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.
Movies (97)
The Yellow Tie
2025
Like Tears in Rain
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
The Magician's Elephant
2023
The House
2022
Rams
2020
Stronger
2017
Churchill
2017
iBoy
2017
An Inspector Calls
2015
Casanova
2015
Operation Orangutan
2015
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
Testament of Youth
2015
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
Hidden Universe
2013
Belle
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Made in Dagenham
2010
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2009
Spinning Into Butter
2009
The Young Victoria
2009
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
Southland Tales
2007
Fred Claus
2007
Puffball
2007
Provoked: A True Story
2007
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Gideon's Daughter
2005
Wah-Wah
2005
The Phantom of the Opera
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
The Prince & Me
2004
Falling Angels
2003
The Rage in Placid Lake
2003
The Actors
2003
The Hours
2002
Spider
2002
Snow White
2001
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001
Get Carter
2000
Chicken Run
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
The Miracle Maker
2000
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999
The Big Brass Ring
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
The King and I
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Ted & Ralph
1998
The Scold's Bridle
1998
St. Ives
1998
The Apostle
1997
The Designated Mourner
1997
Swann
1997
The Evening Star
1996
Saint-Ex
1996
Kansas City
1996
The Night and the Moment
1995
Fatherland
1994
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
Tom & Viv
1994
Century
1993
Jealousy
1993
Demonella
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
Damage
1992
The Crying Game
1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
Enchanted April
1991
Old Times
1991
Redemption
1991
Les Dogs
1990
The Bachelor
1990
Twisted Obsession
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Mountain Language
1988
The Master Builder
1988
Sweet as You Are
1988
Empire of the Sun
1987
Eat the Rich
1987
The Death of the Heart
1987
After Pilkington
1987
Lost Property
1986
The Demon Lover
1986
Underworld
1985
The Innocent
1985
Dance with a Stranger
1985
The Duchess and I
Dinner with Audrey
TV Shows (41)
The Last Anniversary
2025
Fate: The Winx Saga
2021
Modern Love
2019
Good Omens
2019
Good Omens
2019
Curfew
2019
Girlfriends
2018
And Then There Were None
2015
Danger Mouse
2015
Casanova
2015
Mapp and Lucia
2014
Psychobitches
2013
World Without End
2012
Parade's End
2012
Dead Boss
2012
Rubicon
2010
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The One Show
2006
Merlin's Apprentice
2006
Final Chance to Save
2005
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
2005
The Lost Prince
2003
V Graham Norton
2002
Merlin
1998
The Scold's Bridle
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
Shooting Stars
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
Performance
1991
Die Kinder
1990
This Morning
1988
The Storyteller
1988
Unnatural Causes
1986
A Woman of Substance
1985
Natural World
1983
Blackadder
1983
Blackadder
1983
Blackadder
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953