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{{short description|English actress (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox person
|image        = Good Omens panel at NYCC (61210) (cropped).jpg
|caption      = Richardson at ''[[New York Comic Con]]'' (2018)
|name   = Miranda Richardson
|birth_name   = Miranda Jane Richardson
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|3|df=y}}
|birth_place  = [[Southport]], [[Lancashire]], England
|alma_mater   = [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]
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|death_place  =
|occupation   = Actress
|years_active = 1978–present
| notable_works = ''[[Blackadder]]'', ''[[Chicken Run]]'' & ''[[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget]]''
}}

'''Miranda Jane Richardson''' (born 3 March 1958)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,45422,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815070630/https://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,45422,00.html |archive-date=Aug 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=2002-12-28 |title=Long live the Queen |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/dec/28/features.johnpatterson |access-date=2023-08-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-08-29 |title=Classic interview: Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/aug/30/miranda-richardson-classic-interview |access-date=2023-08-15 |work=[[The Observer]] |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

After graduating from the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=BBC |title=BBC - Comedy - People A-Z - Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/miranda_richardson_person_page.shtml |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her [[West End theatre|West End]] debut in the 1981 play ''Moving'',<ref name=":3" /> before being nominated for the 1987 [[Olivier Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[A Lie of the Mind]]''.

Richardson has been nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]''<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Academy Awards Database Search |url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22:%22Miranda%20Richardson%22,%22Sort%22:%223-Award%20Category-Chron%22,%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22:0,%22AwardShowNumberTo%22:0,%22Search%22:30%7D |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815081436/https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/search/getresults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22%3A%22Miranda%20Richardson%22%2C%22Sort%22%3A%223-Award%20Category-Chron%22%2C%22AwardShowNumberFrom%22%3A0%2C%22AwardShowNumberTo%22%3A0%2C%22Search%22%3A30%7D |archive-date=Aug 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences}}</ref> and the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Tom & Viv]]''.<ref name=":4" /> A seven-time [[BAFTA Award]] nominee,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=BAFTA Awards Search |url=https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Miranda+Richardson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815063413/https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Miranda+Richardson |archive-date=Aug 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=BAFTA Awards}}</ref> she won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for ''Damage''.<ref name=":1" /> She has also been nominated for seven [[Golden Globe Awards]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/miranda-richardson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815063610/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/miranda-richardson |archive-date=Aug 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Golden Globes}}</ref> winning twice for ''[[Enchanted April (1992 film)|Enchanted April]]''<ref name=":2" /> and the TV film ''[[Fatherland (1994 film)|Fatherland]]''.<ref name=":2" />

Her other films include ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet |date=1987-12-09 |title=Film: Spielberg's 'Empire of Sun' (Published 1987) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/09/movies/film-spielberg-s-empire-of-sun.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Empire Of The Sun {{!}} Film {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/78827/empire-of-the-sun |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> ''[[The Crying Game]]'',<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=1992-12-27 |title=FILM; Miranda Richardson: Running From Typecasters (Published 1992) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/27/movies/film-miranda-richardson-running-from-typecasters.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |last1=Specter |first1=Michael }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1992-12-04 |title=Critic's Choice/Film; A Thriller That Runs Deep (Published 1992) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/04/movies/critic-s-choice-film-a-thriller-that-runs-deep.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |last1=Maslin |first1=Janet }}</ref> ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'',<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=1999-11-19 |title=AT THE MOVIES (Published 1999) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/19/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |last1=Weinraub |first1=Bernard }}</ref> ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'', and ''[[Spider (2002 film)|Spider]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-02-23 |title=FILM; Awaking to the Nightmares of His Youth (Published 2003) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/movies/film-awaking-to-the-nightmares-of-his-youth.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |last1=Kehr |first1=Dave }}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |date=2003-02-28 |title=FILM REVIEW; Into Sinister Webs Of a Jumbled Mind (Published 2003) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/28/movies/film-review-into-sinister-webs-of-a-jumbled-mind.html |access-date=2023-08-15 |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen }}</ref> She also played a comedic version of [[Queen Elizabeth I]] in all six episodes of the sitcom ''[[Blackadder II]]'', and appeared in one episode each of ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'' and ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''. 

Richardson also voiced Mrs Tweedy from [[Aardman Animations|Aardman]]'s 2000 stop-motion film ''[[Chicken Run]]'' and reprised the role in its 2023 [[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget|sequel]].

