Miranda Richardson
Known for: Acting
Born: March 2, 1958 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
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The Hours
Vanessa Bell
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Rita Skeeter
Paris Je T'aime
La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Empire of the Sun
Mrs. Victor
Sleepy Hollow
Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
The Apostle
Toosie
Get Carter
Gloria Carter
Southland Tales
Nana Mae Frost
Damage
Ingrid Fleming
The Prince & Me
Queen Rosalind
Fred Claus
Annette Claus
The Evening Star
Patsy Carpenter
The Miracle Maker
Mary Magdalene (voice)
Fatherland
Charlie Maguire
The Crying Game
Jude
Chicken Run
Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Kansas City
Carolyn Stilton
Alice in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
Puffball
Mabs Tucker
Spinning Into Butter
Dean Catherine Kenney
Snow White
Elspeth
The Actors
Mrs. Magnani
Enchanted April
Rose Arbuthnot
Spider
Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg