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 asserte...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Like Tears in Rain
2024
as Self
His entire life, the charismatic actor Rutger Hauer kept the outside world at a distance. His inner circle included only a small group of people, amon...

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self – Contributor
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans ...

The Magician's Elephant
2023
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His only question is: is his sister stil...

The House
2022
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy...

Rams
2020
as Kat
In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal ill...

Stronger
2017
as Patty Bauman
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

Churchill
2017
as Clementine Churchill
A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

iBoy
2017
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
After an accident, Tom wakes from a coma to discover that fragments of his smart phone have been embedded in his head, and worse, that returning to no...

An Inspector Calls
2015
as Sybil Birling
Northern England, 1912. The dinner of a wealthy family is interrupted by Inspector Goole, who only announces that a young woman has committed suicide....

Casanova
2015
as Marquise d'Urfé
Exiled from his beloved Venice, Giacomo Casanova flees to Paris at the dawn of the Enlightenment in hopes of putting his reputation as a playboy behin...

Operation Orangutan
2015
as Narrator (voice)
A rehabilitation centre in western Kalimantan in Borneo aims to rescue and rehabilitate injured and orphaned orangutans for release back into the wild...

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
2015
as Narrator (voice)
A look at the phenomenal success of novel, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Testament of Youth
2015
as Miss Lorimer
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classi...

Orango rischio fatale
2015
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
2014
as Mrs Blitherington
Harry Hill stars in this comedy based on Norman Hunter's books. The Professor has a fight on his hands when a councillor tries to run him out of town ...

Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Berliner at Window
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013
as Self / Mrs. Victor
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's fra...

Hidden Universe
2013
An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.

Belle
2013
as Lady Ashford
Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in Engl...

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
as Rita Skeeter
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Made in Dagenham
2010
as Barbara Castle
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

Turtle: The Incredible Journey
2009
as Narrator (Voice)
The story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world. B...

The Young Victoria
2009
as Duchess of Kent
As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mot...

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.

Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
as Self
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documen...

Southland Tales
2007
as Nana Mae Frost
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santar...

Fred Claus
2007
as Annette Claus
Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes over...

Puffball
2007
as Mabs Tucker
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house.

Provoked: A True Story
2007
as Veronica Scott
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed car...

Spinning Into Butter
2007
as Dean Catherine Kenney
A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean (Parker) in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race...

Paris Je T'aime
2006
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
as Rita Skeeter
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Tri...

Gideon's Daughter
2005
as Stella
Bill Nighy and Miranda Richardson star in a story of grief and celebrity, set in the intense spring and summer of New Labour's election victory and Di...

Wah-Wah
2005
as Lauren Compton
Set at the end of the 1960s, as Swaziland is about to receive independence from United Kingdom, the film follows the young Ralph Compton, at 12, throu...
Comic Aid
2005
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sa...

The Phantom of the Opera
2004
as Madame Giry
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.

Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004
as Eva Braun
A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their lead is rather unglamorous, they will draft in an American G.I...

The Prince & Me
2004
as Queen Rosalind
A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents...

Falling Angels
2003
as Mary Field
The wickedly funny story of three sisters' coming of age in a wildly dysfunctional family, set against the backdrop of the 60's, free love, the Cold W...

The Rage in Placid Lake
2003
as Sylvia Lake
Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success....

The Actors
2003
as Mrs. Magnani
During the run of a particularly awful interpretation of Richard III, the star, Anthony O'Malley, begins to frequent a rough pub to develop his charac...

The Hours
2002
as Vanessa Bell
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings a...

Spider
2002
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a k...

Snow White
2001
as Queen Elspeth
Snow White's mother dies during childbirth, leaving baby Snow and father John for dead on an icy field, who then receives a visit from one of Satan's ...

Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
2001
as Self
An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth.

Get Carter
2000
as Gloria Carter
Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes...

Chicken Run
2000
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly!...

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.

The Miracle Maker
2000
as Mary Magdalene (voice)
A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spr...

Sleepy Hollow
1999
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
1999
as Miss Fowl
Jacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is nicknamed "Two-Two" for having to say things twice to be heard...

The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Dinah Pellarin
Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past...

Blackadder: Back & Forth
1999
as Queenie
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and h...

The King and I
1999
as Anna Leonowens (voice)
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Loenowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna an...

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Queen of Hearts
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W...