== Early life ==
Richardson was born in [[Southport]], [[Lancashire]]. She recalls "a cinema about 50 yards from my house. So Saturday mornings were spent with The [[ABC Cinemas#ABC Minors|ABC Minors]]: the [[Saturday morning pictures|Saturday cinema club]] with the theme song set to the tune of [[Blaze Away!|Blaze Away]] by [[Abe Holzmann]], a red ball bouncing over the lyrics so you could sing along. As I got older, I would go to the cinema by myself to watch matinees of westerns and historical [[Technicolor]] dramas."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-04|title=Miranda Richardson's teenage obsessions: 'I rescued a kestrel and became fascinated by birds of prey'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/04/miranda-richardsons-teenage-obsessions-i-rescued-a-kestrel-and-became-fascinated-by-birds-of-prey|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== Theatre ===
Richardson enrolled at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Past Graduates |url=http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/past_graduates.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925101657/http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/past_graduates.html |archive-date=25 September 2009 |website=Bristol Old Vic Theatre School}}</ref> where she studied alongside [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] and [[Jenny Seagrove]], having started out with juvenile performances in ''[[Cinderella]]'' and ''[[Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (play)|Lord Arthur Savile's Crime]]'' at the Southport Dramatic Club.

Richardson joined the [[Manchester Library Theatre]] in 1979 as an assistant stage manager, followed by making a number of appearances in [[repertory theatre]]. Her London stage debut was in ''Moving'' at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] in 1981. She found recognition in the [[West End theatre|West End]] for a series of stage performances, ultimately receiving an [[Olivier Award]] nomination for her performance in ''[[A Lie of the Mind]]'',<ref>{{Cite web
 |url          = http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98522/
 |title        = The Society of London Theatre, Olivier Winners 1987
 |publisher    = Officiallondontheatre.co.uk
 |access-date   = 3 May 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120213150348/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards/view/item98522/
 |archive-date = 13 February 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref> and, in 1996, she appeared in the single-actor theatrical adaptation of ''[[Orlando: A Biography|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]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |url        = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/textonly/productions_play_detail_future.asp?PlayID=542
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200921003853/https://royalcourttheatre.com/textonly/productions_play_detail_future.asp?PlayID=542
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = 21 September 2020
 |title      = Royal Court Theatre website
 |publisher  = Royalcourttheatre.com
 |access-date = 3 May 2010
}}</ref> Richardson has said that she prefers new works rather than the classics because of the history that goes with them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Cochrane |first=Kira |author-link=Kira Cochrane |date=2013-04-20 |title=Miranda Richardson: 'I hate our sneering attitude to success' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/20/miranda-richardson-hate-sneering-attitude |access-date=2021-06-27 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

=== Film and television ===
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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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Nan |date=1985-08-16 |title=NEW FACE: FROM MIRANDA RICHARDSON; FROM BRISTOL OLD VIC TO RUTH ELLIS ON FILM |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/16/movies/new-face-from-miranda-richardson-from-bristol-old-vic-to-ruth-ellis-on-film.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Benson |first=Sheila |date=1985-08-14 |title=TWO VIEWS OF THE UNDERCLASS : Dry-Ice Lust Establishes Theme for This Darkly Obsessive 'Dance With a Stranger' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-14-ca-2919-story.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Around the same time, Richardson played a comedic version of [[Queen Elizabeth I]], aka [[Queenie (Blackadder)|Queenie]], in the British television comedy ''[[Blackadder II]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fidler |first=Matt |date=2015-02-03 |title=Elizabeth I in TV and film, from Bernhardt to Blanchett – in pictures |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2015/feb/03/elizabeth-i-in-tv-and-film-from-bernhardt-to-blanchett |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=the Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-15 |title=How accurately does Blackadder reflect history? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22887110 |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eales |first=Courtney |date=2025-05-24 |title=Blackadder cast and where they are 41 years after show first aired |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/cast-bbcs-blackadder-now-41-31714513 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref> Richardson 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)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenne |first=Ellen |date=2021-12-23 |title=Blackadder's Miranda Richardson's life from never marrying to Harry Potter role |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/blackadders-miranda-richardson-harry-potter-22557289 |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=My London |language=en}}</ref> and, later, played Field Nurse in a special edition for the millennium ''[[Blackadder: Back and Forth]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-02 |title=The brilliant but sad end to Blackadder thirty years on |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/18010087.brilliant-sad-end-blackadder-thirty-years/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-31 |title=Blackadder Back and Forth - The forgotten special |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/blackadder/features/blackadder-back-and-forth/ |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>

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]]''.<ref name=":0" /> In this period, she appeared in ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]'' (1987)<ref name=":6" /> and was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress]] for her role as Penny in ''[[After Pilkington]]'' (1987). In an episode of the TV series ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'' ("The Three Ravens", 1988), she played a witch. 

