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Miranda Richardson(I)

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Miranda Richardson
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
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The House (2022)
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Miranda Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire, England on March 3, 1958, to Marian Georgina (Townsend) and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. She has one sister, eight years her senior. 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 has referred to it as "an emotional fusion; you think yourself into them". This mimicry could be of school friends or film stars.

She left school (Southport High School for Girls) at the age of 17, and originally intended 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 (as did many well-known British actors). After three years she graduated and moved into repertory theatre. She became affiliated with the Library Theatre in Manchester in 1979, where she became an assistant stage manager. She obtained her Equity card, and after several regional productions, first appeared on the London stage (Moving at Queens Theatre) in 1981. British television roles soon followed, and then film.

Since then, Miranda has moved into the international arena, and has made films in America, France and Spain. Television work (on both sides of the Atlantic) continues, as does some stage work. Her roles are diverse, but powerful and engaging. She has been quoted as stating "what I basically like is doing things I haven't done before" and this continually comes through in the variety of roles she has played in her career. She is also selective in the roles she takes, being uninterested in performing in the standard Hollywood fare, and preferring more offbeat roles. She was approached to play the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987), but found it "regressive in its attitudes". Her attitude is summed up by a quote from an interview that appeared in the New York Times (Dec 27 1992): "I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. And if that's the choice I have to make, I think I've already made it".

According to "1994 Current Biography Yearbook", she resides in South London with her two Siamese cats, Otis and Waldo. She has now moved to West London. Her hobbies include drawing, walking, gardening, fashion, falconry, and music. She, by her own admission, is a loner and lives rather modestly. An actor who studied with Ms Richardson at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in the late 1970s described her as "a strong minded, specially gifted, rather pretty young woman who enjoys wearing jewelry. She wore toe rings, which in the late 1970s and especially in England, were a rarity and considered rather racy." He also remarked on her drive, even then, to be an actress of the highest caliber.
BornMarch 3, 1958
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Miranda Richardson in Blackadder II (1986)
Miranda Richardson in Twisted Obsession (1989)
Christian Bale and Miranda Richardson in Empire of the Sun (1987)
Christian Bale, Miranda Richardson, Peter Gale, and Masatô Ibu in Empire of the Sun (1987)
Christian Bale and Miranda Richardson in Empire of the Sun (1987)
Miranda Richardson and Peter Gale in Empire of the Sun (1987)
Miranda Richardson in The Young Victoria (2009)
Miranda Richardson and Mark Strong in The Young Victoria (2009)
Miranda Richardson, Jeanette Hain, Jo Hartley, and Emily Blunt in The Young Victoria (2009)
Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, and Harriet Walter in The Young Victoria (2009)
Miranda Richardson in The Young Victoria (2009)
Miranda Richardson in The Young Victoria (2009)

Known for

Miranda Richardson in The Crying Game (1992)
The Crying Game
7.2
  • Jude
  • 1992
Ralph Fiennes in Spider (2002)
Spider
6.8
  • Yvonne
  • Mrs. Cleg
  • 2002
Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep in The Hours (2002)
The Hours
7.5
  • Vanessa Bell
  • 2002
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sleepy Hollow
7.3
  • Lady Van Tassel
  • Crone
  • 1999

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Actress

  • The Magician's Elephant
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  • Michael Sheen and David Tennant in Good Omens (2019)
    Good Omens
  • Eliot Salt, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Elisha Applebaum, Abigail Cowen, and Precious Mustapha in Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
    Fate: The Winx Saga
  • The House (2022)
    The House
    • (voice)
  • Minnie Driver, Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Kit Harington, and Dominique Fishback in Modern Love (2019)
    Modern Love
  • Sam Neill and Michael Caton in Rams (2020)
    Rams
  • Charles Dance in Show the Love (2019)
    Show the Love
  • Sean Bean, Billy Zane, Phoebe Fox, Rose Williams, and Ike Bennett in Curfew (2019)
    Curfew
  • Pinky Malinky (2018)
    Pinky Malinky
    • (voice)
  • Georgie Henley, Denise Gough, Toby Regbo, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ivanno Jeremiah, Alex Sharp, Sheila Atim, and Naomi Ackie in Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot (2019)
    Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot
  • Danger Mouse (2015)
    Danger Mouse
    • (voice)
  • Miranda Richardson, Phyllis Logan, and Zoë Wanamaker in Girlfriends (2018)
    Girlfriends
  • Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger (2017)
    Stronger
  • Miranda Richardson and Brian Cox in Churchill (2017)
    Churchill
  • Bill Milner in iBoy (2017)
    iBoy
  • Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Miranda Richardson, Maeve Dermody, and Aidan Turner in And Then There Were None (2015)
    And Then There Were None

Soundtrack

  • Paris, je t'aime (2006)
    Paris, je t'aime
  • Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler in The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
    The Phantom of the Opera
  • Saturday Night Live (1975)
    Saturday Night Live
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"House of the Dragon" Rises From Ashes of "Game of Thrones" Prequels
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"House of the Dragon" Rises From Ashes of "Game of Thrones" Prequels
What We Know About the "Untitled Game of Thrones Prequel" ... So Far
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What We Know About the "Untitled Game of Thrones Prequel" ... So Far
Stars Choose Superhero NYC Tour Guides
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Stars Choose Superhero NYC Tour Guides
"Drop Your Wands"
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"Drop Your Wands"
"Cafe Attack"
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"Cafe Attack"
Damage
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The Young Victoria
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The Young Victoria
"Good Omens" Cast Love Playing Angels and Demons
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"Good Omens" Cast Love Playing Angels and Demons

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    • March 3, 1958
    • Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Other works
    Appeared in the title role of "Orlando" in the one-woman show produced and directed by Robert Wilson at the 50th Edinburgh International Festival
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Cast, ironically, as Rita Skeeter, one of Hermione Granger's least favorite people, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), after she did an impersonation of Hermione in "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azibaijan", a Comic Relief sketch, in 2003.
  • Quotes
    I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama.

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