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Miranda Richardson

Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 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

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Filmography
  • Born In Southport
  • Born March 3, 1958
  • Gender Female
  • Race White or Caucasian (Non-Hispanic)
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The Magician's Elephant

2023
as Madam LaVaughn

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

Curfew

2019
as Lou Collins

Good Omens

2019
as Madame Tracy

Good Omens

2019
as Shax

Pinky Malinky

2019
as Pinky's Grandma

Girlfriends (2018)

2018
as Sue

Churchill

2017
as Clementine Churchill

iBoy

2017
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey

Stronger

2017
as Patty Bauman

Danger Mouse (2015)

2015
as Queen of weevils

An Inspector Calls

2015
as Sybil Birling

And Then There Were None

2015
as Emily Brent

Mapp and Lucia (2014)

2014
as Miss Elizabeth Mapp

Muppets Most Wanted

2014
as Berliner at Window

Testament of Youth

2014
as Miss Lorimer

The Incredible Adventures Of Professor Branestawm

2014
as Mrs Blitherington

Hidden Universe 3D

2013

Belle

2013
as Lady Ashford

World Without End

2012
as Mother Cecilia

Parade's End

2012
as Mrs. Wannop

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010
as Rita Skeeter

Rubicon

2010
as Katherine Rhumor

Made in Dagenham

2010
as Barbara Castle

The Young Victoria

2009
as Duchess of Kent

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

2009
as Narrator (Voice)

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

2008
as Miranda Richardson

A Fox's Tale

2008
as Anna Conda (voice)

Spinning Into Butter

2007
as Dean Catherine Kenney

Provoked: A True Story

2007
as Veronica Scott

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle

2007
as Helena de Wend

Fred Claus

2007
as Annette Claus

Puffball

2007
as Mabs Tucker

Paris, je t'aime

2006
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)

Merlin's Apprentice

2006
as La Dame du Lac

Southland Tales

2006
as Nana Mae Frost

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005
as Rita Skeeter

Gideon's Daughter

2005
as Stella

The Lost Prince

2005
as Queen Mary

Wah-Wah

2005
as Lauren Compton

The Prince & Me

2004
as Queen Rosalind

The Phantom of the Opera

2004
as Madame Giry

Churchill: The Hollywood Years

2004
as Eva Braun

The Rage in Placid Lake

2003
as Sylvia Lake

The Actors

2003
as Mrs. Magnani

Falling Angels

2003
as Mary Field

The Hours

2002
as Vanessa Bell

Spider

2002
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

Snow White: The Fairest of Them All

2001
as Queen Elspeth

The Miracle Maker

2000
as Mary Magdalene

Get Carter

2000
as Gloria Carter

Poultry in Motion: The Making of 'Chicken Run'

2000
as Miranda Richardson

Chicken Run

2000
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000
as Herself

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

1999
as Miss Fowl

The Big Brass Ring

1999
as Dinah Pellarin

Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999
as Queenie

Sleepy Hollow

1999
as Lady Van Tassel / Crone

Alice in Wonderland

1999
as Queen of Hearts

The King and I

1999
as Anna Leonowens (voice)

Merlin (1998)

1998
as The Lady of the Lake

Ted & Ralph

1998
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton

Merlin (1998)

1998
as Queen Mab

The Apostle

1997
as Toosie

The Designated Mourner

1997
as Judy

A Dance to the Music of Time

1997
as Pamela Flitton

Kansas City

1996
as Carolyn Stilton

Saint-Ex

1996
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry

The Evening Star

1996
as Patsy Carpenter

Swann

1996
as Sarah Maloney

The Night and the Moment

1995
as Julie

The Line, the Cross & the Curve

1994
as Mysterious woman

Fatherland

1994
as Charlie Maguire

Tom & Viv

1994
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Space Virgins from Planet Sex

1993
as Miss Straugheim

Century

1993
as Clara

The Crying Game

1992
as Jude

Fatale

1992
as Ingrid Fleming

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

1992
as Sandra

Enchanted April

1991
as Rose Arbuthnot

Old Times

1991

Die Kinder

1990
as Sidonie Reiger

The bachelor

1990
as Frederica / Widow

Twisted Obsession

1989
as Marilyn

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

1989
as Early Bird

Blackadder's Christmas Carol

1988
as Queen Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

Sweet As You Are

1988
as Julia Perry

Mountain Language

1988
as Young Woman

The Master Builder

1988
as Hilde Wangel

Eat the Rich

1987
as DHSS Blonde

Empire of the Sun

1987
as Mrs. Victor

After Pilkington

1987
as Penny Newhouse

Dance with a Stranger

1985
as Ruth Ellis

Underworld

1985
as Oriel

The Innocent

1985
as Mary Turner

Blackadder

1983
as Queen Elizabeth I

Guest Star

Episode BBC Drama
An Inspector Calls 		2015
Episode The Comic Strip Presents...
Churchill: The Hollywood Years 		2004
Episode Absolutely Fabulous
White Box (2004 Christmas Special) 		2004
Episode Natural World
In the Company of Bears 		1999
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Miranda Richardson 		1995
Episode Magic Animals
The Wolf 		1995
Episode Absolutely Fabulous
New Best Friend 		1994
Episode Saturday Night Live
Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum 		1993
Episode Performance
Old Times 		1991
Episode Blackadder
General Hospital 		1989
Episode Jim Henson's The Storyteller
The Three Ravens 		1988
Episode Blackadder
Amy and Amiability 		1987
Episode Theatre Night
Ghosts 		1987