Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

1958-03-03

Biography

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miranda Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7.8

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

7.8

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

7.0

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

7.2

Chicken Run

Chicken Run

6.8

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

7.3

Damage

Damage

6.6

The Crying Game

The Crying Game

6.8

Fred Claus

Fred Claus

5.8

The Hours

The Hours

7.3

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

7.5

The House

The House

7.0

Snow White

Snow White

5.9

The Magician’s Elephant

The Magician’s Elephant

6.9

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

8.0

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker

5.9

Paris Je T’aime

Paris Je T’aime

6.8

Get Carter

Get Carter

5.2

The Prince & Me

The Prince & Me

6.2

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria

7.2