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Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

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Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated for two Oscars, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career.

Richardson was born and raised in Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston...

, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...

, to Marian Georgina (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....

 Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. The second daughter in a middle-class
Middle class
The middle class are any class in the middle of a social schema. In Weberian socio-economic terms they are the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socioeconomically between the working class and upper class. In Marxist terms, middle class commonly refers to either the...

 family, she revealed a talent for acting from an early age.
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Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated for two Oscars, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career.

Early life


Richardson was born and raised in Southport
Southport
Southport is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston...

, Lancashire
Lancashire
Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Lancashire County Council is based in Preston. However, Lancaster is still considered to be the county town...

, to Marian Georgina (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....

 Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. The second daughter in a middle-class
Middle class
The middle class are any class in the middle of a social schema. In Weberian socio-economic terms they are the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socioeconomically between the working class and upper class. In Marxist terms, middle class commonly refers to either the...

 family, she revealed a talent for acting from an early age. She had originally intended to study veterinary
Veterinarian
A veterinarian or a veterinary surgeon , often shortened to vet, is a physician for animals and a practitioner of veterinary medicine. The word comes from the Latin veterinae meaning "working animals"...

 medicine, but her squeamishness made this impractical.

Theatre


Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the...

, where she studied alongside Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis is an English actor with British and Irish citizenship. He is known as one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only four films since 1997, with as many as five years between roles. He is a method actor, known for his constant...

, having started out with juvenile performances in Cinderella
Cinderella
Cinderella is a well-known classic folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances which suddenly change to remarkable fortune...

(the title role) and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (as Sybil Merton) at the Southport Dramatic Club. Before making a name for herself as a screen star, she enjoyed a hugely successful and extensive theatre career, making her stage debut in Moving at the Queen's Theatre
Queen's Theatre
The Queen's Theatre is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It opened on 8 October 1907 with a comedy called The Sugar Bowl by Madeleine Lucette Ryley. It was designed by W.G.R...

 in 1981. Soon afterwards, she appeared in repertory theatre, until she found recognition in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world...

 for a series of highly praised stage performances, ultimately receiving an Olivier Award nomination for her performance in A Lie of the Mind
A Lie of the Mind
A Lie of the Mind is a play written by Sam Shepard, first staged at the off-Broadway Promenade Theater on 5 December 1985. The play was directed by Shepard himself with stars Harvey Keitel as Jake, Amanda Plummer as Beth, Aidan Quinn as Frankie, Geraldine Page as Lorraine, and Will Patton as Mike...

, and in 1996 being cited as "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" by one critic after she appeared in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural festivals that take place during August each year in Edinburgh, Scotland...

.

In May 2009, Richardson returned to the London stage for the first time in 10 years, playing the lead in Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Michael Shawn , sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American comic character actor. He has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial.-Personal life:...

's new play, Grasses of a Thousand Colours at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...

.

Film and television


In 1985, Richardson made her film debut as Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom. She was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and hanged at Holloway Prison, London by Albert Pierrepoint.-Biography:...

, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...

, in Mike Newell
Mike Newell (director)
Michael Cormac "Mike" Newell is an English director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television.-Early life:...

's critically acclaimed biographical drama, Dance With A Stranger
Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film, directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the fifties, this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim, and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson...

. Her performance won her much praise, and within a year she had been cast by Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern...

 to appear in his World War II drama, Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun (film)
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 coming of age war film based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which stars Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers...

(1987).

Richardson is well-known for her role as an infantile Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

, aka Queenie
Queenie
Queenie was a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England...

, in the British television comedy Blackadder II
Blackadder II
Blackadder II is the second series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986....

(1986). She returned to that role for a Christmas
Christmas
Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days. The nativity of Jesus, which is the basis for the anno Domini...

 special (Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol is a one-off episode of Blackadder, a parody of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It is set between Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth , and is narrated by Hugh Laurie...

1988) and a special edition for the millennium (Blackadder: Back and Forth, 2000).

Her portrayal of a troubled theatre-goer in Secret Friends (BBC 2, 1990) was described as "a miniature tour de force... Miranda Richardson's finest hour, all in ten minutes" (The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...

). Other television roles include Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim...

(1997), Miss Gilchrist in St. Ives
St. Ives (1998 film)
St. Ives is a 1998 television movie, based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel.The film, also known as All For Love, features Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Richard E Grant and Jean-Marc Barr....

(1998), Bettina the obsessive-compulsive interior decorator in Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom created and written by Jennifer Saunders, who also plays the leading character. Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha co-star, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on BBC from 1992 to 1996 and 2001 to 2004...

