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Miranda Richardson
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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 pr…
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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.
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Miranda Richardson's Filmography
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My Duchess
The Yellow Tie
as Ioana Celibidache
Like Tears in Rain
as Self
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
as Self - Contributor
The Magician's Elephant
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
The House
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
Rams
as Kat
Stronger
as Patty Bauman
Churchill
as Clementine Churchill
iBoy
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
An Inspector Calls
as Sybil Birling
Casanova
as Marquise d'Urfé
Operation Orangutan
as Narrator (voice)
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
as Narrator (voice)
Testament of Youth
as Miss Lorimer
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
as Mrs Blitherington
Muppets Most Wanted
as Berliner at Window
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
as Self / Mrs. Victor
Hidden Universe
Belle
as Lady Ashford
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rita Skeeter
Made in Dagenham
as Barbara Castle
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
as Narrator (Voice)
Spinning Into Butter
as Dean Catherine Kenney
The Young Victoria
as Duchess of Kent
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
as Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
as Self
Southland Tales
as Nana Mae Frost
Fred Claus
as Annette Claus
Puffball
as Mabs Tucker
Provoked
as Veronica Scott
Paris Je T'aime
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Rita Skeeter
Gideon's Daughter
as Stella
Wah-Wah
as Lauren Compton
No Poster
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Comic Aid
The Phantom of the Opera
as Madame Giry
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
as Eva Braun
The Prince & Me
as Queen Rosalind
Falling Angels
as Mary Field
The Rage in Placid Lake
as Sylvia Lake
The Actors
as Mrs. Magnani
The Hours
as Vanessa Bell
Spider
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Snow White
as Elspeth
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
as Self
Get Carter
as Gloria Carter
Chicken Run
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
The Miracle Maker
as Mary Magdalene (voice)
Sleepy Hollow
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
as Miss Fowl
The Big Brass Ring
as Dinah Pellarin
Blackadder: Back & Forth
as Queenie
The King and I
as Anna Leonowens (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
as Queen of Hearts
Ted & Ralph
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
The Scold's Bridle
as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
St. Ives
as Susan Gilchrist
The Apostle
as Toosie
The Designated Mourner
as Judy
Swann
as Sarah Maloney
The Evening Star
as Patsy Carpenter
Saint-Ex
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Kansas City
as Carolyn Stilton
The Night and the Moment
as Julie
Fatherland
as Charlie Maguire
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
as Mysterious Woman
Tom & Viv
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Century
as Clara
Jealousy
as Stella/Elsbeth
Demonella
as Marie Antoinette
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
as Miss Straugheim
Damage
as Ingrid Fleming
The Crying Game
as Jude
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
as Sandra
Enchanted April
as Rose Arbuthnot
Old Times
Redemption
as Valerie Paris
No Poster
Broken Skin
No Poster
The Fool
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Les Dogs
as Bride's Mother
The Bachelor
as Friederike / Widow Sommer
No Poster
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
as Early Bird
Twisted Obsession
as Marilyn
Communicators From Hell
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Mountain Language
as Young Woman
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
as Witch
The Master Builder
as Hilde Wangel
Sweet as You Are
as Julia Perry
Empire of the Sun
as Mrs. Victor
Eat the Rich
as DHSS Blonde
The Death of the Heart
as Daphne Heccomb
After Pilkington
as Penny Newhouse
Lost Property
as Anne
The Demon Lover
as Gina
Underworld
as Oriel
The Innocent
as Mary Turner
Dance with a Stranger
as Ruth Ellis
No Poster
The Custom of the Country
Dinner with Audrey
as Ella Van Heemstra
No Poster
The Queen of Fashion
as Helen Delves Broughton