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Actor
Occupations
Film actor, Actor, Stage actor
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(Monday)
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Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages
French
Education
Greenbank High School, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Zodiac Sign
♓ Pisces
Chinese Zodiac
狗 Dog
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Career
Career spanning 42 years (1983-2025)
Screen debut
First screen credit at age 25
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Filmography (50)
AWARDS (7)
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1995
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Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
1995
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
1993
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BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1993
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Biography
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.
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Miranda Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK.
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Miranda Richardson has 50 credits in our database. Notable titles include The Last Anniversary (2025), The Yellow Tie (2025), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023), The Lost Prince (2020), Good Omens (2019).
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Miranda Richardson is primarily known as an actor. 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)…
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