, the sadistic Queen Elspeth in Hallmark's Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All (2001), and the emotionally repressed Queen Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the consort of King-Emperor George V. By birth, she was a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, with the style Serene Highness...

 in The Lost Prince
The Lost Prince
The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003...

(2003).

Richardson has appeared in a number of high-profile supporting roles in the cinema, including Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.- Biography and artwork :...

 in The Hours
The Hours (film)
The Hours is a 2002 American & British drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by David Hare is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Michael Cunningham.The plot focuses on three...

, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (film)
Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period horror film directed by Tim Burton. Based on the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the film stars Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Sir Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Richard Griffiths...

and Patsy Carpenter in The Evening Star
The Evening Star
The Evening Star is a 1996 sequel to Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway she played in the original film. The movie takes place about fifteen years after the original following the characters from 1988 to 1993...

. She also won acclaim for her performances in The Crying Game
The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

and Enchanted April
Enchanted April
The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992...

, for which she won a Golden Globe, beating a quartet of Hollywood heavyweights: Geena Davis
Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women's Olympics archery team semi-finalist.-Early life:...

, Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg is an American actress, comedienne, singer-songwriter, activist, and media personality....

, Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career...

 and Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....

. She received Academy Award
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...

 nominations for her performances in Damage
Damage (film)
For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

and Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv is a 1994 film which tells the story of the true-life relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They were married in 1915 after a very brief courtship and separated in 1933 though they never divorced....

.

Her extensive film credits include stints in a number of critically acclaimed independent features, among them Robert Altman
Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective...

's Kansas City
Kansas City (1996 film)
Kansas City is a 1996 film, directed by Robert Altman, and featuring numerous jazz tracks. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, and Steve Buscemi starred. The film was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

(1996), Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards....

's The Apostle
The Apostle
The Apostle is a 1997 film, written and directed by Robert Duvall, who stars in the title role. John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, and Miranda Richardson also appear...

(1997) and Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant is a Swazi born English actor, screenwriter and director.-Early life:Grant was born Richard Grant Esterhuysen in Mbabane, Swaziland. He adopted the surname Grant when he moved to the UK as an adult and registered with the British Actors' Equity Association...

's Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah is a 2005 drama film, written and directed by British actor Richard E. Grant and loosely based on his childhood in Swaziland. Filmed and set in Swaziland, the film was premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival and also opened the Edinburgh Festival to critical acclaim...

(2005). In 2002, she performed a triple-role stint alongside Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, known simply as Ralph Fiennes , is an English actor. He has appeared in films such as Schindler's List, The English Patient, In Bruges, The Constant Gardener, Maid in Manhattan and the Harry Potter films...

 in David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection...

's acclaimed thriller Spider
Spider (film)
Spider is a 2002 psychological thriller directed by David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, who also wrote the screenplay....

, a film that won her several international critics awards.

Richardson also appeared as Queen Rosalind of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...

 in the Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American stage and film actress.After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet...

 vehicle The Prince and Me
The Prince and Me
The Prince and Me is a 2004 motion picture, directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson, James Fox, and Alberta Watson...

and as the ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a formalized type of performance dance, which originated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form...

 mistress Madame Giry in the long-awaited film version of The Phantom Of The Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)
The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber...

, starring Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler
Gerard James Butler is a Scottish actor known for his portrayal of King Leonidas in 300, The Phantom in the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, Gerry Kennedy in P.S. I Love You, One Two in RocknRolla, Mike Chadway in The Ugly Truth and Clyde Shelton in Law Abiding Citizen...

 and Emmy Rossum
Emmy Rossum
Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She has starred in films such as The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon, The Phantom of the Opera and Dragonball Evolution.-Early life:...

. In 2005 she appeared in the high-profile role of Rita Skeeter, the toxic Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy adventure film, based on J. K. Rowling's novel of the same name. The film is the fourth installment in the Harry Potter film series, although 1492 Pictures decided to leave the series. The film was directed by Mike Newell and produced by David...

and has since appeared in a number of critically acclaimed but low-profile feature films. In 2006 she appeared alongside Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy
William Francis "Bill" Nighy is an English actor and comedian. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981, and is perhaps best known to international film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Notes on a Scandal, Underworld, Auf...

 in Stephen Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff CBE is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britain's foremost television dramatists.-Career:...

's multi-Golden Globe winning BBC drama, Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter is the second of two linked BBC television dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff.Produced independently for the BBC by Talkback Thames and starring Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, and Emily Blunt, it aired in the UK on BBC One on 26 February 2006 and in the US on BBC...

