Miranda Richardson
March 3, 1958 (68 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2025 · The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
- 2025 · The Last Anniversary as Rose
- 2023 · Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
- 2023 · The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
- 2022 · The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
- 2021 · Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind
- 2020 · Rams as Kat
- 2019 · Modern Love as Jane
- 2019 · Good Omens as Shax
- 2019 · Good Omens as Madame Tracy
- 2019 · Curfew as Lou
- 2018 · Girlfriends as Sue
- 2017 · Stronger as Patty Bauman
- 2017 · Churchill as Clementine Churchill
- 2017 · iBoy as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
- 2015 · And Then There Were None as Emily Brent
- 2015 · Danger Mouse as Queen of Weevils (voice)
- 2015 · An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015 · Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- 2015 · Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- 2014 · Mapp and Lucia as Elizabeth Mapp
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- 2013 · Hidden Universe as
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Enid Blyton
- 2013 · Belle as Lady Ashford
- 2012 · World Without End as Mother Cecilia
- 2012 · Parade's End as Mrs. Wannop
- 2012 · Dead Boss as Jo
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
- 2010 · Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
- 2010 · Rubicon as Katherine Rhumor
- 2009 · Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
- 2009 · The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- 2008 · Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga as Self
- 2007 · Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- 2007 · Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- 2007 · The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle as
- 2007 · Provoked: A True Story as Veronica Scott
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
- 2006 · Merlin's Apprentice as Lady of the Lake
- 2005 · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Rita Skeeter
- 2005 · Gideon's Daughter as Stella
- 2005 · Final Chance to Save as Herself
- 2005 · Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
- 2005 · The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill as Corky (British dub voice)
- 2004 · The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
- 2004 · The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- 2003 · The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
- 2003 · The Lost Prince as Queen Mary
- 2002 · The Hours as Vanessa Bell
- 2002 · Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Snow White as Elspeth
- 2000 · Get Carter as Gloria Carter
- 2000 · Chicken Run as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
- 2000 · Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
- 2000 · The Miracle Maker as Mary Magdalene (voice)
- 1999 · Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- 1999 · The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
- 1999 · Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- 1999 · The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- 1998 · Merlin as Lady of the Lake / Mab
- 1997 · The Apostle as Toosie
- 1997 · A Dance to the Music of Time as Pamela Flitton
- 1997 · The Designated Mourner as Judy
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- 1996 · Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- 1995 · The Night and the Moment as Julie
- 1994 · Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- 1994 · Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- 1993 · Demonella as Marie Antoinette
- 1992 · Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Bettina
- 1992 · The Crying Game as Jude
- 1992 · Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
- 1991 · Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- 1991 · Old Times as
- 1991 · Performance as Anna
- 1991 · Redemption as Valerie Paris
- 1990 · Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- 1990 · The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
- 1989 · Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · The Storyteller as Witch
- 1987 · Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- 1987 · Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
- 1986 · Unnatural Causes as Anne Forrest
- 1986 · ScreenPlay as Valerie Paris
- 1985 · Underworld as Oriel
- 1985 · The Innocent as Mary Turner
- 1985 · Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
- 1985 · Screen Two as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse
- 1985 · Screen Two as Julia Perry
- 1985 · Screen Two as Clara
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Paula McGill Amory
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Blackadder as Nurse Mary
- 1983 · Blackadder as Queen Elizabeth I
- 1983 · Blackadder as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
- 1983 · Shades of Darkness as Gina
- 1983 · The Hard Word as Polly Wood
- 1982 · The Comic Strip Presents... as Bride's Mother
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1971 · Film '72 as Self
- Future · The Custom of the Country as
- 2024 · Like Tears in Rain as Self
- 2023 · Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
- 2014 · The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
- 2013 · Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
- 2009 · Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- 2008 · Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
- 2007 · Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- 2005 · The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005 · Comic Aid as
- 2003 · Falling Angels as Mary Field
- 2003 · The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- 2001 · Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
- 1999 · Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
- 1998 · Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr Sarah Blakeney
- 1998 · The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
- 1998 · St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- 1997 · Swann as Sarah Maloney
- 1996 · Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
- 1994 · The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
- 1993 · Century as Clara
- 1993 · Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
- 1991 · Broken Skin as
- 1990 · The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- 1990 · Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
- 1989 · Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
- 1989 · Communicators From Hell as
- 1988 · Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- 1988 · Mountain Language as Young Woman
- 1988 · Sweet as You Are as Julia Perry
- 1987 · The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- 1986 · The Demon Lover as Gina
- Future · Dinner with Audrey as Ella Van Heemstra
- Future · The Duchess and I as
- Future · The Queen of Fashion as Helen Delves Broughton
- 1988 · The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- 1987 · After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
- Future · The Portrait of a Lady as Mrs Lydia Touchett
- 1986 · Lost Property as Anne
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self