Miranda Richardson
Acting
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.
TV Shows(38)
The Last Anniversary
Rose
2025
Fate: The Winx Saga
Rosalind
2021
Modern Love
Jane
2019
Good Omens
Shax
2019
Curfew
Lou
2019
Girlfriends
Sue
2018
And Then There Were None
Emily Brent
2015
Danger Mouse
Queen of Weevils (voice)
2015
Casanova
Marquise d'Urfé
2015
Mapp and Lucia
Elizabeth Mapp
2014
Psychobitches
Enid Blyton
2013
World Without End
Mother Cecilia
2012
Parade's End
Mrs. Wannop
2012
Dead Boss
Jo
2012
Rubicon
Katherine Rhumor
2010
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Merlin's Apprentice
Lady of the Lake
2006
Final Chance to Save
Herself
2005
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
Corky (British dub voice)
2005
The Lost Prince
Queen Mary
2003
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Merlin
Lady of the Lake / Mab
1998
The Scold's Bridle
Dr Sarah Blakeney
1998
A Dance to the Music of Time
Pamela Flitton
1997
Shooting Stars
Self
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Bettina
1992
Performance
Anna
1991
Die Kinder
Sidonie Reiger
1990
This Morning
Self
1988
The Storyteller
Witch
1988
Unnatural Causes
Anne Forrest
1986
A Woman of Substance
Paula McGill Amory
1985
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Blackadder
Nurse Mary
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
Bride's Mother
1982
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Oscars
Self
1953
Movies(105)
The Yellow Tie
Ioana Celibidache
2025
Like Tears in Rain
Self
2024
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Mrs Tweedy (voice)
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Self - Contributor
2023
The Magician's Elephant
Madam LaVaughn (voice)
2023
The House
Aunt Clarice (voice)
2022
Rams
Kat
2020
Stronger
Patty Bauman
2017
Churchill
Clementine Churchill
2017
iBoy
Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
2017
An Inspector Calls
Sybil Birling
2015
Casanova
Marquise d'Urfé
2015
Operation Orangutan
Narrator (voice)
2015
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
Narrator (voice)
2015
Testament of Youth
Miss Lorimer
2015
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
Mrs Blitherington
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
Berliner at Window
2014
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Self / Mrs. Victor
2013
Hidden Universe
2013
Belle
Lady Ashford
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Rita Skeeter
2010
Made in Dagenham
Barbara Castle
2010
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Narrator (Voice)
2009
Spinning Into Butter
Dean Catherine Kenney
2009
The Young Victoria
Duchess of Kent
2009
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Self
2008
Southland Tales
Nana Mae Frost
2007
Fred Claus
Annette Claus
2007
Puffball
Mabs Tucker
2007
Provoked: A True Story
Veronica Scott
2007
Paris Je T'aime
La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Rita Skeeter
2005
Gideon's Daughter
Stella
2005
Wah-Wah
Lauren Compton
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Comic Aid
2005
The Phantom of the Opera
Madame Giry
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Eva Braun
2004
The Prince & Me
Queen Rosalind
2004
Falling Angels
Mary Field
2003
The Rage in Placid Lake
Sylvia Lake
2003
The Actors
Mrs. Magnani
2003
The Hours
Vanessa Bell
2002
Spider
Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
2002
Snow White
Elspeth
2001
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Self
2001
Get Carter
Gloria Carter
2000
Chicken Run
Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
2000
The Miracle Maker
Mary Magdalene (voice)
2000
Sleepy Hollow
Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
1999
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Miss Fowl
1999
The Big Brass Ring
Dinah Pellarin
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Queenie
1999
The King and I
Anna Leonowens (voice)
1999
Alice in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts
1999
Ted & Ralph
Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
1998
The Scold's Bridle
Dr. Sarah Blakeney
1998
St. Ives
Susan Gilchrist
1998
The Apostle
Toosie
1997
The Designated Mourner
Judy
1997
Swann
Sarah Maloney
1997
The Evening Star
Patsy Carpenter
1996
Saint-Ex
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
1996
Kansas City
Carolyn Stilton
1996
The Night and the Moment
Julie
1995
Fatherland
Charlie Maguire
1994
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
Mysterious Woman
1994
Tom & Viv
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
1994
Century
Clara
1993
Jealousy
Stella/Elsbeth
1993
Demonella
Marie Antoinette
1993
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Miss Straugheim
1993
Damage
Ingrid Fleming
1992
The Crying Game
Jude
1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Sandra
1992
Enchanted April
Rose Arbuthnot
1991
Old Times
1991
Redemption
Valerie Paris
1991
Broken Skin
1991
The Fool
Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
1990
Les Dogs
Bride's Mother
1990
The Bachelor
Friederike / Widow Sommer
1990
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Early Bird
1989
Twisted Obsession
Marilyn
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
1988
Mountain Language
Young Woman
1988
The Master Builder
Hilde Wangel
1988
Sweet as You Are
Julia Perry
1988
Empire of the Sun
Mrs. Victor
1987
Eat the Rich
DHSS Blonde
1987
The Death of the Heart
Daphne Heccomb
1987
After Pilkington
Penny Newhouse
1987
Lost Property
Anne
1986
The Demon Lover
Gina
1986
Transmutations
Oriel
1985
The Innocent
Mary Turner
1985
Dance with a Stranger
Ruth Ellis
1985
The Duchess and I
The Queen of Fashion
Helen Delves Broughton
Custom of the Country
Dinner with Audrey
Ella Van Heemstra