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| File:Miranda Richardson Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg Richardson at the Metropolitan Opera's 2010 opening night of Das Rheingold | |
| Born | Miranda Jane Richardson 3 March 1958 Southport, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1979–present |
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger in 1985 and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). For Damage, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also won Golden Globe Awards for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994).
Richardson began her career on stage and made her West End debut in the 1980 play Moving. She received a Best Actress Olivier Award nomination for the 1987 Royal Court production of A Lie of the Mind. On television, she has starred in Blackadder (1986–89), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Merlin (1998), The Lost Prince (2003), and the sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007).
Her other films include Empire of the Sun (1987), The Crying Game (1992), The Apostle (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Spider (2002), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), and Made in Dagenham (2010).
Early life[]
Richardson was born in Southport, to Marian Georgina (née Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive,[1] and is the second daughter of a middle class family.
Career[]
Theatre[]
Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School,[2] where she studied alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Jenny Seagrove, having started out with juvenile performances in Cinderella and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime at the Southport Dramatic Club.
Richardson has enjoyed a successful and extensive theatre career, first joining Manchester Library Theatre in 1979 as an assistant stage manager, followed by a number of appearances in repertory theatre. Her London stage debut was in Moving at the Queen's Theatre in 1981. She found recognition in the West End for a series of stage performances, ultimately receiving an Olivier Award nomination for her performance in A Lie of the Mind,[3] and, 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. She returned to the London stage in May 2009 to play the lead role in Wallace Shawn's new play, Grasses of a Thousand Colours at the Royal Court Theatre.[4] Richardson has said that she prefers new work rather than the classics because of the history which goes with them.[5]
Film and television[]
In 1985, Richardson made her film debut as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, in the biographical drama Dance with a Stranger. Around the same time, Richardson played a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy Blackadder II.
Following Dance with a Stranger, Richardson turned down numerous parts in which her character was unstable or disreputable, including the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction.[5] In this period, she appeared in Empire of the Sun (1987). In an episode of the TV series The Storyteller ("The Three Ravens", 1988), she played a witch. Meanwhile, she had returned in guest roles in one episode each in Blackadder the Third (1987) and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989). She returned to play Queenie in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) and, later, a special edition for the millennium Blackadder: Back and Forth.
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). Other television roles include Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Miss Gilchrist in St. Ives (1998), Bettina the interior decorator in Absolutely Fabulous, Queen Elspeth, Snow White's stepmother, in Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), and Queen Mary in The Lost Prince (2003).
Miranda Richardson at the Toronto International Film Festival 2010
Richardson has appeared in a number of high-profile supporting roles in film, including Vanessa Bell in The Hours, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow and Patsy Carpenter in The Evening Star. She also won acclaim for her performances in The Crying Game and Enchanted April, for which she won a Golden Globe. She received Academy Award nominations for her performances in Damage and Tom & Viv.
Her film credits also include Kansas City (1996), The Apostle (1997) and Wah-Wah (2005). In 2002, she performed a triple-role in the thriller Spider.
Richardson also appeared as Queen Rosalind of Denmark in The Prince and Me and as the ballet mistress Madame Giry in the film version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom Of The Opera (2004). In 2005, she appeared in the role of Rita Skeeter, the toxic Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. She also did the voice for Corky in The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky (2005), an Australian animated series for children. In 2006, she appeared in Gideon's Daughter. She played Mrs. Claus in the film Fred Claus (2007).
Richardson appeared in the BBC sitcom, The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle. She appeared as a guest in A Taste of My Life.
