Miranda Richardson
Acting
Born: Mar 03, 1958
From: Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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.
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Magician's Elephant | Madam LaVaughn (voice) | 2023 | 6.793 |
| Spinning Into Butter | Dean Catherine Kenney | 2009 | 5.944 |
| Turtle: The Incredible Journey | Narrator (Voice) | 2009 | 6.6 |
| Southland Tales | Nana Mae Frost | 2007 | 5.219 |
| Fred Claus | Annette Claus | 2007 | 5.856 |
| Puffball | Mabs Tucker | 2007 | 3.786 |
| Paris Je T'aime | La femme au trench rouge … | 2006 | 6.76 |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rita Skeeter | 2005 | 7.801 |
| Wah-Wah | Lauren Compton | 2005 | 5.868 |
| The Prince & Me | Queen Rosalind | 2004 | 6.211 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry | 2004 | 7.265 |
| The Actors | Mrs. Magnani | 2003 | 5.603 |
| The Rage in Placid Lake | Sylvia Lake | 2003 | 6.543 |
| The Hours | Vanessa Bell | 2002 | 7.252 |
| Spider | Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg | 2002 | 6.647 |
| Snow White | Elspeth | 2001 | 5.895 |
| Get Carter | Gloria Carter | 2000 | 5.219 |
| The Miracle Maker | Mary Magdalene (voice) | 2000 | 6.12 |
| Chicken Run | Mrs. Tweedy (voice) | 2000 | 6.839 |
| Sleepy Hollow | Lady Mary Van Tassel / … | 1999 | 7.189 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts | 1999 | 6.219 |
| The Apostle | Toosie | 1997 | 6.327 |
| The Evening Star | Patsy Carpenter | 1996 | 6.038 |
| Kansas City | Carolyn Stilton | 1996 | 6.116 |
| Fatherland | Charlie Maguire | 1994 | 6.211 |
| Damage | Ingrid Fleming | 1992 | 6.57 |
| The Crying Game | Jude | 1992 | 6.8 |
| Enchanted April | Rose Arbuthnot | 1991 | 6.789 |
| Empire of the Sun | Mrs. Victor | 1987 | 7.505 |
| Dance with a Stranger | Ruth Ellis | 1985 | 6.13 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1958 |
| From | Southport, Lancashire, England, … |