Miranda Richardson
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.
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Movies (108)
My Duchess
2026
The Yellow Tie
2025 · Ioana Celibidache
Like Tears in Rain
2024 · Self
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 · Mrs Tweedy (voice)
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023 · Self - Contributor
The Magician's Elephant
2023 · Madam LaVaughn (voice)
The House
2022 · Aunt Clarice (voice)
Rams
2020 · Kat
Stronger
2017 · Patty Bauman
Churchill
2017 · Clementine Churchill
iBoy
2017 · Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
An Inspector Calls
2015 · Sybil Birling
Casanova
2015 · Marquise d'Urfé
Operation Orangutan
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Testament of Youth
2015 · Miss Lorimer
Orango rischio fatale
2015 · Actor's Assistant
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014 · Mrs Blitherington
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · Berliner at Window
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013 · Self / Mrs. Victor
Hidden Universe
2013
Belle
2013 · Lady Ashford
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Rita Skeeter
Made in Dagenham
2010 · Barbara Castle
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2009 · Narrator (Voice)
Spinning Into Butter
2009 · Dean Catherine Kenney
The Young Victoria
2009 · Duchess of Kent
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008 · Self
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008 · Self
Southland Tales
2007 · Nana Mae Frost
Fred Claus
2007 · Annette Claus
Puffball
2007 · Mabs Tucker
Provoked
2007 · Veronica Scott
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005 · Rita Skeeter
Gideon's Daughter
2005 · Stella
Wah-Wah
2005 · Lauren Compton
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Comic Aid
2005
The Phantom of the Opera
2004 · Madame Giry
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004 · Eva Braun
The Prince & Me
2004 · Queen Rosalind
Falling Angels
2003 · Mary Field
The Rage in Placid Lake
2003 · Sylvia Lake
The Actors
2003 · Mrs. Magnani
The Hours
2002 · Vanessa Bell
Spider
2002 · Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
Great Comedy Moments
2001 · Queenie (archive footage)
Snow White
2001 · Elspeth
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001 · Self
El implacable
2000 · Gloria Carter
Pollitos en fuga
2000 · Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 · Self
El Señor de los milagros
2000 · Mary Magdalene (voice)
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999 · Miss Fowl
The Big Brass Ring
1999 · Dinah Pellarin
Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999 · Queenie
The King and I
1999 · Anna Leonowens (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Queen of Hearts
Ted & Ralph
1998 · Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
The Scold's Bridle
1998 · Dr. Sarah Blakeney
St. Ives
1998 · Susan Gilchrist
The Apostle
1997 · Toosie
The Designated Mourner
1997 · Judy
Swann
1997 · Sarah Maloney
The Evening Star
1996 · Patsy Carpenter
Saint-Ex
1996 · Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Kansas City
1996 · Carolyn Stilton
The Night and the Moment
1995 · Julie
Fatherland
1994 · Charlie Maguire
The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1994 · Mysterious Woman
Tom & Viv
1994 · Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Century
1993 · Clara
Jealousy
1993 · Stella/Elsbeth
Demonella
1993 · Marie Antoinette
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993 · Miss Straugheim
Damage
1992 · Ingrid Fleming
The Crying Game
1992 · Jude
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 · Sandra
Enchanted April
1991 · Rose Arbuthnot
Old Times
1991
Redemption
1991 · Valerie Paris
Broken Skin
1991
The Fool
1990 · Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Les Dogs
1990 · Bride's Mother
The Bachelor
1990 · Friederike / Widow Sommer
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989 · Early Bird
Twisted Obsession
1989 · Marilyn
Communicators From Hell
1989
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988 · Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
Mountain Language
1988 · Young Woman
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
1988 · Witch
The Master Builder
1988 · Hilde Wangel
Sweet as You Are
1988 · Julia Perry
Empire of the Sun
1987 · Mrs. Victor
Eat the Rich
1987 · DHSS Blonde
The Death of the Heart
1987 · Daphne Heccomb
After Pilkington
1987 · Penny Newhouse
Lost Property
1986 · Anne
The Demon Lover
1986 · Gina
Underworld
1985 · Oriel
The Innocent
1985 · Mary Turner
Dance with a Stranger
1985 · Ruth Ellis
The Queen of Fashion
· Helen Delves Broughton
The Custom of the Country
Dinner with Audrey
· Ella Van Heemstra
TV shows (45)
Bookish
2025 · Duchess Alberta, Duschess Alberta
The Last Anniversary
2025 · Rose
Fate: The Winx Saga
2021 · Rosalind
Modern Love
2019 · Jane
Good Omens
2019 · Shax, Madame Tracy
Curfew
2019 · Lou
Girlfriends
2018 · Sue
And Then There Were None
2015 · Emily Brent
Danger Mouse
2015 · Queen of Weevils (voice)
Casanova
2015 · Marquise d'Urfé
Mapp and Lucia
2014 · Elizabeth Mapp
Psychobitches
2013 · Enid Blyton
World Without End
2012 · Mother Cecilia
Parade's End
2012 · Mrs. Wannop
Dead Boss
2012 · Jo
Rubicon
2010 · Katherine Rhumor
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Merlin's Apprentice
2006 · Lady of the Lake
Final Chance to Save
2005 · Herself
The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill
2005 · Corky (British dub voice)
The Lost Prince
2003 · Queen Mary
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
Merlin
1998 · Lady of the Lake / Mab
The Scold's Bridle
1998 · Dr Sarah Blakeney
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Pamela Flitton
Shooting Stars
1993 · Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 · Bettina
Performance
1991 · Anna
Die Kinder
1990 · Sidonie Reiger
This Morning
1988 · Self
The Storyteller
1988 · Witch
Unnatural Causes
1986 · Anne Forrest
ScreenPlay
1986 · Valerie Paris
Screen Two
1985 · Penny 'Patch' Newhouse, Julia Perry, Clara
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Paula McGill Amory
Natural World
1983 · Narrator
Blackadder
1983 · Queen Elizabeth I, Nurse Mary, Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow
Shades of Darkness
1983 · Gina
The Hard Word
1983 · Polly Wood
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982 · Bride's Mother
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Portrait of a Lady
· Mrs Lydia Touchett