. She played Mrs. Claus
Mrs. Claus
Mrs. Claus is the wife of Santa Claus. Unlike Santa Claus, however, she does not have a counterpart in folklore or mythology, but was the creation of American authors. She was popularized by poet Katharine Lee Bates in Bates' poem, "Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride" . The character has since...

 in the film Fred Claus
Fred Claus
Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Dobkin and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.-Plot:...

(2007), co-starring Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an American film actor and comedian. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before experiencing wider recognition with the 1996 movie, Swingers...

 and Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti is an American actor and comedian. Giamatti began his career as a supporting actor in several films produced during the 1990s including Private Parts, The Truman Show, Saving Private Ryan, The Negotiator, and Man on the Moon, before earning lead roles in several...

.

Richardson teamed up alongside Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom created and written by Jennifer Saunders, who also plays the leading character. Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha co-star, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on BBC from 1992 to 1996 and 2001 to 2004...

star Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Jane Saunders is a BAFTA- and Emmy Award-winning English comedienne, screenwriter and actress.She first came into widespread attention in the 1980s and early 1990s when she became a member of The Comic Strip after graduating from the Central School of Speech and Drama...

 in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...

 sitcom, The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC Two since 2007. The programme was written and created by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron...

. She appeared as a guest on Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater
Nigel Slater is a British food writer, journalist and broadcaster. He has written a column for The Observer Magazine for over a decade and is the principal writer for the Observer Food Monthly supplement. Prior to this, Slater was food writer for Marie Claire for five years...

's A Taste of my Life in which she cooked dishes including lamb tagine and huevos rancheros.

It was announced in December 2008 that Richardson was cast in a leading role in original AMC
AMC
AMC may refer to:* AMC , a short-lived British steam car manufactured in London in 1910* AMC , an American cable television channel* AMC 3 and...

 pilot, Rubicon
Rubicon (tv series)
Rubicon is an upcoming American television series created by Jason Horwitch and airing on the AMC television network. The series will be about an analyst at a national think tank who discovers that his employers may be part of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale...

. She will reportedly play a New York
New York
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 socialite who finds herself drawn into the central intrigue of a think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice...

, after the death of her husband.

Additionally, she will play Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been seen since 1920 as the principal party of the Left in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently begun to organise again...

 politician Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT was a British left-wing politician, born Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire , who adopted her family's politics, joining the Labour Party.Elected to Parliament in 1945, she rose to become one of the most important...

 in the upcoming British film Dagenham Girls.

Personal life


Currently, Richardson lives in West London with her two cats, Otis and Waldo, and her dogs Liv and Ivo. Her hobbies include drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint...

, walking
Walking
Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling. When carried out in shallow waters, it is usually described as wading and when performed over a steeply rising object or an obstacle it becomes scrambling or climbing...

, gardening
Gardening
Gardening is the practice of growing ornamental or useful plants. Ornamental plants are normally grown for their flowers, foliage, or overall appearance. Useful plants may be grown for consumption or for a variety of other purposes, such as medicines or dyes...

, fashion
Fashion
Fashion is the style and custom prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage however, "fashion" describes the popular clothing style. Many fashions are popular in many cultures at any given time. Important is the idea that the course of design and fashion will change more rapidly than the...

, falconry
Falconry
Falconry or hawking is a sport which involves the use of good looking raptors to hunt or pursue game for humans. There are two traditional terms used to describe a person involved in falconry: a falconer flies a falcon; an austringer flies a hawk or an eagle...

, and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

.

Theatre roles

  • Savage Amusement (Hazel) - Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse is a theatre situated in Derby, England. It has been operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd since it opened in 1975.On 29 November 2007, following the refusal of Derby City Council to forward £40,000 of grant monies, the Board of Trustees of the theatre announced that it was going into...

    , Lancaster
    Lancaster, Lancashire
    Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying...

  • Stags and Hens
    Stags and Hens
    Stags and Hens is a play written by Willy Russell. Like most of Willy Russell's work, the play discusses working class society in England in the 1970s. It makes comments about their intellect, life, party habits and exclusion of the different....

    (Linda) - Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse is a theatre situated in Derby, England. It has been operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd since it opened in 1975.On 29 November 2007, following the refusal of Derby City Council to forward £40,000 of grant monies, the Board of Trustees of the theatre announced that it was going into...

    , Lancaster
  • All My Sons
    All My Sons
    All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. The play was twice adapted for film; in 1948, and again in 1986.The play, which opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947 and ran for 328 performances, was awarded the 1947 Tony Award for...

    (Ann) - Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse is a theatre situated in Derby, England. It has been operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd since it opened in 1975.On 29 November 2007, following the refusal of Derby City Council to forward £40,000 of grant monies, the Board of Trustees of the theatre announced that it was going into...

