Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Known for
Acting
Born
March 3, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Queen of Fashion

The Queen of Fashion

Movie · as Helen Delves Broughton

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The Custom of the Country

The Custom of the Country

Movie

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Dinner with Audrey poster

Dinner with Audrey

Movie · as Ella Van Heemstra

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The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

TV · as Mrs Lydia Touchett · 6 eps

2026
My Duchess poster

My Duchess

Movie

2025
The Yellow Tie poster

The Yellow Tie

Movie · as Ioana Celibidache

2025
The Last Anniversary poster

The Last Anniversary

TV · as Rose · 6 eps

2025
Bookish poster

Bookish

TV · as Duchess Alberta, Duschess Alberta · 1 ep

2024
Like Tears in Rain poster

Like Tears in Rain

Movie · as Self

2023
The Magician's Elephant poster

The Magician's Elephant

Movie · as Madam LaVaughn (voice)

2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story poster

Blackadder: A Cunning Story

Movie · as Self - Contributor

2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget poster

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Movie · as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

2022
The House poster

The House

Movie · as Aunt Clarice (voice)

2021
Fate: The Winx Saga poster

Fate: The Winx Saga

TV · as Rosalind · 5 eps

2020
Rams poster

Rams

Movie · as Kat

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Shax, Madame Tracy · 6 eps

2019
Modern Love poster

Modern Love

TV · as Jane · 1 ep

2019
Curfew poster

Curfew

TV · as Lou · 8 eps

2018
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as Sue · 6 eps

2017
Churchill poster

Churchill

Movie · as Clementine Churchill

2017
Stronger poster

Stronger

Movie · as Patty Bauman

2017
iBoy poster

iBoy

Movie · as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

2015
Operation Orangutan poster

Operation Orangutan

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey poster

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Testament of Youth poster

Testament of Youth

Movie · as Miss Lorimer

2015
An Inspector Calls poster

An Inspector Calls

Movie · as Sybil Birling

2015
Casanova poster

Casanova

Movie · as Marquise d'Urfé

2015
And Then There Were None poster

And Then There Were None

TV · as Emily Brent · 3 eps

2015
Casanova poster

Casanova

TV · as Marquise d'Urfé · 1 ep

2015
Danger Mouse poster

Danger Mouse

TV · as Queen of Weevils (voice) · 3 eps

2014
Muppets Most Wanted poster

Muppets Most Wanted

Movie · as Berliner at Window

2014
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm poster

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm

Movie · as Mrs Blitherington

2014
Mapp and Lucia poster

Mapp and Lucia

TV · as Elizabeth Mapp · 3 eps

2013
Belle poster

Belle

Movie · as Lady Ashford

2013
Hidden Universe poster

Hidden Universe

Movie

2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips poster

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

Movie · as Self / Mrs. Victor

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Enid Blyton · 1 ep

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2012
Parade's End poster

Parade's End

TV · as Mrs. Wannop · 5 eps

2012
Dead Boss poster

Dead Boss

TV · as Jo · 1 ep

2012
World Without End poster

World Without End

TV · as Mother Cecilia · 8 eps

2010
Made in Dagenham poster

Made in Dagenham

Movie · as Barbara Castle

2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 poster

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Movie · as Rita Skeeter

2010
Rubicon poster

Rubicon

TV · as Katherine Rhumor · 13 eps

2009
Spinning Into Butter poster

Spinning Into Butter

Movie · as Dean Catherine Kenney

2009
Turtle: The Incredible Journey poster

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

2009
The Young Victoria poster

The Young Victoria

Movie · as Duchess of Kent

2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga poster

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

Movie · as Self

2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Movie · as Self

2007
Southland Tales poster

Southland Tales

Movie · as Nana Mae Frost

2007
Fred Claus poster

Fred Claus

Movie · as Annette Claus

2007
Puffball poster

Puffball

Movie · as Mabs Tucker

2007
Provoked poster

Provoked

Movie · as Veronica Scott

2007
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle poster

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

TV · 6 eps

2006
Paris Je T'aime poster

Paris Je T'aime

Movie · as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
Merlin's Apprentice poster

Merlin's Apprentice

TV · as Lady of the Lake · 2 eps

2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire poster

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Movie · as Rita Skeeter

2005
Wah-Wah poster

Wah-Wah

Movie · as Lauren Compton

2005
Gideon's Daughter poster

Gideon's Daughter

Movie · as Stella

2005
Comic Aid

Comic Aid

Movie

2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Movie · as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)

2005
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill poster

The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

TV · as Corky (British dub voice) · 52 eps

2005
Final Chance to Save poster

Final Chance to Save

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2004
The Prince & Me poster

The Prince & Me

Movie · as Queen Rosalind

2004
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Madame Giry

2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years poster

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

Movie · as Eva Braun

2003
The Actors poster

The Actors

Movie · as Mrs. Magnani

2003
The Rage in Placid Lake poster

The Rage in Placid Lake

Movie · as Sylvia Lake

2003
Falling Angels poster

Falling Angels

Movie · as Mary Field

2003
The Lost Prince poster

The Lost Prince

TV · as Queen Mary · 2 eps

2002
The Hours poster

The Hours

Movie · as Vanessa Bell

2002
Spider poster

Spider

Movie · as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Snow White poster

Snow White

Movie · as Elspeth

2001
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making poster

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

Movie · as Self

2001
Great Comedy Moments poster

Great Comedy Moments

Movie · as Queenie (archive footage)

