- Name: Miranda Richardson
- Date of Birth: March 03, 1958
- Place of Birth: Southport, Merseyside, UK
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Known for her vibrant, intelligent portrayals of women who run the gamut from cold-blooded killers to long-suffering wives, Miranda Richardson is one of the British cinema's foremost purveyors of eleg... read more
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 Miranda Richardson Mini-Bio:Miranda Richardson was born on March 3, 1958 in Southport, Lancashire, England. She hails from a middle class, non-acting, English family. She is the second daughter of Marian Georgina (a housewife), and William Alan Richardson (a marketing executive). Her sister, Lesley Richardson, is eight years older than her. Her parents and sister are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age, she performed in school plays, having shown a talent and desire to 'turn herself into' other people, she left school (Southport High School for Girls) at the age of 17, and originally intended in becoming a vet. She also considered studying English literature in College, but decided to concentrate on drama and enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After three years she graduated and moved into repertory theatre.  She began her career appearing with a small theater in Manchester, England, late 1970s; Toured in repertory, then moved to London and began appearing in stage and TV productions. In the early 1980s, she earned raves for her debut screen role in Dance with a Stranger (1985). Richardson is perhaps best known for her role as infantile Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the popular BBC British television comedy series, The Blackadder (1986) and Blackadder II. Other television roles include the bitchy Pamela Flitton in A Dance To The Music Of Time (1997), Miss Gilchrist in St. Ives (1998), Queen Mab of the Old Ways and the Lady of the Lake in the Hallmark Channel Movie Merlin (1998), Bettina (the obsessive compulsive interior decorator) in Absolutely Fabulous, The Wicked Stepmother Hallmark's "Snow White: The Fairest Of Them All", along with Kristin Kreuk (2001) and the emotionally repressed Queen Mary in The Lost Prince (2003). She has done a number of high profile supporting roles in the cinema, including Vanessa Bell in The Hours, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow and Patsy Carpenter in The Evening Star, she has also won acclaim for her performances in The Crying Game and Enchanted April, for which she won a Golden Globe, beating a quartet of Hollywood heavyweights: Geena Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.  More recently, Richardson appeared as Nana Mae Frost in Southland Tales (2006), played Lauren Compton in Wah-Wah (2005) whom she worked along side Gabriel Byrne. She also played the role of Queen Rosalind of Denmark in The Prince And Me (2004), and the ballet mistress Madame Giry in the long-awaited film version of The Phantom Of The Opera (2004), starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum. She has also reprised her role as Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder for both a Christmas Special (Blackadder's Christmas Carol 1988), and a special edition for the Millennium (Blackadder: Back and Forth, 2000) which was originally screened at the millennium dome.  Her latest screen incarnation is in the guise of Rita Skeeter, the toxic Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (2005), came back as the Lady of the Lake in Halmark Channel's Merlins Aprentice (2006), and more recently as Mrs. Clause in the movie Fred Claus (2007). Miranda Richardson likes working in many different genres; She has worked on comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, psychological thrillers, historical, and even voice work for radio productions and audio books (which includes the "Horrid Henry Series" - UK). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Miranda Richardson received the The Golden Starfish: Career Achievement in Acting Award from the 13th Annual Hamptons Internationational Film Festival last 2005, this award serves as the means of celebrating the key roles actors play in independent films.In 2003, she received a Sant Sordi Award (also known as the Premios Sant Jordi Award) for Best Foreign Actress in Spider from the 47 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografía in 2003. On the same year she also received awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association for being the Best Supporting Actress in Spider. Miranda Richardson receieved 2 consecutive Spoken Word Awards for her reading of Francesca Simon's "Horrid Henry" audio books in 2002 and 2003. In the year 2002 she received 2 more awards, onefrom the San Fransisco Film Critics Circle for Best Supporting Actress in Spider, and the other is for the Best Supporting Performance by a Female in Spider from the Toronto Film Critics Association. In 2000 she received the Favorite Supporting Actress award for the Horror films category in Sleepy Hollow, given by Blockbuster Entertainment. During 1996, she received 2 awards from the Society of Texas Film Critics, both for Best Supporting Actress in The Evening Star and Kansas City.
Her very first film recognition was in 1986 for her debut role in Dance with a Stranger, wherein she received a Best Actress award from the Evening Standard. From 1986 up to 2005, Miranda Richardson has won 23 Awards and 10 Nominations. Click here to see the full list of her awards and nominations, or go to Miranda Richardsons Full Biography. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clips from Alice in Wonderland - Queen of Hearts, Blackadder - Queen Elizabeth, Gideon's Daughter - Stella, Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle - Helena, Snow White - Queen Elspeth, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Rita Skeeter, Sleepy Hollow - Lady Van Tassel, Wah Wah - Lauren Compton, Phantom of the Opera - Madame Giry, Merlin - Queen Mab / Lady of the Lake, The Lost Prince - Queen Mary Song: Everything - Alanis Morissette *Special thanks to SeltzerAddict for making this awesome fanmade video! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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