    , Lancaster
  • Sisterly Feelings (Brenda) - Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse
    Derby Playhouse is a theatre situated in Derby, England. It has been operated by Derby Playhouse Ltd since it opened in 1975.On 29 November 2007, following the refusal of Derby City Council to forward £40,000 of grant monies, the Board of Trustees of the theatre announced that it was going into...

    , Lancaster
  • Ten Times Table (Phillipa) - Library Theatre, Manchester
    Manchester
    Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. In 2007, the population of the city was estimated to be 458,100...

  • Whose Life Is It Anyway?
    Whose Life is it Anyway?
    Whose Life Is It Anyway? is a play by Brian Clark adapted from his 1972 television play of the same title. The play premiered at the Mermaid Theatre in London's West End in 1978 starring Tom Conti as Ken.-Plot:...

    (Kay Sadler) - Library Theatre, Manchester
  • Play It Again, Sam (Linda Christie) - Library Theatre, Manchester
  • Tom Jones
    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
    The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel...

    (Sophie Western) - Library Theatre, Manchester
  • Educating Rita
    Educating Rita
    Educating Rita is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University lecturer....

    (Rita)
  • Moving (Jane Gladwin) - Queen's Theatre
    Queen's Theatre
    The Queen's Theatre is a West End theatre located in Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster. It opened on 8 October 1907 with a comedy called The Sugar Bowl by Madeleine Lucette Ryley. It was designed by W.G.R...

     (1980/1)
  • The Table of the Two Horseman (Katie Wyld) - Bristol Theatre Royal (9 March 1983/2 April 1983)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...

    (Honey) - Bristol Theatre Royal (6 April 1983/30 April 1983)
  • The Maids
    The Maids
    The Maids is a play by the French dramatist Jean Genet. It was first performed at the Théâtre Athénée in Paris in a production that opened on 17 April 1947, which Louis Jouvet directed...

    (Madame) - Bristol New Vic (27 September 1983/22 October 1983)
  • Insignificance (The Actress) - Bristol New Vic (25 October 1983/19 December 1983)
  • Life of Einstein - Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster
    Lancaster, Lancashire
    Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying...

     (1984)
  • Edmond (Glenna) - Newcastle
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England...

     (1985)
  • A Lie of the Mind (Beth) - Royal Court Theatre
    Royal Court Theatre
    The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...

    , West End
    West End of London
    The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...

     (1987)
  • The Changeling (Beatrice-Joanna) - (Lyttleton) National Theatre
    Royal National Theatre
    The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company....

    , West End
    West End of London
    The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...

     (1988)
  • Mountain Language (Young Woman) - (Lyttleton) National Theatre, West End (1988)
  • Etta Jenks (Etta Jenks) - Royal Court Theatre, West End (1990)
  • The Designated Mourner (Judy) - Royal National Theatre
    Royal National Theatre
    The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company....

    , West End
    West End of London
    The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...

     (1996)
  • Orlando
    Orlando (opera)
    Orlando is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language libretto was adapted from Carlo Sigismondo Capece's L'Orlando after Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, which was also the source of Handel's operas Alcina and Ariodante.-Performance history:The opera was first...

    (Orlando) - 50th Edinburgh International Festival
    Edinburgh International Festival
    The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music , theatre, opera...

     (11/21 August 1996)
  • Aunt Dan and Lemon
    Aunt Dan and Lemon
    Aunt Dan and Lemon is a play by Wallace Shawn. The world premiere was produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England on August 27 1985, under the direction of Max Stafford-Clark. This production was brought to Broadway later that year...

    (Aunt Dan) - Almeida Theatre
    Almeida Theatre
    The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325 seat studio theatre with an international reputation which takes its name from the street in which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diverse range of drama and holds an annual summer festival...

    , Islington
    Islington
    Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district in London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy Upper Street...

    , London
    London
    []London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...

     (5 May/5 June 1999)
  • The Play What I Wrote (Herself) - Wyndham's Theatre
    Wyndham's Theatre
    Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham . Located on Charing Cross Road, in the City of Westminster, it was designed by W.G.R. Sprague about 1898, the architect of six other London theatres between then and 1916...

    , West End
    West End of London
    The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...

     (30 Jan 2002, 5 May 2002, 2 Jan 2003)
  • Comic Aid 2005 - (Herself - Asia Tsunami Aid) - Carling Apollo, West End
    West End of London
    The West End of London is an area of Central London, England, containing many of the city's major tourist attractions, businesses, headquarters and the commercial West End theatres. Use of the term began in the early 19th century to describe fashionable areas to the west of Charing Cross...

