
Miranda Richardson
Born: 1958-03-03
Place of Birth: Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Sleepy Hollow

Fred Claus

Chicken Run

Damage

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

The Phantom of the Opera

Belle

Get Carter

iBoy

Ted & Ralph

Spider

Tom & Viv

Century

Snow White

Fatherland

The Hours

Puffball

Provoked: A True Story

The House

Kansas City

Transmutations

Saint-Ex

The Yellow Tie

Empire of the Sun

Rams

The Magician's Elephant

The Actors

Enchanted April

Swann

The Innocent

Wah-Wah

The King and I

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Jealousy

The Young Victoria

Muppets Most Wanted

Stronger

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Casanova

The Crying Game

The Prince & Me

Demonella

Lost Property

Southland Tales

Paris Je T'aime

Redemption

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Mountain Language

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Alice in Wonderland

The Demon Lover

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

The Miracle Maker

Churchill

Testament of Youth

An Inspector Calls

Made in Dagenham

Sweet as You Are

The Bitter End

Dance with a Stranger

Operation Orangutan

The Apostle

Gideon's Daughter

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

The Evening Star

Eat the Rich

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Old Times

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Like Tears in Rain

The Designated Mourner

The Big Brass Ring

Twisted Obsession

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

St. Ives

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Hidden Universe

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

Communicators From Hell

The Bachelor

The Night and the Moment

Spinning Into Butter

Falling Angels

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

The Rage in Placid Lake

The Death of the Heart

After Pilkington

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
