Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress known for her versatile performances in film, television, and theatre. She made her film debut as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and went on to earn Academy Award nominations for her roles in Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). A decorated performer, Richardson has received seven BAFTA Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage, and has earned seven Golden Globe Award nominations, with wins for Enchanted April (1992) and the television film Fatherland (1994). Her extensive career includes notable television work in series such as Blackadder, The Lost Prince, and Rubicon, as well as a prolific stage career that earned her an Olivier Award nomination for A Lie of the Mind (1987). In 1996, one critic notably hailed her as "the greatest actress of our time in any medium" following her performance in Orlando at the Edinburgh Festival.
as Helen Delves Broughton
as Ella Van Heemstra
as Mrs Lydia Touchett(6 eps)
as Ioana Celibidache
as Duchess Alberta(1 ep)
as Duschess Alberta(1 ep)
as Rose(6 eps)
as Self
as Mrs Tweedy (voice)
as Self - Contributor
as Madam LaVaughn (voice)
as Aunt Clarice (voice)
as Rosalind(5 eps)
as Kat
as Jane(1 ep)
as Shax(6 eps)
as Madame Tracy(5 eps)
as Lou(8 eps)
as Sue(6 eps)
as Patty Bauman
as Clementine Churchill
as Nancy 'Nan' Harvey
as Emily Brent(3 eps)
as Queen of Weevils (voice)(3 eps)
as Sybil Birling
as Marquise d'Urfé(1 ep)
as Marquise d'Urfé
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Miss Lorimer
as Elizabeth Mapp(3 eps)
as Mrs Blitherington
as Berliner at Window
as Self / Mrs. Victor
as Enid Blyton(1 ep)
as Lady Ashford
as Mother Cecilia(8 eps)
as Mrs. Wannop(5 eps)
as Jo(1 ep)
as (archive footage)
as Rita Skeeter
as Barbara Castle
as Katherine Rhumor(13 eps)
as Narrator (Voice)
as Dean Catherine Kenney
as Duchess of Kent
as Nana Mae Frost
as Annette Claus
as Mabs Tucker
as Veronica Scott
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as La femme au trench rouge (Bastille)
as Lady of the Lake(2 eps)
as Rita Skeeter
as Stella
as Herself(1 ep)
as Lauren Compton
as Corky (British dub voice)(52 eps)
as Queenie (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Madame Giry
as Eva Braun
as Queen Rosalind
as Mary Field
as Sylvia Lake
as Mrs. Magnani
as Queen Mary(2 eps)
as Vanessa Bell
as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg
as Self(1 ep)
as Queenie (archive footage)
as Elspeth
as Gloria Carter
as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)
as Mary Magdalene (voice)
as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch
as Miss Fowl
as Dinah Pellarin
as Queenie
as Anna Leonowens (voice)
as Queen of Hearts
as Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
as Lady of the Lake / Mab(2 eps)
as Dr. Sarah Blakeney
as Dr Sarah Blakeney(2 eps)
as Susan Gilchrist
as Toosie
as Pamela Flitton(4 eps)
as Judy
as Sarah Maloney
as Patsy Carpenter
as Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
as Carolyn Stilton
as Julie
as Charlie Maguire
as Mysterious Woman
as Vivienne Haigh-Wood
as Clara
as Self(1 ep)
as Stella/Elsbeth
as Marie Antoinette
as Miss Straugheim
as Ingrid Fleming
as Bettina(1 ep)
as Jude
as Sandra
as Rose Arbuthnot
as Anna(1 ep)
as Valerie Paris
as Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
as Sidonie Reiger(6 eps)
as Bride's Mother
as Friederike / Widow Sommer
as Early Bird
as Marilyn
as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX
as Young Woman
as Self(1 ep)
as Hilde Wangel
as Witch(1 ep)
as Julia Perry
as Mrs. Victor
as DHSS Blonde
as Daphne Heccomb
as Penny Newhouse
as Anne
as Anne Forrest(1 ep)
as Valerie Paris(1 ep)
as Gina
as Oriel
as Mary Turner
as Ruth Ellis
as Penny 'Patch' Newhouse(1 ep)
as Julia Perry(1 ep)
as Clara(1 ep)
as Paula McGill Amory(3 eps)
as Narrator(1 ep)
as Queen Elizabeth I(6 eps)
as Nurse Mary(1 ep)
as Amy Hardwood, the elusive shadow(1 ep)
as Gina(1 ep)
as Polly Wood(6 eps)
as Bride's Mother(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)