     (22 Feb 2005)
  • One Knight Only - (Herself - Asia Tsunami Aid) - Theatre Royal, Haymarket
    Haymarket Theatre
    The Theatre Royal Haymarket or Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre is a West End theatre in The Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use...

    , West End
    West End theatre
    West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's "Theatreland". Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking world...

     (20 March 2005)
  • Grasses of a thousand colours - Royal Court Theatre
    Royal Court Theatre
    The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...

     (May 2009)

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1984 A Woman of Substance
A Woman of Substance
A Woman of Substance is a novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, and was published in 1979.This novel is the first of a saga about the fortunes of a retail empire and the machinations of the business elite across three generations....

(TV)
Paula McGill Amory
1985 Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film, directed by Mike Newell. Telling the story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the fifties, this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim, and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson...

Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom. She was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and hanged at Holloway Prison, London by Albert Pierrepoint.-Biography:...

Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress
Variety Club Award
Underworld Oriel
The Innocent
The Innocent
The Innocent may refer to:* The Innocent , a film directed by Luchino Visconti* The Innocent , a drama film starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson...

Mary Turner
Blackadder II
Blackadder
Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of a BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off installments.All episodes star Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and his dogsbody, Baldrick. Each series is set in a different historical period with...

(TV)
Queenie
Queenie
Queenie was a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England...

1986 After Pilkington
After Pilkington
After Pilkington was a one-off BBC television drama by Simon Gray, starring Miranda Richardson, Bob Peck and Barry Foster. It was first broadcast in 1987.- Plot :...

Penny Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...

The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen set between the two world wars. It is about a sixteen year old orphan, Portia Quayne, who moves to London to live with her half-brother Thomas and falls in love with Eddie, a friend of her sister-in-law. The novel was adapted into a 1986 TV...

Daphne Heccomb
1987 Blackadder the Third
Blackadder the Third
Blackadder the Third is the third series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 17 September to 22 October 1987....

Amy Hardwood "Amy and Amiability"
Eat the Rich DHSS Blonde
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun (film)
Empire of the Sun is a 1987 coming of age war film based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Steven Spielberg directed the film, which stars Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson and Nigel Havers...

Mrs. Victor
Sweet as You Are (TV) Julia Perry Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance - Female
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the one of the oldest television societies in the world...

1989 Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage
Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage
Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage is a 1989 British television comedy drama , written by celebrated screenwriter Andrew Davies, and set in France. The one-off drama starred Michael Kitchen, Miranda Richardson, Erika Hoffman, and Zoe Wanamaker.-External links:*...

Early Bird
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder Goes Forth
Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC situation comedy Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989....

Nurse Mary "General Hospital"
The Mad Monkey Marilyn
1990 Secret Friends (TV) Olivia
The Bachelor Frederica
The Fool
The Fool (1990 film)
The Fool is a 1990 British film, directed by Christine Edzard , and featuring Derek Jacobi as a Victorian era clerk who enjoys living a double life as a businessman, moving in and about the best social circles in London. The film also featured Miranda Richardson, Miriam Margolyes, Cyril Cusack,...

Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Twisted Obsession
Twisted Obsession
Twisted Obsession is a 1990 Spanish-made erotic thriller, starring Jeff Goldblum and Miranda Richardson....

Marilyn
Old Times
Old Times
Old Times is a play by the Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter. It was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre in London on June 1, 1971. It starred Colin Blakely, Dorothy Tutin, and Vivien Merchant, and was directed by Peter Hall...

Anna
Die Kinder
Die Kinder
Die Kinder was a 1990 BBC political thriller, a six-part series made for television, and featuring Miranda Richardson in the lead role as Sidonie Reiger....

(TV)
Sidonie Reiger
1992 The Crying Game
The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

Jude O'Hara New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking....

also for Damage
Damage (film)
For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

and Enchanted April
Enchanted April
The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992...


Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...

Damage
Damage (film)
For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

Ingrid Fleming BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding supporting performance in a film...


London Critics Circle Film Award for Best British Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking....

  also for The Crying Game
The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

and Enchanted April
Enchanted April
The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992...


Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. Since its inception, however, the...


Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Enchanted April
Enchanted April
The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992...

Rose Arbuthnot Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking....

  also for The Crying Game
The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

and Damage
Damage (film)
For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

1993 Century Clara
The Line, the Cross and the Curve
The Line, the Cross and the Curve
The Line, the Cross and the Curve is a musical short film directed by and starring pop singer Kate Bush. Released in 1993, it co-starred Miranda Richardson and noted choreographer Lindsay Kemp....

