Miranda Raison

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Prose Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Miranda Caroline Raison is a British actress who is best known for playing Jo Portman in five seasons of Spooks (MI5) and Nellie Davenport in HBO's Warrior.[1] She originated the title role in Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre[2] and played Hermione in Kenneth Branagh's production of The Winter's Tale.[3] She is also a voice artist.[4]

Early life and education

Miranda Caroline Raison was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.[5] Her mother is former Anglia News reader Caroline Raison (née Harvey).[5] Her father, Nick Raison, is a jazz pianist who accompanied the BBC National Orchestra of Wales[6] when Raison played a showgirl in the Doctor Who episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks".[7]

Raison's parents divorced when she was five years old. From a young age she attended five boarding schools, including Gresham's School, Felixstowe College and Stowe School; her education was paid for by her grandfather.[8][9]

It was at Felixstowe College where she developed an interest in acting; she moved there after experiencing bullying at her previous school.[10] She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[11]

Career

Theatre

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Raison at Shakespeare's Globe, 2013

From 2002–3, she appeared as Ben-Hur's love interest in a minimalist production of the eponymous play at the Battersea Arts Centre.[12] Later in 2003, she was featured in Pains of Youth, again at the Battersea Arts Centre, playing the death obsessed bisexual Desiree;[13] Lyn Gardner of The Guardian described her performance as making "Desiree's death wish seem tragic rather than merely silly."[14]

In 2010, she played the title role in Anne Boleyn, a new play by Howard Brenton, who had also been involved in scripts for BBC's Spooks in which Raison went on to appear in 5 series, which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe on 24 July 2010 to high critical acclaim. In the same Shakespeare's Globe season, Raison also played Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare.[15]

In 2011, she appeared as Ann in the short play "Oliver Lewis" by Jack Thorne, part of the series of plays 66 Books performed at the Bush Theatre.[16]

In June/July 2012, she appeared in a production of The Physicists: A Comedy in Two Acts at the Donmar Warehouse, playing the roles of Lina Rose, the lead character's ex-wife, and Monika Settler, the lead's attending nurse.[17] From October 2012 Raison starred in The River, a new play by Jez Butterworth, at the Royal Court Theatre (Jerwood) alongside Dominic West. Tickets became "the most sought-after theatre tickets in London" after rave reviews.[18]

In 2013–14, she played Anne Faulkner in the theatrical version of Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud Theatre, produced by Barbara Broccoli.[19]

From January to February 2015, she starred opposite Shaun Evans in Hello/Goodbye at the Hampstead Theatre.[20] In August 2015 she joined the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company in The Winter's Tale and Harlequinade which ran at the Garrick Theatre from October 2015 until January 2016. Raison played the wife of Kenneth Branagh's character in both plays.[21] She stated that she enjoyed the experience and was grateful for the opportunity, given that previously she had a bad audition with Branagh for Macbeth in 2011. She also enjoyed learning from Judi Dench.[22]

Film and television

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Raison in 2014

Raison's first film role in 2000 was playing Marianne Faithfull in Suzy Q alongside Carice Van Houten

In 2004, Raison was cast as 'Heather' in Match Point, the first Woody Allen film to be made in London.[23]

In 2005, she appeared in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, which she said "may as well have been the most brutal Lars von Trier film. Another actress and I actually spent a whole night just crying." She called the experience "regrettable from start to finish" and a "hideous, hideous moment and a great lapse of judgement on my part".[24]

Raison's breakthrough role was as Jo Portman (2005–2009) in the BBC One television drama series Spooks (also broadcast under the title MI-5). She requested that the production company let her go in 2009 as she felt that her character could not develop further and wanted to follow up on theatre opportunities.[25]

In April 2007, she appeared in the Doctor Who episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" as Tallulah, a show girl whose opening scene involved singing to a musical number, for which Raison's father played the piano background as part of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.[7]

In 2009, she was featured in the show Plus One. She was originally featured in the Comedy Showcase pilot in 2007, where she wore a fat suit.[26]

In 2010, after leaving Spooks, she played a model called Abbey in the ITV1 comedy-drama Married Single Other.[27]

She had a small role in My Week with Marilyn. She expressed pleasure in being able to work with great British talent and her fascination with Marilyn Monroe.[28]

In 2012, she played DI Georgina Dixon in the second series of Vexed, screened on BBC2.[29]

In 2013, she played 'Harriet Hammond' in the third series of the BBC legal drama Silk; her character was a practice manager who shook up the firm and a potential love interest for her former Spooks co-star Rupert Penry-Jones' character.[30]

In 2014, she had a small role in I Am Soldier, playing "Stella", the lead interrogator in the "Tactical Questioning" portion of the lead character's training.[31]

In July 2014, she was announced as a new cast member of Spotless, a (10 × 1 hour episode) drama produced by Canal+.[32]

In 2018, Raison reprised her role as 'Sylvie' in 6 episodes of Dark Heart, played xenobiologist 'Tessia' in 6 episodes of Nightflyers and appeared in Artemis Fowl.[33]

In May 2019, it was announced that Raison would be joining the main cast of Warrior for the second season.[34]

In September 2021, it was announced that Raison had joined the first series of Sister Boniface Mysteries playing Ruth Penny, a main character across all ten episodes.[35]

Raison reprised her role as 'Nellie Davenport', as part of the main cast of the third season of Warrior which began airing on HBO in July 2023.[36][37][38]

In April 2023, she was cast as Jean Seberg in L'Enchanteur opposite Charles Berling as Romain Gary which was aired on France 2 in 2024.[39]

