Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film, and television actress. She made her film debut as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger (1985) and received Academy Award nominations for Damage (1992) and Tom & Viv (1994). She won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for Damage and Golden Globe Awards for Enchanted April (1992) and the TV film Fatherland (1994).
Richardson began her career on stage, making her West End debut in the 1980 play Moving. She was nominated for a Best Actress Olivier Award for the 1987 Royal Court production of A Lie of the Mind. On television, she appeared in Blackadder (1986–89), A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Merlin (1998), The Lost Prince (2003), and The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007). Her film credits include Empire of the Sun (1987), The Crying Game (1992), The Apostle (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2001), Spider (2002), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), and Made in Dagenham (2010).
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