Richardson starred as Charlie Maguire in ''[[Fatherland (1994 film)|Fatherland]]'' (1994),<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-03-04 |title=Hauer, Richardson to Star in 'Fatherland' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-04-ca-30061-story.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Loynd |first=Ray |date=1994-11-26 |title=TV REVIEW : Provocative Journey Into the 'Fatherland' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-26-ca-1799-story.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> for which she was nominated for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]].<ref name=":2" /> Other television roles in this period include Pamela Flitton in ''[[A Dance to the Music of Time]]'' (1997), Miss Gilchrist in ''[[St. Ives (1998 film)|St. Ives]]'' (1998), Bettina the interior decorator in ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' and [[Evil Queen|Queen Elspeth]], Snow White's stepmother, in ''[[Snow White: The Fairest of Them All]]'' (2001).

[[File:Miranda Richardson 2 Met Opera 2010 Shankbone.jpg|thumb|right|Richardson at [[Metropolitan Opera]]'s 2010–2011 Season Opening Night of ''[[Das Rheingold]]'']]

Richardson has appeared in supporting roles in film, including [[Vanessa Bell]] in ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' (2002), [[Lady Van Tassel]] in ''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' (1999)<ref name=":8" /> and Patsy Carpenter in ''[[The Evening Star]]'' (1996). For her role in ''Sleepy Hollow'' she was nominated for the [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and won the [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror]]. She also won acclaim for her performances in ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (1992)<ref name=":7" /> and ''[[Enchanted April (1992 film)|Enchanted April]]'' (1992), for which she won a [[Golden Globe]].<ref name=":2" /> She received [[Academy Award]] nominations for her performances in ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' (1992) and ''[[Tom & Viv]]'' (1994).<ref name=":4" />

Her film credits also include ''[[Kansas City (1996 film)|Kansas City]]'' (1996), ''[[The Apostle]]'' (1997) and ''[[Wah-Wah (film)|Wah-Wah]]'' (2005). She voiced Mrs Tweedy, the main [[antagonist]], in the [[Aardman Animations|stop-motion]] animated film, ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000). In 2002, she performed a triple role in the thriller ''[[Spider (2002 film)|Spider]]''.<ref name=":9" /> 

In 2003, Richardson played [[Mary of Teck]] in the miniseries ''[[The Lost Prince]]'', for which she was nominated for both [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress]] and the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television]].<ref>{{Cite news |title="The Lost Prince |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/12_december/16/lostprince_interviews.pdf |work=BBC One}}</ref> She also starred as [[Hermione Granger]] in a [[Comic Relief]] sketch called ''Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azibaijan''.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |date=25 February 2005|title=Miranda Richardson (Rita Skeeter) |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4290000/newsid_4297100/4297181.stm |access-date=15 July 2025 |work=[[CBBC]] Newsround |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

Richardson 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 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqmjhHbW2c4 |title=The Phantom's story |date=26 January 2012 |last=The Phantom of the Opera |access-date=2025-07-15 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=French |first=Philip |date=2004-12-12 |title=Minnie makes it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/dec/12/features.review47 |access-date=15 July 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2005, she appeared in the role of [[Rita Skeeter]], the toxic ''[[Harry Potter universe#The Daily Prophet|Daily Prophet]]'' journalist in ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mackie |first=Rob |date=2006-03-17 |title=Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/mar/17/dvdreviews.harrypotter |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She later reprised the role of Rita Skeeter in a cameo in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |date=2010-09-09 |title=November Release Schedule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/movies/12nove.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Richardson voiced 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - Gideon's Daughter Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.bbc.com/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/05/gideon_rich.shtml |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref> In 2007 she played [[Mrs Claus]] in the film ''[[Fred Claus]]'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 November 2007 |title=The next Santa is comin' to town |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-nov-05-et-weekmovies5-story.html |access-date=15 July 2025|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |date=11 November 2007 |title=The Claus That Won't Fly |url=https://time.com/archive/6908582/the-claus-that-wont-fly/ |access-date=15 July 2025|magazine=[[TIME]] |language=en}}</ref> and appeared in the BBC sitcom, ''[[The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle]]'' (2007).

