Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayMar 3, 1958
BiographyMiranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.

After graduating from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play Moving, 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 and the Academy Award for Best Actress for Tom & Viv. A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Damage. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for Enchanted April and the TV film Fatherland.

Her other films include Empire of the Sun, The Crying Game, Sleepy Hollow, The Hours, and Spider.

Richardson also voiced Mrs Tweedy from Aardman's 2000 stop-motion film Chicken Run and its 2023 sequel.

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