Miranda Richardson
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(103 total)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
as Rita Skeeter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Rita Skeeter
Sleepy Hollow
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Chicken Run
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Empire of the Sun
as Mrs. Victor
The Hours
as Vanessa Bell
The Phantom of the Opera
as Madame Giry
Stronger
as Patty Bauman
iBoy
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
The House
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
The Young Victoria
as Duchess of Kent
The Prince & Me
as Queen Rosalind
Spider
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Fred Claus
as Annette Claus
Muppets Most Wanted
as Berliner at Window
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
The Crying Game
as Jude
Paris Je T'aime
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Testament of Youth
as Miss Lorimer
Belle
as Lady Ashford
TV Shows
(42 total)
Good Omens
as Shax
Good Omens
as Madame Tracy
Fate: The Winx Saga
as Rosalind
And Then There Were None
as Emily Brent
Blackadder
as Queen Elizabeth I
Blackadder
as Nurse Mary
Blackadder
as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Modern Love
as Jane
Merlin
as Lady of the Lake / Mab
The Storyteller
as Witch
Absolutely Fabulous
as Bettina
Rubicon
as Katherine Rhumor
World Without End
as Mother Cecilia
The Oscars
as Self
Parade's End
as Mrs. Wannop
Merlin's Apprentice
as Lady of the Lake
Curfew
as Lou
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Natural World
as Narrator