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

  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Blackadder

    Blackadder

  • Fate: The Winx Saga

    Fate: The Winx Saga

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • Good Omens

    Good Omens

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Fred Claus

    Fred Claus

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • The Comic Strip Presents...

    The Comic Strip Presents...

  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

  • Modern Love

    Modern Love

  • Sleepy Hollow

    Sleepy Hollow

  • The Storyteller

    The Storyteller

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Shooting Stars

    Shooting Stars

  • The Phantom of the Opera

    The Phantom of the Opera

  • And Then There Were None

    And Then There Were None

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

  • The Hours

    The Hours

  • Snow White

    Snow White

  • iBoy

    iBoy

  • World Without End

    World Without End

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • Les Dogs

    Les Dogs

  • Belle

    Belle

  • Get Carter

    Get Carter

  • The House

    The House

  • Transmutations

    Transmutations

  • Kansas City

    Kansas City

  • Muppets Most Wanted

    Muppets Most Wanted

  • The Innocent

    The Innocent

  • Rams

    Rams

  • After Pilkington

    After Pilkington

  • Ted & Ralph

    Ted & Ralph

  • Enchanted April

    Enchanted April

  • Swann

    Swann

  • Puffball

    Puffball

  • The Actors

    The Actors

  • Redemption

    Redemption

  • The Magician's Elephant

    The Magician's Elephant

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Parade's End

    Parade's End

  • Saint-Ex

    Saint-Ex

  • Spider

    Spider

  • Empire of the Sun

    Empire of the Sun

  • The Crying Game

    The Crying Game

  • The Last Anniversary

    The Last Anniversary

  • The Young Victoria

    The Young Victoria

  • A Woman of Substance

    A Woman of Substance

  • Century

    Century

  • An Inspector Calls

    An Inspector Calls

  • The Prince & Me

    The Prince & Me

  • The Yellow Tie

    The Yellow Tie

  • Curfew

    Curfew

  • Stronger

    Stronger

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Tom & Viv

    Tom & Viv

  • The Miracle Maker

    The Miracle Maker

  • Paris Je T'aime

    Paris Je T'aime

  • Rubicon

    Rubicon

  • The Night and the Moment

    The Night and the Moment

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • The Apostle

    The Apostle

  • A Dance to the Music of Time

    A Dance to the Music of Time

  • Gideon's Daughter

    Gideon's Daughter

  • Mountain Language

    Mountain Language

  • The Fool

    The Fool

  • Testament of Youth

    Testament of Youth

  • The Rage in Placid Lake

    The Rage in Placid Lake

  • Merlin's Apprentice

    Merlin's Apprentice

  • Demonella

    Demonella

  • Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

    Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

  • Twisted Obsession

    Twisted Obsession

  • Girlfriends

    Girlfriends

  • The Big Brass Ring

    The Big Brass Ring

  • Dance with a Stranger

    Dance with a Stranger

  • The Evening Star

    The Evening Star

  • Blackadder: A Cunning Story

    Blackadder: A Cunning Story

  • Provoked: A True Story

    Provoked: A True Story

  • Southland Tales

    Southland Tales

  • Blackadder's Christmas Carol

    Blackadder's Christmas Carol

  • Mapp and Lucia

    Mapp and Lucia

  • Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

    Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

  • Made in Dagenham

    Made in Dagenham

  • Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

    Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

  • Agony

    Agony

  • Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

    Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

  • The Lost Prince

    The Lost Prince

  • Sweet as You Are

    Sweet as You Are

  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years

    Churchill: The Hollywood Years

  • Unnatural Causes

    Unnatural Causes

  • Churchill

    Churchill

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • The Death of the Heart

    The Death of the Heart

  • The Bachelor

    The Bachelor

  • Eat the Rich

    Eat the Rich

  • Spinning Into Butter

    Spinning Into Butter

  • The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

  • The Designated Mourner

    The Designated Mourner

  • Dead Boss

    Dead Boss

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

    Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

  • Blackadder: Back & Forth

    Blackadder: Back & Forth

  • Casanova

    Casanova

  • Wah-Wah

    Wah-Wah

  • The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

    The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

  • Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

    Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

  • Like Tears in Rain

    Like Tears in Rain

  • Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

    Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

  • The Bitter End

    The Bitter End

  • The Demon Lover

    The Demon Lover

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

    Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

  • Final Chance to Save

    Final Chance to Save

  • The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

    The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

  • The Line, the Cross & the Curve

    The Line, the Cross & the Curve

  • Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

    Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

  • Lost Property

    Lost Property

  • The Scold's Bridle

    The Scold's Bridle

  • Turtle: The Incredible Journey

    Turtle: The Incredible Journey

  • Falling Angels

    Falling Angels

  • St. Ives

    St. Ives

  • The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

  • Die Kinder

    Die Kinder

  • The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

    The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

  • Hidden Universe

    Hidden Universe

  • Old Times

    Old Times

  • Space Virgins from Planet Sex

    Space Virgins from Planet Sex

  • Operation Orangutan

    Operation Orangutan

  • Broken Skin

    Broken Skin

  • Comic Aid

    Comic Aid

  • Communicators From Hell

    Communicators From Hell