In 2008, Richardson was cast in a leading role in the original [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] television pilot, ''[[Rubicon (TV series)|Rubicon]]''. She plays [[Rubicon (TV series)#Characters|Katherine Rhumor]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frost |first=Vicky |date=2011-04-14 |title=Rubicon: episode two |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/apr/14/rubicon-episode-two |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> a New York socialite who finds herself drawn into the central intrigue of a [[think tank]] after the death of her husband.<ref>{{cite magazine |date= |title=Trio sneaking up on AMC pilot |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/trio-sneaking-up-amc-pilot-123861/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102221941/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5a49077a0f8280a0cdca918a8d359cf4 |archive-date=2 January 2009 |access-date=1 January 2022 |magazine=[[Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> The following year, she portrayed [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Kent]] in film ''[[The Young Victoria]]'' (2009)''.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=2009-12-17 |title=Poor Little Royal Girl: A Melancholy Monarch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/movies/18young.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The New York Times  |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Richardson played [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician [[Barbara Castle]] in the British film ''[[Made in Dagenham]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite news|last=Singh |first=Anita |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/5335785/Sally-Hawkins-to-star-in-strike-film-We-Want-Sex.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/5335785/Sally-Hawkins-to-star-in-strike-film-We-Want-Sex.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sally Hawkins to star in strike film We Want Sex |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 May 2009 |access-date=7 March 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for this role. In 2012, she played roles in the BBC comedy television series ''[[Dead Boss]],''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dead Boss |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/28/bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/28/dead-boss/ |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=BBC }}</ref> historical drama series ''[[World Without End (miniseries)|World Without End]],''<ref>{{Cite news |title=World Without End |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/tv-and-radio-guide/world-without-end |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210618191902/https://www.timeout.com/london/tv-and-radio-guide/world-without-end |archive-date=18 June 2021|access-date=15 July 2025 |work=[[Time Out London]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=19 October 2012|title=World Without End: TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/world-end-tv-review-381316/ |access-date=15 July 2025|website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> based on the 1989 [[Ken Follett]] novel ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'', and historical drama series ''[[Parade's End (TV series)|Parade's End]],''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Conlan |first=Tara |date=19 September 2011|title=Rupert Everett and Miranda Richardson join BBC2 Stoppard drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/19/rupert-everett-miranda-richardson-bbc2 |access-date=15 July 2025|work=The Guardian  |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> based on [[Ford Madox Ford]]'s [[Parade's End|eponymous novel cycle]] (1924–1928). In 2013, she played Lady Ashford in the film ''[[Belle (2013 film)|Belle]]'' (2013).<ref>{{Cite web |title=An untold story: go behind the scenes of sumptuous period drama Belle |url=http://www.cineworld.co.uk/blog/belle-behind-the-scenes/ |access-date=15 July 2025|website=[[Cineworld]] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, Richardson was cast as Queen Ulla in [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s live action film ''[[Maleficent (film)|Maleficent]]'' (2014),<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2012|title=On Location: Disney starts production of 'Maleficent' in London |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-jun-19-la-et-ct-maleficent-20120619-story.html |access-date=15 July 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times }}</ref> where she was to play the titular character's aunt, but her role was cut from the film during [[post-production]].<ref name="StrombergMandatoryInterview">{{cite web|last=Bibbiani|first=William|title=Maleficent: Director Robert Stromberg on True Love and Reshoots|url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/695289-maleficent-director-robert-stromberg-on-true-love-and-reshoots|work=Mandatory|access-date=1 January 2022|date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602060843/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/695289-maleficent-director-robert-stromberg-on-true-love-and-reshoots|archive-date=2 June 2014}}</ref> In 2015, she played [[Sybil Birling]] in [[Helen Edmundson|Helen Edmundson's]] BBC One adaptation of [[J. B. Priestley|J. B. Priestley's]] ''[[An Inspector Calls (2015 TV film)|An Inspector Calls]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/inspector-calls|title=BBC – David Thewlis to lead cast of BBC One's adaptation of JB Priestley's An Inspector Calls |work=BBC Media Centre |date=30 January 2015 |access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Stronger PC 02 (37216444535).jpg|thumb|Richardson in 2017]]
In 2015, she played [[Hilda Lockhart Lorimer|Hilda Lorimer]] in the film ''[[Testament of Youth (film)|Testament of Youth]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-16 |title=Testament of Youth, review: 'stirring' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/11182988/Testament-of-Youth-review-stirring.html |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=The Telegraph |language=en}}</ref> and was cast as Emily Brent in BBC One's three-part adaptation of Dame [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1939 novel ''[[And Then There Were None]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06v2v52 | title=BBC One - and then There Were None }}</ref> In 2017, she portrayed [[Clementine Churchill]] in the biopic film ''[[Churchill (film)|Churchill]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hans |first=Simran |date=18 June 2017 |title=Churchill review – transparently nationalistic biopic |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jun/18/churchill-review-biopic-brian-cox |access-date=15 July 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and starred in the films ''[[Stronger (film)|Stronger]]'' and ''[[iBoy]].''<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Aroesti |first1=Rachel |last2=Hutchinson |first2=Kate |last3=Mumford |first3=Gwilym |last4=Holland |first4=Luke |last5=Holland |first5=Gwilym Mumford & Luke |date=21 January 2017|title=Catch-up and download: from Riverdale to Seth Meyers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/21/iboy-riverdale-seth-myers |access-date=15 July 2025 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