Other work

In 2005, Raison appeared in the BBC radio comedy Deep Trouble. She has voiced several video game characters, including Cassandra Pentaghast in the Dragon Age series, Lieutenant Sandra Lansing in Apache: Air Assault and Natasha and other characters in Renegade Ops. BioWare also hired Raison for providing several voices in Mass Effect: Andromeda. She voiced three characters in The Secret World and lent her voice for Dreamfall Chapters and Blades of Time.[40]

Raison has also voice-acted in several Big Finish Doctor Who audios, including The Davros Mission and The Wreck of the Titan, and plays Constance Clarke, a regular companion to the Sixth Doctor. She also provides additional voices in other Big Finish audio productions, including other Doctor Who stories and The Avengers.[41]

In 2013, she joined the CGI series cast of Thomas & Friends and provides the voice of Millie (UK/US), first introduced in King of the Railway.[42]

Since July 2017, she has been narrating the BBC2 documentary Hospital.[43]

Personal life

Raison plays golf and is a member of the Aldeburgh Golf Club.[44]

While separated from her first husband, Raza Jaffrey, she began a relationship with her Married Single Other co-star Ralf Little in November 2009, which ended in February 2013.[8]

She married again in 2017 and had a daughter in that same year. In the summer of 2022, Raison gave birth to her second child. Her husband is 13 years her junior.[45]

Raison has dual nationality and holds both French and British passports.[46] She speaks fluent French and is conversational in Italian and Spanish.[47][44]

Raison is distantly related to Jack Huston.[48] Her cousin, Paul Raison, was a Chairman of Christie's.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Suzy Q Marianne Faithfull Television film
2003 The Private Life of Samuel Pepys Deb Willet Television film
2004 The Deal Virginia Short film
2005 Match Point Heather Feature film
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Svetlana Revenko Feature film
2006 Land of the Blind Daisy Feature film
Nostradamus Henriette Television film
2008 Exit Strategy Wife / Eve Klammer Short film
HeavenScent HeavenScent Short film; voice role
2011 My Week with Marilyn Vanessa Feature film
2013 Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
Thomas & Friends: The Thomas Way Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
2014 I Am Soldier Stella Feature film
Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
2015 Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
Yussef Is Complicated Miss Robson Short film
AfterDeath Robyn Feature film
Thomas & Friends: Tales on the Rails Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
2016 Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue! Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
2017 My Daughter Is Missing Sara Television film
Breathe Mary Dawney Feature film
Thomas & Friends: Christmas on Sodor Millie Direct-to-video; voice role
Murder on the Orient Express Sonia Armstrong Feature film
2019 Widow's Walk Eve Feature film
2020 Artemis Fowl Angeline Fowl Uncredited
2024 L'Enchanteur Jean Seberg Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Heartbeat Lucy Episode: "Kindness of Strangers"
2000 Sunburn Madeline Chalfont Episode: "Children and Growing Up"
2001 Emmerdale Nurse Episode: "26th January 2001"
Perfect Strangers Young Grace Miniseries; 3 episodes
Dark Realm Nicole Episode: "Castle Keep"
2002 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Ros Episode: "For the Sake of Elena"
2003 Emmerdale Rosanna Jennings Episode: "30 June 2003"
Holby City Michelle Andrews Episode: "Me and My Gal"
2004 Heartbeat Kate Episode: "No Hard Feelings"
2005 Coming Up Katy Episode: "Bird's Eye View"
2005-09 Spooks Jo Portman Series regular; 37 episodes
2007 Doctor Who Tallulah Episodes: "Daleks in Manhattan" & "Evolution of the Daleks"
Comedy Showcase Linsey Episode: "Plus One"
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Mademoiselle Blanche Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons"
2009 Plus One Linsey Series regular; 5 episodes
2010 Married Single Other Abbey Series regular; 6 episodes
2011 Sugartown Emily Shirley Miniseries; 3 episodes
Death in Paradise Megan Talbot Episode: "Missing a Body?"
Merlin Isolde Episode: "The Sword in the Stone"
2012 Dirk Gently Kate Edwards Episode: "Episode 1"
Vexed DI Georgina Dixon Series regular; 6 episodes
Sinbad Lara Assuage Episode: "Fiend or Friend?"
2013 Jo Katie Miville Episode: "Concorde"
Lewis Stella Drew Episode: "Intelligent Design"
2013-20 Thomas & Friends Millie Voice role
2014 Silk Harriet Hammond Series regular; 6 episodes
24: Live Another Day Caroline Fowlds Series regular; 6 episodes
2015 Spotless Julie Greer-Bastière Series regular; 10 episodes
2018 Dark Heart Sylvie Series regular; 6 episodes
Nightflyers Tessia Series regular; 6 episodes
2020-23 Warrior Nellie Davenport Series regular; 17 episodes
2022 Dragon Age: Absolution Cassandra Pentaghast Episode: "A Woman Unseen"
2022-24 Sister Boniface Mysteries Ruth Penny Recurring character; 12 episodes
2025 Why Cities Flood: Spain's Deadly Disaster Narrator Voice role

Video games

Year Game Role Notes
2010 Apache: Air Assault Lieutenant Sandra Lansing Voice role
2011 Dragon Age II Cassandra Pentaghast / Varania / Dulci de Launcet / Elsa Voice role
Renegade Ops Natasha English version; voice role
2012 Blades of Time Ayumi / Spirit of the Dragon Voice role
The Secret World Zaha / Rada Nastase / Aveline Belmont Voice role
2014 Dreamfall Chapters Nela / Na'ane Voice role
Dragon Age: Inquisition Cassandra Pentaghast Voice role
2015 Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser Cassandra Pentaghast Voice role
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Mariette Rensus / Saneris / Annea / Ljeta / Revia Luxen Voice role
2019 Anthem Kista Stormbreaker / Varice Mal / Detective Hops Voice role
2022 Elden Ring Fia Voice role

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