swann

    Swann

  • The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

  • Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

  • Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

  • Demonella

    Demonella

  • Old Times

    Old Times

  • The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

  • The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

    The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • The Line, the Cross & the Curve

    The Line, the Cross & the Curve

  • Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

    Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

  • Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

    Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

  • Comic Aid

    Comic Aid

  • Communicators From Hell

    Communicators From Hell

  • Turtle: The Incredible Journey

    Turtle: The Incredible Journey

  • Hidden Universe

    Hidden Universe

  • Space Virgins from Planet Sex

    Space Virgins from Planet Sex

  • Operation Orangutan

    Operation Orangutan

  • Broken Skin

    Broken Skin