Mysterious woman
1994 Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom created and written by Jennifer Saunders, who also plays the leading character. Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha co-star, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on BBC from 1992 to 1996 and 2001 to 2004...

Bettina "New Best Friend"
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv is a 1994 film which tells the story of the true-life relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They were married in 1915 after a very brief courtship and separated in 1933 though they never divorced....

Vivienne Haigh-Wood National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.- 1940s :...


Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...


Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...


Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Fatherland
Fatherland (novel)
Fatherland is a bestselling 1992 thriller novel by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris, which doubles as a work of alternate history...

Charlie Maguire Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
The Night and the Moment
The Night and the Moment
-Plot:A writer is invited to the house of a noblewoman who adores free-thinkers. He attempts to seduce her but she insists that he tell her of his past love exploits. While doing so, he takes her through his time in prison where he was unknowingly incarcerated in the cell beside hers.-Cast:...

Julie
1996 The Evening Star
The Evening Star
The Evening Star is a 1996 sequel to Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway she played in the original film. The movie takes place about fifteen years after the original following the characters from 1988 to 1993...

Patsy Carpenter Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supproting Actress
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1996
The 1st Society of Texas Film Critics Awards were given by the Society of Texas Film Critics on 19 December, 1996.-Winners:*Best Actor:**Geoffrey Rush - Shine*Best Film:**Fargo*Best Supporting Actor:...

also for Kansas City
Kansas City (1996 film)
Kansas City is a 1996 film, directed by Robert Altman, and featuring numerous jazz tracks. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, and Steve Buscemi starred. The film was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...


Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Kansas City
Kansas City (1996 film)
Kansas City is a 1996 film, directed by Robert Altman, and featuring numerous jazz tracks. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, and Steve Buscemi starred. The film was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

Carolyn Stilton Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supproting Actress
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1996
The 1st Society of Texas Film Critics Awards were given by the Society of Texas Film Critics on 19 December, 1996.-Winners:*Best Actor:**Geoffrey Rush - Shine*Best Film:**Fargo*Best Supporting Actor:...

also for The Evening Star
The Evening Star
The Evening Star is a 1996 sequel to Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, who reprises the role of Aurora Greenway she played in the original film. The movie takes place about fifteen years after the original following the characters from 1988 to 1993...

1997 The Designated Mourner
The Designated Mourner
The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996, which was adapted into a film directed by David Hare in 1997.The film, which follows the play's script exactly, is based on the original London stage production directed by Hare and has the same cast: Mike Nichols as Jack, Miranda...

Judy
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex
Saint-Ex is a 1997 film biography of French author-adventurer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, filmed and distributed in the United Kingdom, and featuring Bruno Ganz, Eleanor Bron, and Miranda Richardson. The script was by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The film combines elements of biography, documentary, and...

Consuelo
The Apostle
The Apostle
The Apostle is a 1997 film, written and directed by Robert Duvall, who stars in the title role. John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, and Miranda Richardson also appear...

Toosie Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim...

(TV)
Pamela Flitton Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...


Nominated — Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance - Female
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the one of the oldest television societies in the world...

1998 St. Ives Miss Gilchrist
The Scold's Bridle
The Scold's Bridle
The Scold's Bridle is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. The book, Walters' third, won a CWA Gold Dagger and was made into a BBC series starring Miranda Richardson and Bob Peck.-Synopsis:...

Dr Sarah Blakeney
Merlin
Merlin (film)
Merlin is a television miniseries released in 1998 that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes...

Queen Mab / The Lady of the Lake Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1999 Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)
Alice in Wonderland was a television movie first broadcast in 1999 on NBC and then shown on British television on Channel 4 . It is the 14th film based upon Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass....

Queen of Hearts / Society Woman
The Big Brass Ring
The Big Brass Ring
The Big Brass Ring is a 1999 drama film, starring William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob, Jefferson Mays, and Miranda Richardson ....

Dinah Pellarin Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (film)
Sleepy Hollow is a 1999 period horror film directed by Tim Burton. Based on the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the film stars Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Sir Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Jeffrey Jones, Ian McDiarmid, Michael Gough, Richard Griffiths...

Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth is a short film based on the BBC mock-historical comedy series Blackadder that marks the end of the Blackadder saga...

Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called the Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

 / Queenie
Queenie
Queenie was a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England, played by Miranda Richardson in the second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, which was set in Elizabethan England...

The King and I Anna Leonowens
Anna Leonowens
Anna Leonowens was a British travel writer, educator and social activist, known for teaching the wives and children of Mongkut, king of Siam, and for co-founding the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design...

