Miranda Richardson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 March 1958 · Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
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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- 2026Dinner with Audrey as Ella Van Heemstra
- 2026The Queen of Fashion as Helen Delves Broughton
- 2026The Custom of the Country
- 2026The Duchess and I
- 2025The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
- 2024Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
- 2023Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2023The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
- 2022The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
- 2020Rams as Kat
- 2017Stronger as Patty Bauman
- 2017Churchill as Clementine Churchill
- 2017iBoy as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
- 2015An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
- 2015Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- 2014The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
- 2014Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- 2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
- 2013Hidden Universe
- 2013Belle as Lady Ashford
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
- 2010Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
- 2009Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
- 2009Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- 2009The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- 2008Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2008Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2007Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- 2007Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- 2007Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- 2007Provoked as Veronica Scott
- 2006Paris Je T'aime as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
- 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Rita Skeeter
- 2005Gideon's Daughter as Stella
- 2005Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
- 2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005Comic Aid
- 2004The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
- 2004The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- 2003Falling Angels as Mary Field
- 2003The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
- 2003The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- 2002The Hours as Vanessa Bell
- 2002Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
- 2001Snow White as Elspeth
- 2001Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 2000Get Carter as Gloria Carter
- 2000Chicken Run as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
- 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 2000The Miracle Maker as Mary Magdalene (voice)
- 1999Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- 1999Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
- 1999The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
- 1999Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- 1999The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
- 1999Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- 1998Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
- 1998The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
- 1998St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- 1997The Apostle as Toosie
- 1997The Designated Mourner as Judy
- 1997Swann as Sarah Maloney
- 1996The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- 1996Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
- 1996Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- 1995The Night and the Moment as Julie
- 1994Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- 1994The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
- 1994Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- 1993Century as Clara
- 1993Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1993Demonella as Marie Antoinette
- 1993Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
- 1992Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- 1992The Crying Game as Jude
- 1992Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
- 1991Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- 1991Old Times
- 1991Redemption as Valerie Paris
- 1991Broken Skin
- 1990The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- 1990Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
- 1990The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
- 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
- 1989Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- 1989Communicators From Hell
- 1988Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- 1988Mountain Language as Young Woman
- 1988The Storyteller: The Three Ravens as Witch
- 1988The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- 1988Sweet as You Are as Julia Perry
- 1987Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- 1987Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
- 1987The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- 1987After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
- 1986Lost Property as Anne
- 1986The Demon Lover as Gina
- 1985Underworld as Oriel
- 1985The Innocent as Mary Turner
- 1985Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
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- 2015Orango rischio fatale · actor's assistant