2000
Get Carter poster

Get Carter

Movie · as Gloria Carter

2000
The Miracle Maker poster

The Miracle Maker

Movie · as Mary Magdalene (voice)

2000
Chicken Run poster

Chicken Run

Movie · as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend poster

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Movie · as Self

1999
Sleepy Hollow poster

Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

1999
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Queen of Hearts

1999
The Big Brass Ring poster

The Big Brass Ring

Movie · as Dinah Pellarin

1999
The King and I poster

The King and I

Movie · as Anna Leonowens (voice)

1999
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang poster

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Movie · as Miss Fowl

1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth poster

Blackadder: Back & Forth

Movie · as Queenie

1998
St. Ives poster

St. Ives

Movie · as Susan Gilchrist

1998
The Scold's Bridle poster

The Scold's Bridle

Movie · as Dr. Sarah Blakeney

1998
Ted & Ralph poster

Ted & Ralph

Movie · as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

1998
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Lady of the Lake / Mab · 2 eps

1998
The Scold's Bridle poster

The Scold's Bridle

TV · as Dr Sarah Blakeney · 2 eps

1997
The Apostle poster

The Apostle

Movie · as Toosie

1997
The Designated Mourner poster

The Designated Mourner

Movie · as Judy

1997
Swann poster

Swann

Movie · as Sarah Maloney

1997
A Dance to the Music of Time poster

A Dance to the Music of Time

TV · as Pamela Flitton · 4 eps

1996
The Evening Star poster

The Evening Star

Movie · as Patsy Carpenter

1996
Kansas City poster

Kansas City

Movie · as Carolyn Stilton

1996
Saint-Ex poster

Saint-Ex

Movie · as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

1995
The Night and the Moment poster

The Night and the Moment

Movie · as Julie

1994
Fatherland poster

Fatherland

Movie · as Charlie Maguire

1994
Tom & Viv poster

Tom & Viv

Movie · as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

1994
The Line, the Cross & the Curve poster

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

Movie · as Mysterious Woman

1993
Demonella poster

Demonella

Movie · as Marie Antoinette

1993
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

Movie · as Stella/Elsbeth

1993
Century poster

Century

Movie · as Clara

1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex poster

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

Movie · as Miss Straugheim

1993
Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Damage poster

Damage

Movie · as Ingrid Fleming

1992
The Crying Game poster

The Crying Game

Movie · as Jude

1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade poster

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Movie · as Sandra

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Bettina · 1 ep

1991
Enchanted April poster

Enchanted April

Movie · as Rose Arbuthnot

1991
Old Times poster

Old Times

Movie

1991
Redemption poster

Redemption

Movie · as Valerie Paris

1991
Broken Skin

Broken Skin

Movie

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Anna · 1 ep

1990
The Bachelor poster

The Bachelor

Movie · as Friederike / Widow Sommer

1990
Les Dogs poster

Les Dogs

Movie · as Bride's Mother

1990
The Fool

The Fool

Movie · as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

1990
Die Kinder poster

Die Kinder

TV · as Sidonie Reiger · 6 eps

1989
Twisted Obsession poster

Twisted Obsession

Movie · as Marilyn

1989
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Movie · as Early Bird

1989
Communicators From Hell poster

Communicators From Hell

Movie

1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol poster

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

Movie · as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

1988
The Master Builder poster

The Master Builder

Movie · as Hilde Wangel

1988
Mountain Language poster

Mountain Language

Movie · as Young Woman

1988
Sweet as You Are poster

Sweet as You Are

Movie · as Julia Perry

1988
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens poster

The Storyteller: The Three Ravens

Movie · as Witch

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
The Storyteller poster

The Storyteller

TV · as Witch · 1 ep

1987
Empire of the Sun poster

Empire of the Sun

Movie · as Mrs. Victor

1987
After Pilkington poster

After Pilkington

Movie · as Penny Newhouse

1987
Eat the Rich poster

Eat the Rich

Movie · as DHSS Blonde

1987
The Death of the Heart poster

The Death of the Heart

Movie · as Daphne Heccomb

1986
Lost Property poster

Lost Property

Movie · as Anne

1986
The Demon Lover poster

The Demon Lover

Movie · as Gina

1986
Unnatural Causes poster

Unnatural Causes

TV · as Anne Forrest · 1 ep

1986
ScreenPlay poster

ScreenPlay

TV · as Valerie Paris · 1 ep

1985
Dance with a Stranger poster

Dance with a Stranger

Movie · as Ruth Ellis

1985
The Innocent poster

The Innocent

Movie · as Mary Turner

1985
Underworld poster

Underworld

Movie · as Oriel

1985
A Woman of Substance poster

A Woman of Substance

TV · as Paula McGill Amory · 3 eps

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse, Julia Perry, Clara · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1983
Blackadder poster

Blackadder

TV · as Nurse Mary, Queen Elizabeth I, Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow · 1 ep

1983
Shades of Darkness poster

Shades of Darkness

TV · as Gina · 1 ep

1983
The Hard Word

The Hard Word

TV · as Polly Wood · 6 eps

1982
The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents...

TV · as Bride's Mother · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 2 eps