Ted & Ralph
1998
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralph Mayhew (Charlie Higson) lives alone in a faded s...
The Scold's Bridle
1998
as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

St. Ives
1998
as Susan Gilchrist
In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the pris...

The Apostle
1997
as Toosie
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.

The Designated Mourner
1997
as Judy
Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story ...

Swann
1997
as Sarah Maloney
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure...

The Evening Star
1996
as Patsy Carpenter
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...

Saint-Ex
1996
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Kansas City
1996
as Carolyn Stilton
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

The Night and the Moment
1995
as Julie
The Night and the Moment is a 1995 erotic drama. A writer (Dafoe) is invited to the house of a noblewoman (Olin) who adores free-thinkers. He attempts...

Fatherland
1994
as Charlie Maguire
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. ...

Tom & Viv
1994
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
The story of the marriage of the poet T. S. Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaecological and emotional problems a...

Century
1993
as Clara
Turn-of-the-century love story centered around a young doctor and the emergence of modern science.

The Line, the Cross & the Curve
1993
as Mysterious Woman
A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woma...

Jealousy
1993
as Stella/Elsbeth
Despite trying to cure himself with a hypnosis tape John Pettigrew is insanely jealous of his wife Jane Margory and convinced she is having an affair ...

Demonella
1993
as Marie Antoinette
Music producer Arnold Silverstein is desperate for a song hit so when the Devil - a woman - supplies him with the answer to his dreams, a piece called...

Space Virgins from Planet Sex
1993
as Miss Straugheim
A craft full of Space Rats,glamorous extra-terrestrials from the planet Sex,arrive on Earth desperate to find men with whom they can procreate in orde...

Damage
1992
as Ingrid Fleming
The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

The Crying Game
1992
as Jude
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA...

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
as Sandra
Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from Bernice Rubens 's Booker Prize-winning bestseller. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour ...

Enchanted April
1991
as Rose Arbuthnot
When married British women Rose Arbuthnot and Lottie Wilkins decide to take a break from their respective spouses, they stay at a castle in Italy for ...

Old Times
1991
The scene is a fashionably remodeled farmhouse in the countryside somewhere beyond London, where a prosperous and urbane couple are entertaining the w...

Redemption
1991
as Valerie Paris
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was his crime?
Broken Skin
1991
The Fool
1990
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...
Les Dogs
1990
as Bride's Mother
Les Dogs are the band playing in a large marquee to celebrate the wedding of Geoffrey and Angela. During the reception, the fathers of the groom and b...

The Bachelor
1990
as Friederike / Widow Sommer
In pre-WWI Austria-Hungary, a physician struggles with his decision about which woman will he marry.
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Early Bird
Joe and Sarah Marriot are a pair of European campers who have pitched their tent for a little R & R at a campsite in France. The other families t...

Twisted Obsession
1989
as Marilyn
An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and mani...

Communicators From Hell
1989
John Cleese training video.

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors, he resolves to mend his generous ways.

Mountain Language
1988
as Young Woman
Harold Pinter play starring Michael Gambon. 'Your language is forbidden. It is dead. No one is allowed to speak your language. Your language no longer...

The Master Builder
1988
as Hilde Wangel
Ibsen's play is the story of Halvard Solness, Master Builder of a town in Norway. Solness is a successful architect but he's afraid of the being surpa...

Sweet As You Are
1988
as Julia Perry
A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life.

Empire of the Sun
1987
as Mrs. Victor
Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured w...

Eat the Rich
1987
as DHSS Blonde
Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class...

The Death of the Heart
1987
as Daphne Heccomb
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who...

After Pilkington
1987
as Penny Newhouse
The quiet life of Oxford professor James Westgate is shattered when he is introduced to Penny, the wife of his crass new colleague.

Lost Property
1986
as Anne
Anne and John Forrest live in an old Victorian school building. But what for Anne is the fulfillment of her childhood fantasy about a “pretend” school...

The Demon Lover
1986
as Gina
When young Kathleen makes a promise to Keith Cameron during World War One, that no matter what happens they will meet again one day, she little realis...

Transmutations
1985
as Oriel
When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating ...

The Innocent
1985
as Mary Turner
A young Yorkshire boy struggles to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mo...

Dance with a Stranger
1985
as Ruth Ellis
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for Da...

The Yellow Tie
N/A
as Ioana Celibidache
The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache, from his childhood in Romania to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in...

The Bitter End
N/A
Telling the story of the final years of the woman who married King Edward VIII and broke up the monarchy.