In 2019, Richardson voiced Pinky's Grandma in animated television series ''[[Pinky Malinky]]'' and played Lou Collins in seven episodes of television series ''[[Curfew (2019 TV series)|Curfew]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Euan |date=24 February 2019|title=The week in TV: Traitors; Curfew; Flack; Baptiste – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/24/traitors-curfew-flack-baptiste-tv-review |access-date=2025-07-15 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 2020, Richardson starred in the Australian comedy drama film ''[[Rams (2020 film)|Rams]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Karl |date=16 October 2020|title=Rams stars Miranda Richardson and Sam Neill lock horns, sheepishly, in WA |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/rams-stars-miranda-richardson-and-sam-neill-lock-horns-sheepishly-in-wa-20201008-p563el.html |access-date=15 July 2025|website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> 

Richardson reprised her role as the voice of Mrs Tweedy in the 2023 film, ''[[Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=5 September 2023|title=Mrs Tweedy Returns for More Fowl Play in 'Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget' Teaser |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget-teaser-trailer-1235581978/ |access-date=7 September 2023|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

Richardson is due to appear in an upcoming biopic about conductor [[Sergiu Celibidache]], ''[[The Yellow Tie]]'', and in the British film ''[[The Bitter End (film)|The Bitter End]]''.

==Personal life==
Richardson's hobbies include dog walking, gardening and [[falconry]]. In 2013, she began learning the [[cello]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="radiotimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-12-29/miranda-richardson-on-her-role-in-bbc1s-period-comedy-mapp-and-lucia|title=Miranda Richardson discusses her new role as Miss Elizabeth Mapp|work=[[Radio Times]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|last=Duncan|first=Andrew|date=29 December 2014|access-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{{Main article|List of Miranda Richardson performances}}

== Awards and nominations ==
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|-
!Year
!Award
!Work
!Result
!Notes
|-
|1987
|[[Olivier Award for Best Actress]]
|''[[A Lie of the Mind]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|1988
|[[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]]
|''[[After Pilkington]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|rowspan=5|1993
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]
|''[[Enchanted April (1992 film)|Enchanted April]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|rowspan=2|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''[[The Crying Game]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":4" />
|-
|rowspan=4|1995
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama]]
|''[[Tom & Viv]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television]]
|''[[Fatherland (1994 film)|Fatherland]]''
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|rowspan=2|''[[Tom & Viv]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1995-02-15 |title=In Contention for Academy Awards (Published 1995) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/15/arts/in-contention-for-academy-awards.html |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1998
|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
|''[[A Dance to the Music of Time (TV series)|A Dance to the Music of Time]]'' 
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1999
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film]]
|''[[Merlin (miniseries)|Merlin]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Television
|''[[The Big Brass Ring]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|''[[Sleepy Hollow (film)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|2003
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|2004
|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
|rowspan=2|''[[The Lost Prince]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2005
|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2011
|BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|''[[Made in Dagenham]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2015
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator]]
|''Operation Orangutan''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miranda Richardson |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/miranda-richardson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815082033/https://www.emmys.com/bios/miranda-richardson |archive-date=Aug 15, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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