
Miranda Richardson
Known for Acting · 146 credits
- Born
- 1958-03-03 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Miranda Jane Richardson · میراندا ریچاردسون
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (41)

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest

Natural World
1983
as Narrator

Good Omens
2019
as Shax / Madame Tracy

Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Bettina

Screen Two
1985
as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse / Julia Perry / Clara

Blackadder
1983
as Nurse Mary / Queen Elizabeth I / Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow

The Oscars
1953
as Self

V Graham Norton
2002
as Self

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Bride's Mother

Fate: The Winx Saga
2021
as Rosalind

Modern Love
2019
as Jane

ScreenPlay
1986
as Valerie Paris

Performance
1991
as Anna

Shooting Stars
1993
as Self

Danger Mouse
2015
as Queen of Weevils (voice)

The Storyteller
1988
as Witch

A Woman of Substance
1985
as Paula McGill Amory

And Then There Were None
2015
as Emily Brent

Merlin
1998
as Lady of the Lake / Mab

World Without End
2012
as Mother Cecilia

Rubicon
2010
as Katherine Rhumor

Psychobitches
2013
as Enid Blyton

Parade's End
2012
as Mrs. Wannop

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Pamela Flitton

Curfew
2019
as Lou

The Last Anniversary
2025
as Rose

Unnatural Causes
1986
as Anne Forrest

This Morning
1988
as Self

Merlin's Apprentice
2006
as Lady of the Lake

Shades of Darkness
1983
as Gina

The Lost Prince
2003
as Queen Mary

Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Elizabeth Mapp

Dead Boss
2012
as Jo

Girlfriends
2018
as Sue

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007

The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
2005
as Corky (British dub voice)

Die Kinder
1990
as Sidonie Reiger

Final Chance to Save
2005
as Herself

Casanova
2015
as Marquise d'Urfé

The Scold's Bridle
1998
as Dr Sarah Blakeney
Movies (105)

Damage
1992
as Ingrid Fleming

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Rita Skeeter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Rita Skeeter

Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

Chicken Run
2000
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Madame Giry

Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mrs. Victor

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

The Hours
2002
as Vanessa Bell

Get Carter
2000
as Gloria Carter

Spider
2002
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

Paris Je T'aime
2006
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)

Fred Claus
2007
as Annette Claus

The House
2022
as Aunt Clarice (voice)

Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Berliner at Window

Belle
2013
as Lady Ashford

The Crying Game
1992
as Jude

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
as Narrator (voice)

The Apostle
1997
as Toosie

The Young Victoria
2009
as Duchess of Kent

The Prince & Me
2004
as Queen Rosalind

Stronger
2017
as Patty Bauman

Southland Tales
2007
as Nana Mae Frost

Churchill
2017
as Clementine Churchill

Enchanted April
1991
as Rose Arbuthnot

The Magician's Elephant
2023
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)

Eat the Rich
1987
as DHSS Blonde

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Queen of Hearts

Testament of Youth
2015
as Miss Lorimer

iBoy
2017
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

The Yellow Tie
2025
as Ioana Celibidache

Snow White
2001
as Elspeth

Wah-Wah
2005
as Lauren Compton

Made in Dagenham
2010
as Barbara Castle

Fatherland
1994
as Charlie Maguire

The Miracle Maker
2000
as Mary Magdalene (voice)

An Inspector Calls
2015
as Sybil Birling

The King and I
1999
as Anna Leonowens (voice)

Puffball
2007
as Mabs Tucker
Comic Aid
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Evening Star
1996
as Patsy Carpenter
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Contributor

The Actors
2003
as Mrs. Magnani

The Innocent
1985
as Mary Turner

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Queenie

Underworld
1985
as Oriel

Rams
2020
as Kat

Century
1993
as Clara

Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Ruth Ellis

Kansas City
1996
as Carolyn Stilton

Twisted Obsession
1989
as Marilyn
The Custom of the Country

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self

Redemption
1991
as Valerie Paris

Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Eva Braun

Communicators From Hell
1989

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

Spinning Into Butter
2009
as Dean Catherine Kenney
The Queen of Fashion
as Helen Delves Broughton

The Night and the Moment
1995
as Julie

Ted & Ralph
1998
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

St. Ives
1998
as Susan Gilchrist

Tom & Viv
1994
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
The Fool
1990
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia

Provoked: A True Story
2007
as Veronica Scott

Casanova
2015
as Marquise d'Urfé

Swann
1997
as Sarah Maloney

Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Miss Straugheim

Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014
as Mrs Blitherington

The Bachelor
1990
as Friederike / Widow Sommer

Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Stella

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999
as Miss Fowl

Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2009
as Narrator (Voice)

The Rage in Placid Lake
2003
as Sylvia Lake

The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Dinah Pellarin

Falling Angels
2003
as Mary Field

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self

Operation Orangutan
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Early Bird

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
as Sandra

Saint-Ex
1996
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

Jealousy
1993
as Stella/Elsbeth

The Master Builder
1988
as Hilde Wangel

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Mrs. Victor

Dinner with Audrey
as Ella Van Heemstra

The Demon Lover
1986
as Gina

Demonella
1993
as Marie Antoinette

The Designated Mourner
1997
as Judy

The Duchess and I

The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994
as Mysterious Woman

Sweet as You Are
1988
as Julia Perry

Old Times
1991

Mountain Language
1988
as Young Woman

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

The Death of the Heart
1987
as Daphne Heccomb

After Pilkington
1987
as Penny Newhouse

Lost Property
1986
as Anne

The Scold's Bridle
1998
as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Broken Skin
1991

Les Dogs
1990
as Bride's Mother

Hidden Universe
2013
About Miranda Richardson
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 i… With 146 credits spanning from 1953 to 2025, Miranda Richardson has appeared in 105 films and 41 TV shows.
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Most Popular Miranda Richardson Movies
- Damage (1992) — as Ingrid Fleming
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) — as Rita Skeeter
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) — as Rita Skeeter
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) — as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- Chicken Run (2000) — as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
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