In 2008, Richardson was cast in a leading role in original AMC pilot, Rubicon. She plays Katherine Rhumor, a New York socialite who finds herself drawn into the central intrigue of a think tank after the death of her husband.[6]
Additionally, she played Labour politician Barbara Castle in the British film Made in Dagenham.[7]
Richardson was cast as Queen Ulla in Maleficent, where she played the title character's aunt, but her role was cut from the film during post-production.[8] In 2015, she played Sybil Birling in Helen Edmundson's BBC One adaptation of J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls.[9]
Personal life[]
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Richardson has never married and has no children.[10][11]
Theatre roles[]
- Savage Amusement (Hazel) - Derby Playhouse, Lancaster
- Stags and Hens (Linda) - Derby Playhouse, Lancaster
- All My Sons (Ann) - Derby Playhouse, Lancaster
- Sisterly Feelings (Brenda) - Derby Playhouse, Lancaster
- Ten Times Table (Phillipa) - Library Theatre, Manchester
- Whose Life Is It Anyway? (Kay Sadler) - Library Theatre, Manchester
- Play It Again, Sam (Linda Christie) - Library Theatre, Manchester
- Tom Jones (Sophie Western) - Library Theatre, Manchester
- Educating Rita (Rita) - Haymarket Theatre, Leicester
- Moving (Jane Gladwin) - Queen's Theatre (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? (Honey) - Bristol Theatre Royal (6 April 1983/30 April 1983)
- The Maids (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 (1984)
- Edmond (Glenna) - Newcastle (1985)
- A Lie of the Mind (Beth) - Royal Court Theatre, West End (1987)
- The Changeling (Beatrice-Joanna) - (Lyttelton) National Theatre, West End (1988)
- Mountain Language (Young Woman) - (Lyttelton) National Theatre, West End (1988)
- Etta Jenks (Etta Jenks) - Royal Court Theatre, West End (1990)
- The Designated Mourner (Judy) - Royal National Theatre, West End (1996)
- Orlando (Orlando) - 50th Edinburgh International Festival (11/21 August 1996)
- Aunt Dan and Lemon (Aunt Dan) - Almeida Theatre, Islington, London (5 May/5 June 1999)
- The Play What I Wrote (Herself) - Wyndham's Theatre, West End (30 January 2002, 5 May 2002, 2 January 2003)
- Comic Aid 2005 - (Herself - Asia Tsunami Aid) - Carling Apollo, West End (22 February 2005)
- One Knight Only - (Herself - Asia Tsunami Aid) - Theatre Royal, Haymarket, West End (20 March 2005)
- Grasses of a thousand colours (Cerise) - Royal Court Theatre (May 2009)
Filmography[]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Agony | Gudrun | TV episode: "From Here to Maternity " 3rd series. |
| 1984 | A Woman of Substance | Paula McGill Amory | TV |
| 1985 | Dance with a Stranger | Ruth Ellis | Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Variety Club Award |
| Underworld | Oriel | ||
| The Innocent | Mary Turner | ||
| After Pilkington | Penny | Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress | |
| 1986 | Blackadder II | Queen Elizabeth I ("Queenie") | TV (6 episodes) |
| The Death of the Heart | Daphne Heccomb | ||
| 1987 | Blackadder the Third | Amy Hardwood | TV Episode: "Amy and Amiability" |
| Eat the Rich | DHSS Blonde | ||
| Empire of the Sun | Mrs. Victor | ||
| Sweet as You Are | Julia Perry | TV Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance - Female | |
| 1988 | Blackadder's Christmas Carol | Queen Elizabeth I/ Queen Asphyxia XIX | TV |
| 1989 | Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage | Early Bird | |
| Blackadder Goes Forth | Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown | TV Episode: "General Hospital" | |
| The Mad Monkey | Marilyn | ||
| 1990 | Secret Friends | Olivia | TV |
| The Bachelor | Frederica | ||
| The Fool | Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia | ||
| Twisted Obsession | Marilyn | ||
| Old Times | Anna | ||
| Die Kinder | Sidonie Reiger | TV | |
| 1992 | The Crying Game | Jude O'Hara | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Damage | Ingrid Fleming | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | |
| Enchanted April | Rose Arbuthnot | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1993 | Century | Clara | |
| The Line, the Cross and the Curve | Mysterious woman | ||
| 1994 | Absolutely Fabulous | Bettina | TV |
| Tom & Viv | Vivienne Haigh-Wood | National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | |
| Fatherland | Charlie Maguire | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | |
| The Night and the Moment | Julie | ||
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Patsy Carpenter | Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress also for Kansas City Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| Kansas City | Carolyn Stilton | Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress also for The Evening Star | |
| Swann | Sarah Maloney | ||
| 1997 | The Designated Mourner | Judy | |
| Saint-Ex | Consuelo | ||
| The Apostle | Toosie | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female | |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Pamela Flitton | TV Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress Nominated — Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance - Female | |
| 1998 | St. Ives | Miss Gilchrist | |
| The Scold's Bridle | Dr Sarah Blakeney | ||
| Merlin | Queen Mab / The Lady of the Lake | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts / Society Woman | |
| The Big Brass Ring | Dinah Pellarin | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress - Horror Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| Blackadder: Back & Forth | Queen Elizabeth I / Queenie | ||