 (voice)
Nominated — London Critics Circle Film Award for Best British Actress
2000 Get Carter
Get Carter (2000 film)
Get Carter is the 2000 remake of the 1971 crime film of the same name, starring Sylvester Stallone in the title role. The film also features Miranda Richardson, Rachel Leigh Cook, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke, Rhona Mitra...

Gloria Carter
Chicken Run
Chicken Run
Chicken Run is a 2000 stop-motion animation British film made by the Aardman Animations studios, the production studio of the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films.-Plot:...

Mrs. Tweedy
2001 Snow White: Fairest of Them All Elspeth / Queen
2002 The Hours
The Hours (film)
The Hours is a 2002 American & British drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by David Hare is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Michael Cunningham.The plot focuses on three...

Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.- Biography and artwork :...

Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
The Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast is an annual award given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society.-2000s:*2003: 21 Grams*2004: Sideways *2005: Crash *2006: Little Miss Sunshine...


Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Spider
Spider (film)
Spider is a 2002 psychological thriller directed by David Cronenberg and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, who also wrote the screenplay....

Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress, given by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, honors the finest achievements in filmmaking.-2000s:...


Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2003
The 7th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2003, were held on 17 December, 2003.-Winners:*Best Actor:**Bill Murray – Lost in Translation as Bob Harris*Best Actress:...


Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress is an annual award given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:...


Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the actress or actresses whose winning performance is voted by participating members...


Nominated — London Critics Circle Film Award for Best British Actress
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
2003 The Lost Prince
The Lost Prince
The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003...

(TV)
Queen Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the consort of King-Emperor George V. By birth, she was a princess of Teck, in the Kingdom of Württemberg, with the style Serene Highness...

Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- 1950's :*1955 Googie Withers*1956 Virginia McKenna*1957 Rosalie Crutchley*1958 Unknown*1959 Gwen Watford- 1960's :*1960 Catherine Lacey*1961 Billie Whitelaw*1962 Ruth Dunning*1963 Brenda Bruce*1964 Vivien Merchant*1965 Katherine Blake...

The Rage In Placid Lake
The Rage In Placid Lake
The Rage in Placid Lake is a 2003 Australian film starring Ben Lee and Rose Byrne. It features Placid Lake , a seventeen-year-old boy who has led a suburban hippie life with his neurotic, free loving parents...

Sylvia Lake Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1976.-Previous winners:*1976: Melissa Jaffer - Caddie...


Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female
Film Critics Circle of Australia
The Film Critics Circle of Australia is a group of cinema critics that judge Australian films.-External links:**...

2004 The Prince and Me
The Prince and Me
The Prince and Me is a 2004 motion picture, directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson, James Fox, and Alberta Watson...

Queen Rosalind
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Churchill: The Hollywood Years is a 2004 film, directed by Peter Richardson. It stars Christian Slater as Winston Churchill, and Neve Campbell as Elizabeth II...

Eva Braun
Eva Braun
Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Anna Paula Hitler was the longtime companion and, for a brief time, wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was 17 years old while working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer and began seeing him often about two years later...

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 film)
The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical of the same name. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film was also produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber...

Madame Giry
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous is a British sitcom created and written by Jennifer Saunders, who also plays the leading character. Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha co-star, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks. It was broadcast on BBC from 1992 to 1996 and 2001 to 2004...

Bettina "White Box"
2005 Midsummer Dream
Midsummer Dream
Midsummer Dream, is a 2005 computer-animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of The Living Forest. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream....

Queen Titania (voice)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a fantasy adventure film, based on J. K. Rowling's novel of the same name. The film is the fourth installment in the Harry Potter film series, although 1492 Pictures decided to leave the series. The film was directed by Mike Newell and produced by David...

Rita Skeeter
2006 Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter is the second of two linked BBC television dramas written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff.Produced independently for the BBC by Talkback Thames and starring Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, and Emily Blunt, it aired in the UK on BBC One on 26 February 2006 and in the US on BBC...

(TV)
Stella Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
-1990s:*1996: Helen Mirren - Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment**Kirstie Alley - Suddenly**Lolita Davidovich - Harvest on Fire**Laura Dern - The Siege of Ruby Ridge**Jena Malone - Hidden in America...

Merlin's Apprentice
Merlin's Apprentice
Merlin's Apprentice is a 2006 sequel to the hit television miniseries Merlin , featuring Miranda Richardson and Sam Neill reprising their roles as the Lady of the Lake and Merlin respectively.While being vaguely based on Arthurian legend, its plot is completely different from the traditional myths,...

