Miranda Richardson
Born: 1958-03-03 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Last Anniversary as Rose
- The Yellow Tie as Ioana Celibidache
2024
- Like Tears in Rain as Self
2023
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
- The Magician's Elephant as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story as Self - Contributor
2022
- The House as Aunt Clarice (voice)
2021
- Fate: The Winx Saga as Rosalind
2020
- Rams as Kat
2019
- Good Omens as Shax
- Modern Love as Jane
- Curfew as Lou
2018
- Girlfriends as Sue
2015
- Danger Mouse as Queen of Weevils (voice)
- And Then There Were None as Emily Brent
- Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- Testament of Youth as Miss Lorimer
- An Inspector Calls as Sybil Birling
- Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey as Narrator (voice)
- Casanova as Marquise d'Urfé
- Operation Orangutan as Narrator (voice)
- Orango rischio fatale ... (Actor's Assistant)
2014
- Muppets Most Wanted as Berliner at Window
- Mapp and Lucia as Elizabeth Mapp
- The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm as Mrs Blitherington
2013
- Psychobitches as Enid Blyton
- Belle as Lady Ashford
- Hidden Universe
- Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self / Mrs. Victor
2012
- World Without End as Mother Cecilia
- Parade's End as Mrs. Wannop
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Dead Boss as Jo
2010
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Rita Skeeter
- Rubicon as Katherine Rhumor
- Made in Dagenham as Barbara Castle
2009
- The Young Victoria as Duchess of Kent
- Spinning Into Butter as Dean Catherine Kenney
- Turtle: The Incredible Journey as Narrator (Voice)
2008
2007
- Fred Claus as Annette Claus
- Southland Tales as Nana Mae Frost
- The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
- Puffball as Mabs Tucker
- Provoked: A True Story as Veronica Scott
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
- Paris Je T'aime as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
- Merlin's Apprentice as Lady of the Lake
2005
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as Rita Skeeter
- The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill as Corky (British dub voice)
- Wah-Wah as Lauren Compton
- Comic Aid
- Final Chance to Save as Herself
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gideon's Daughter as Stella
2004
- The Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
- The Prince & Me as Queen Rosalind
- Churchill: The Hollywood Years as Eva Braun
2003
- The Lost Prince as Queen Mary
- The Actors as Mrs. Magnani
- Falling Angels as Mary Field
- The Rage in Placid Lake as Sylvia Lake
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- The Hours as Vanessa Bell
- Spider as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
2001
- Snow White as Elspeth
- Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making as Self
2000
- Chicken Run as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
- Get Carter as Gloria Carter
- The Miracle Maker as Mary Magdalene (voice)
- Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
1999
- Sleepy Hollow as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen of Hearts
- The King and I as Anna Leonowens (voice)
- Blackadder: Back & Forth as Queenie
- Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang as Miss Fowl
- The Big Brass Ring as Dinah Pellarin
1998
- Merlin as Lady of the Lake / Mab
- St. Ives as Susan Gilchrist
- Ted & Ralph as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
- The Scold's Bridle as Dr Sarah Blakeney
- The Scold's Bridle as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
1997
- A Dance to the Music of Time as Pamela Flitton
- The Apostle as Toosie
- The Designated Mourner as Judy
- Swann as Sarah Maloney
1996
- Kansas City as Carolyn Stilton
- The Evening Star as Patsy Carpenter
- Saint-Ex as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
1995
- The Night and the Moment as Julie
1994
- Fatherland as Charlie Maguire
- Tom & Viv as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- The Line, the Cross & the Curve as Mysterious Woman
1993
- Shooting Stars as Self
- Jealousy as Stella/Elsbeth
- Demonella as Marie Antoinette
- Space Virgins from Planet Sex as Miss Straugheim
- Century as Clara
1992
- Damage as Ingrid Fleming
- Absolutely Fabulous as Bettina
- The Crying Game as Jude
- Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Sandra
1991
- Performance as Anna
- Enchanted April as Rose Arbuthnot
- Old Times
- Redemption as Valerie Paris
- Broken Skin
1990
- Die Kinder as Sidonie Reiger
- The Fool as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
- Les Dogs as Bride's Mother
- The Bachelor as Friederike / Widow Sommer
1989
- Twisted Obsession as Marilyn
- Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage as Early Bird
- Communicators From Hell
1988
- The Storyteller as Witch
- This Morning as Self
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
- The Master Builder as Hilde Wangel
- Sweet as You Are as Julia Perry
- Mountain Language as Young Woman
1987
- Empire of the Sun as Mrs. Victor
- Eat the Rich as DHSS Blonde
- The Death of the Heart as Daphne Heccomb
- After Pilkington as Penny Newhouse
1986
- ScreenPlay as Valerie Paris
- Unnatural Causes as Anne Forrest
- The Demon Lover as Gina
- Lost Property as Anne
1985
- Screen Two as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse
- A Woman of Substance as Paula McGill Amory
- Underworld as Oriel
- Dance with a Stranger as Ruth Ellis
- The Innocent as Mary Turner
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Blackadder as Queen Elizabeth I
- Shades of Darkness as Gina
- 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
1953
- The Oscars as Self