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Miranda Richardson

Born 3 March 1958 · Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre. She made her film debut as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to earn Academy Award nominations for her roles in Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A decorated performer, Richardson has received seven BAFTA Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage, and has earned seven Golden Globe Award nominations, with wins for Enchanted April (1992) and the television film Fatherland (1994). Her extensive career includes notable television work in series such as Blackadder, The Lost Prince, and Rubicon, as well as a prolific stage career that earned her an Olivier Award nomination for A Lie of the Mind (1987). In 1996, one critic notably hailed her as "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" following her performance in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival.

Films and shows

  1. 2026My Duchess1h 35m
  2. 2025The Last Anniversary1 seasonRose
  3. 2025The Yellow Tie2h 25mIoana Celibidache
  4. 2024Like Tears in Rain1h 21mSelf
  5. 2023The Magician's Elephant1h 39mMadam LaVaughn (voice)
  6. 2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget1h 41mMrs Tweedy (voice)
  7. 2023Blackadder: A Cunning Story1h 29mSelf - Contributor
  8. 2022The House1h 37mAunt Clarice (voice)
  9. 2020Rams1h 59mKat
  10. 2019Curfew1 seasonLou
  11. 2018Girlfriends1 seasonSue
  12. 2017Churchill1h 50mClementine Churchill
  13. 2017Stronger1h 59mPatty Bauman
  14. 2017iBoy1h 30mNancy 'Nan' Harvey
  15. 2015Operation Orangutan44mNarrator (voice)
  16. 2015Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey47mNarrator (voice)
  17. 2015An Inspector Calls1h 28mSybil Birling
  18. 2015Casanova1 seasonMarquise d'Urfé
  19. 2015Casanova55mMarquise d'Urfé
  20. 2015And Then There Were None1 seasonEmily Brent
  21. 2015Testament of Youth2h 9mMiss Lorimer
  22. 2014The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm1hMrs Blitherington
  23. 2014Mapp and Lucia1 seasonElizabeth Mapp
  24. 2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips1h 20mSelf / Mrs. Victor
  25. 2013Belle1h 45mLady Ashford
  26. 2013Hidden Universe36m
  27. 2012Parade's End1 seasonMrs. Wannop
  28. 2012World Without End1 seasonMother Cecilia
  29. 2010Made in Dagenham1h 53mBarbara Castle
  30. 2010Rubicon1 seasonKatherine Rhumor
  31. 2009Turtle: The Incredible Journey1h 21mNarrator (Voice)
  32. 2009Spinning Into Butter1h 26mDean Catherine Kenney
  33. 2009The Young Victoria1h 45mDuchess of Kent
  34. 2008Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga1h 32mSelf
  35. 2008Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments1h 32mSelf
  36. 2007Puffball2hMabs Tucker
  37. 2007Provoked1h 45mVeronica Scott
  38. 2007Fred Claus1h 55mAnnette Claus
  39. 2007Southland Tales2h 25mNana Mae Frost
  40. 2007The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle1 season
  41. 2006Merlin's Apprentice1 seasonLady of the Lake
  42. 2005Gideon's Daughter1h 45mStella
  43. 2005The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill4 seasonsCorky (British dub voice)
  44. 2005Wah-Wah2hLauren Compton
  45. 2005Comic Aid2h 47m
  46. 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2h 37mRita Skeeter
  47. 2004The Phantom of the Opera2h 21mMadame Giry
