Miranda Richardson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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 i...

Acting

2002

The Hours

as Vanessa Bell

2006

Paris Je T'aime

as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

1987

Empire of the Sun

as Mrs. Victor

1999

Sleepy Hollow

as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

1997

The Apostle

as Toosie

2000

Get Carter

as Gloria Carter

2007

Southland Tales

as Nana Mae Frost

1992

Damage

as Ingrid Fleming

2004

The Prince & Me

as Queen Rosalind

2007

Fred Claus

as Annette Claus

1996

The Evening Star

as Patsy Carpenter

2000

The Miracle Maker

as Mary Magdalene (voice)

1994

Fatherland

as Charlie Maguire

1992

2000

Chicken Run

as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

1996

Kansas City

as Carolyn Stilton

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Queen of Hearts

2007

Puffball

as Mabs Tucker

2001

Snow White

as Queen Elspeth

2007

Spinning Into Butter

as Dean Catherine Kenney

2003

The Actors

as Mrs. Magnani

1991

Enchanted April

as Rose Arbuthnot

2002

Spider

as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

2004

1985

2023

The Magician's Elephant

as Madam LaVaughn (voice)

2009

2003

2005

Wah-Wah

as Lauren Compton

2007

Provoked: A True Story

as Veronica Scott

1999

The Big Brass Ring

as Dinah Pellarin

2010

Made in Dagenham

as Barbara Castle

1999

The King and I

as Anna Leonowens (voice)

1994

Tom & Viv

as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

2009

The Young Victoria

as Duchess of Kent

1998

St. Ives

as Susan Gilchrist

2022

The House

as Aunt Clarice (voice)

2005

1988

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

2012

2023

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

as Self – Contributor

1996

Saint-Ex

as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

1989

2015

Operation Orangutan

as Narrator (voice)

2013

Belle

as Lady Ashford

2015

1990

The Bachelor

as Friederike / Widow Sommer

1998

The Scold's Bridle

as Dr. Sarah Blakeney

1987

After Pilkington

as Penny Newhouse

2023

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

1990

Les Dogs

as Bride's Mother

2015

Testament of Youth

as Miss Lorimer

1993

Demonella

as Marie Antoinette

1993

Jealousy

as Stella/Elsbeth

1993

Century

as Clara

2014

Muppets Most Wanted

as Berliner at Window

1986

1998

Ted & Ralph

as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

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The Yellow Tie

as Ioana Celibidache

2003

Falling Angels

as Mary Field

1987

Eat the Rich

as DHSS Blonde

2015

An Inspector Calls

as Sybil Birling

1990

The Fool

as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

1993

2017

Churchill

as Clementine Churchill

2017

Stronger

as Patty Bauman

2017

iBoy

as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

1988

The Master Builder

as Hilde Wangel

1991

Redemption

as Valerie Paris

2015

Casanova

as Marquise d'Urfé

1997

Swann

as Sarah Maloney

1993

1985

The Innocent

as Mary Turner

1988

Mountain Language

as Young Woman

1985

2013

1988

Sweet As You Are

as Julia Perry

2020

Rams

as Kat

1987

The Death of the Heart

as Daphne Heccomb

1986

Production

2015

Orango rischio fatale

as Actor's Assistant

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