(TV)
Lady of the Lake
Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah
Wah-Wah is a 2005 drama film, written and directed by British actor Richard E. Grant and loosely based on his childhood in Swaziland. Filmed and set in Swaziland, the film was premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival and also opened the Edinburgh Festival to critical acclaim...

Lauren Compton
Provoked
Provoked (film)
Provoked is a 2007 UK based English language film, directed by Jag Mundhra. It stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. The film is based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia who killed her abusive husband.Cinematography for the...

Veronica Scott
Paris, je t'aime‎ The Wife (segment: Bastille)
2007 Puffball
Puffball (film)
Puffball is a 2007 supernatural drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is based on the novel by Fay Weldon adapted by her son Dan Weldon. The film was partially funded through the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund....

Mabs Tucker
Fred Claus
Fred Claus
Fred Claus is a 2007 Christmas comedy-drama film produced and directed by David Dobkin and starring Vince Vaughn and Paul Giamatti.-Plot:...

Mrs. Annette Claus
Southland Tales
Southland Tales
Southland Tales is a 2007 science fiction/drama/black comedy film, written and directed by Richard Kelly. The title refers to the Southland, a name used by locals to refer to Southern California and Greater Los Angeles. Set in the then near future of an alternate history, the film is a portrait of...

Nana Mae Van Adler-Frost
Spinning Into Butter Catherine Kenney
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle is a British sitcom that has aired on BBC Two since 2007. The programme was written and created by Jennifer Saunders and Tanya Byron...

Helena
2009 The Young Victoria
The Young Victoria
The Young Victoria is a 2009 British costume drama film based on the young life of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It stars Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Miranda Richardson, and Jim Broadbent. The film is produced by Graham King, Martin Scorsese, Sarah, Duchess of York, and Tim Headington...

Duchess of Kent
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was the mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.-Early life:...

2010 Dagenham Girls Barbara Castle
Barbara Castle
Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC, GCOT was a British left-wing politician, born Barbara Anne Betts in Chesterfield, Derbyshire , who adopted her family's politics, joining the Labour Party.Elected to Parliament in 1945, she rose to become one of the most important...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rita Skeeter filming

Academy Award

  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress, Damage
    Damage (film)
    For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

    (1992)
  • Nominated: Best Actress, Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv is a 1994 film which tells the story of the true-life relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They were married in 1915 after a very brief courtship and separated in 1933 though they never divorced....

    (1994)

BAFTA Award

  • Nominated: Best Actress, After Pilkington
    After Pilkington
    After Pilkington was a one-off BBC television drama by Simon Gray, starring Miranda Richardson, Bob Peck and Barry Foster. It was first broadcast in 1987.- Plot :...

    (1988) (TV)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress, The Crying Game
    The Crying Game
    The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...

    (1993)
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress, Damage
    Damage (film)
    For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

    (1993)
  • Nominated: Best Actress, Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv is a 1994 film which tells the story of the true-life relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They were married in 1915 after a very brief courtship and separated in 1933 though they never divorced....

    (1994)
  • Nominated: Best Actress, A Dance to the Music of Time
    A Dance to the Music of Time
    A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve-volume cycle of novels by Anthony Powell, inspired by the painting of the same name by Nicolas Poussin. One of the longest works of fiction in literature, it was published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim...

    (1998) (TV)
  • Nominated: Best Actress, The Lost Prince
    The Lost Prince
    The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003...

    (2004) (TV)

Golden Globe Award

  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Damage
    Damage (film)
    For 2010 movie, visit Damage Damage, also known as Fatale, is a 1992 film directed by Louis Malle. It is based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart.The plot is about a politician who falls in love with his son's girlfriend....

    (1993)
  • Won: Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy, Enchanted April
    Enchanted April
    The Enchanted April is a 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. An Academy Award-nominated film based on the novel, directed by Mike Newell, was released in 1992...

    (1993)
  • Nominated: Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv
    Tom & Viv is a 1994 film which tells the story of the true-life relationship between T. S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne Haigh-Wood. They were married in 1915 after a very brief courtship and separated in 1933 though they never divorced....

    (1995)
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Fatherland
    Fatherland
    Fatherland is the nation of one's "fathers", "forefathers" or "patriarchs". It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations...

    (1995)
  • Nominated: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Merlin
    Merlin (film)
    Merlin is a television miniseries released in 1998 that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes...

    (1999)
  • Nominated: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, The Big Brass Ring
    The Big Brass Ring
    The Big Brass Ring is a 1999 drama film, starring William Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, Irene Jacob, Jefferson Mays, and Miranda Richardson ....

    (2000)
  • Nominated: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, The Lost Prince
    The Lost Prince
    The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003...

    (2005)

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