  48. 2004The Prince & Me1h 51mQueen Rosalind
  49. 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years1h 24mEva Braun
  50. 2003Falling Angels1h 49mMary Field
  51. 2003The Rage in Placid Lake1h 29mSylvia Lake
  52. 2003The Actors1h 31mMrs. Magnani
  53. 2003The Lost Prince1 seasonQueen Mary
  54. 2002Spider1h 38mYvonne / Mrs. Cleg
  55. 2002The Hours1h 54mVanessa Bell
  56. 2001Snow White1h 33mElspeth
  57. 2001Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making33mSelf
  58. 2000Get Carter1h 42mGloria Carter
  59. 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend42mSelf
  60. 2000Chicken Run1h 24mMrs. Tweedy (voice)
  61. 2000The Miracle Maker1h 27mMary Magdalene (voice)
  62. 1999The King and I1h 27mAnna Leonowens (voice)
  63. 1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang1h 36mMiss Fowl
  64. 1999Sleepy Hollow1h 45mLady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
  65. 1999The Big Brass Ring1h 44mDinah Pellarin
  66. 1999Alice in Wonderland2h 13mQueen of Hearts
  67. 1999Blackadder: Back & Forth33mQueenie
  68. 1998St. Ives1h 30mSusan Gilchrist
  69. 1998The Scold's Bridle1 seasonDr Sarah Blakeney
  70. 1998The Scold's Bridle2h 27mDr. Sarah Blakeney
  71. 1998Merlin1 seasonLady of the Lake / Mab
  72. 1998Ted & Ralph1h 6mHenrietta Blough-Pendleton
  73. 1997The Designated Mourner1h 34mJudy
  74. 1997Swann1h 36mSarah Maloney
  75. 1997The Apostle2h 14mToosie
  76. 1997A Dance to the Music of Time1 seasonPamela Flitton
  77. 1996Kansas City1h 56mCarolyn Stilton
  78. 1996Saint-Ex1h 22mConsuelo de Saint-Exupéry
  79. 1996The Evening Star2h 9mPatsy Carpenter
  80. 1995The Night and the Moment1h 30mJulie
  81. 1994Fatherland1h 46mCharlie Maguire
  82. 1994Tom & Viv1h 55mVivienne Haigh-Wood
  83. 1994The Line, the Cross & the Curve44mMysterious Woman
  84. 1993Century1h 52mClara
  85. 1993Jealousy30mStella/Elsbeth
  86. 1993Space Virgins from Planet Sex31mMiss Straugheim
  87. 1993Demonella28mMarie Antoinette
  88. 1992The Crying Game1h 52mJude
  89. 1992Damage1h 51mIngrid Fleming
  90. 1992Mr. Wakefield's Crusade2h 30mSandra
  91. 1991Enchanted April1h 35mRose Arbuthnot
  92. 1991Redemption1h 30mValerie Paris
  93. 1991Broken Skin12m
  94. 1991Old Times1h 18m
  95. 1990Die Kinder1 seasonSidonie Reiger
  96. 1990The Bachelor1h 45mFriederike / Widow Sommer
  97. 1990Les Dogs30mBride's Mother
  98. 1989Twisted Obsession1h 48mMarilyn
  99. 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage1h 23mEarly Bird
  100. 1989Communicators From Hell12m
  101. 1988The Storyteller: The Three Ravens24mWitch
  102. 1988Mountain Language20mYoung Woman
  103. 1988Sweet as You Are1h 9mJulia Perry
  104. 1988Blackadder's Christmas Carol43mQueens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
  105. 1988The Master Builder2h 18mHilde Wangel
  106. 1987After Pilkington1h 40mPenny Newhouse
  107. 1987Empire of the Sun2h 33mMrs. Victor
  108. 1987The Death of the Heart1h 49mDaphne Heccomb
  109. 1986Lost Property50mAnne
  110. 1986The Demon Lover53mGina
  111. 1985Dance with a Stranger1h 36mRuth Ellis
  112. 1985A Woman of Substance1 seasonPaula McGill Amory
  113. 1985The Innocent1h 41mMary Turner
  114. 1985Underworld1h 43mOriel
  115. 1983The Hard Word1 seasonPolly Wood
  116. Dinner with AudreyElla Van Heemstra
  117. The Portrait of a Lady1 seasonMrs Lydia Touchett
  118. The Queen of FashionHelen Delves Broughton
  119. The Custom of the Country