| The King and I | Anna Leonowens | Voice Only Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress | |
| 2000 | Get Carter | Gloria Carter | |
| Chicken Run | Mrs. Tweedy | Voice Only | |
| The Miracle Maker | Mary Magdalene | Voice Only | |
| 2001 | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | Queen Elspeth | |
| 2002 | The Hours | Vanessa Bell | Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| Spider | Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg | San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | |
| 2003 | The Lost Prince | Queen Mary | TV Nominated — BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| The Rage in Placid Lake | Sylvia Lake | Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated — Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor - Female | |
| Falling Angels | Mary Field | ||
| 2004 | The Prince and Me | Queen Rosalind | |
| Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Eva Braun | ||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry | ||
| Absolutely Fabulous | Bettina | TV "White Box" | |
| 2005 | Midsummer Dream | Queen Titania | Voice Only |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Rita Skeeter | ||
| The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky | Corky | Voice Only, TV | |
| 2006 | Gideon's Daughter | Stella | TV Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
| Merlin's Apprentice | Lady of the Lake | TV | |
| Wah-Wah | Lauren Compton | ||
| Provoked | Veronica Scott | ||
| Paris, je t'aime | The Wife | Segment: "Bastille" | |
| 2007 | Puffball | Mabs Tucker | |
| Fred Claus | Mrs. Annette Claus | ||
| Southland Tales | Nana Mae Van Adler-Frost | ||
| Spinning Into Butter | Catherine Kenney | ||
| The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle | Helena | TV | |
| 2008 | A Fox's Tale | Anna Conda | |
| 2009 | The Young Victoria | Duchess of Kent | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Barbara Castle | Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Rita Skeeter | ||
| Rubicon | Katherine Rhumor | TV | |
| 2012 | Parade's End | Mrs. Wannop | TV |
| World Without End | Mother Cecilia | TV | |
| Dead Boss | Jo | TV | |
| 2013 | Belle | Lady Ashford | |
| 2014 | Muppets Most Wanted | Berliner at Window | |
| Mapp and Lucia | Miss Elizabeth Mapp | TV (3 episodes) | |
| 2015 | An Inspector Calls | Sybil Birling | TV film |
| Danger Mouse | Queen of Weevils (voice) | 1 episode | |
| And Then There Were None | Miss Emily Brent | TV mini series | |
| 2016 | Walliams and Friend[12] | Various | One episode |
| Churchill | Clementine Churchill | Post-production | |
| 2017 | iBoy | ||
| Stronger | Patty Bauman | Filming | |
| The Happy Prince | Lady Queensbury | Filming |
Awards and nominations[]
Academy Award[]
- Nominated (1993): Best Supporting Actress, Damage
- Nominated (1995): Best Actress, Tom & Viv
BAFTA Award[]
- Nominated (1988): Best Actress, After Pilkington (TV)
- Nominated (1993): Best Supporting Actress, The Crying Game
- Won (1993): Best Supporting Actress, Damage
- Nominated (1994): Best Actress, Tom & Viv
- Nominated (1998): Best Actress, A Dance to the Music of Time (TV)
- Nominated (2004): Best Actress, The Lost Prince (TV)
- Nominated (2011): Best Supporting Actress, Made in Dagenham
Golden Globe Award[]
- Won (1993): Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy, Enchanted April
- Nominated (1993): Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture, Damage
- Nominated (1995): Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama, Tom & Viv
- Won (1995): Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Fatherland
- Nominated (1999): Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, Merlin
- Nominated (2000): Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, The Big Brass Ring
- Nominated (2005): Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, The Lost Prince
Laurence Olivier Award[]
- Nominated (1988): Best Actress, A Lie of the Mind
References[]
- ↑ "Miranda Richardson Biography (1958-)". Filmreference.com. 3 March 1958. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Past Graduates Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Society of London Theatre, Olivier Winners 1987". Officiallondontheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ "Royal Court Theatre website". Royalcourttheatre.com. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kira Cochrane "Miranda Richardson: 'I hate our sneering attitude to success", The Guardian, 20 April 2013
- ↑ "Hollywood Reporter article". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2 January 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2010. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ↑ Singh, Anita (16 May 2009). "Sally Hawkins to star in strike film We Want Sex". Telegraph. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ↑ Bibbiani, William. "Maleficent: Director Robert Stromberg on True Love and Reshoots". CraveOnline. craveonline.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ↑ "BBC - David Thewlis to lead cast of BBC One's adaptation of JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls - Media Centre".
- ↑ Johnston, Jenny (6 March 2009). "Until Mr Right happens to come along, actress Miranda Richardson says she's quite happy with her pets | Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Daily Mail and General Trust. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Duncan, Andrew (29 December 2014). "Miranda Richardson discusses her new role as Miss Elizabeth Mapp". Radio Times. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ "Walliams and Friend: Miranda Richardson". BBC.
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