Miranda Richardson

68 years old Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Blackadder: A Cunning Story (2023) Self - Contributor -
2 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) Mrs Tweedy (voice) 6.8
3 The Magician's Elephant (2023) Madam LaVaughn (voice) 7
4 The House (2022) Aunt Clarice (voice) 7.3
5 Rams (2020) Kat -
6 Churchill (2017) Clementine Churchill 6
7 Stronger (2017) Patty Bauman 6.9
8 iBoy (2017) Nancy 'Nan' Harvey 6.2
9 An Inspector Calls (2015) Sybil Birling 8
10 Testament of Youth (2015) Miss Lorimer 8.3
11 The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (2014) Mrs Blitherington -
12 Muppets Most Wanted (2014) Berliner at Window 6.5
13 Belle (2013) Lady Ashford 8
14 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) (archive footage) 8
15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Rita Skeeter 8
16 Made in Dagenham (2010) Barbara Castle 7.4
17 Spinning Into Butter (2009) Dean Catherine Kenney -
18 The Young Victoria (2009)
Oscars 2010 		Duchess of Kent 7
19 Turtle: The Incredible Journey (2009) Narrator (Voice) -
20 Provoked: A True Story (2007) Veronica Scott -
21 Fred Claus (2007) Annette Claus 6
22 Southland Tales (2007) Nana Mae Frost 5.6
23 Paris Je T'aime (2006) La femme au trench rouge (Bastille) 8
24 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Oscars 2006 		Rita Skeeter 7.8
25 Wah-Wah (2005) Lauren Compton -
26 The Prince & Me (2004) Queen Rosalind 5.9
27 The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Oscars 2005 		Madame Giry 7.3
28 The Actors (2003) Mrs. Magnani 7
29 Falling Angels (2003) Mary Field -
30 Spider (2002) Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg 7
31 The Hours (2002)
Oscars 2003 		Vanessa Bell 7
32 Snow White (2001) Elspeth 7
33 Chicken Run (2000) Mrs. Tweedy (voice) 6.8
34 The Miracle Maker (2000) Mary Magdalene (voice) 2
35 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) Self -
36 Get Carter (2000) Gloria Carter 6.1
37 The King and I (1999) Anna Leonowens (voice) 5
38 Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Oscars 2000 		Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch 7.3
39 Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) Queenie 8
40 Alice in Wonderland (1999) Queen of Hearts 8
41 The Big Brass Ring (1999) Dinah Pellarin 3
42 The Apostle (1997)
Oscars 1998 		Toosie 8
43 The Evening Star (1996) Patsy Carpenter 6.5
44 Kansas City (1996) Carolyn Stilton 7
45 Fatherland (1994) Charlie Maguire 7.5
46 Tom & Viv (1994) Vivienne Haigh-Wood -
47 Space Virgins from Planet Sex (1993) Miss Straugheim -
48 Damage (1992) Ingrid Fleming 6.7
49 The Crying Game (1992) Jude 6.4
50 Enchanted April (1991) Rose Arbuthnot -
51 Twisted Obsession (1989) Marilyn 3
52 Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX 8
53 Empire of the Sun (1987) Mrs. Victor 7.8
54 Eat the Rich (1987) DHSS Blonde 7
55 Transmutations (1985) Oriel -
56 Dance with a Stranger (1985) Ruth Ellis 6