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Birthdate: March 3, 1958
Birthplace: Southport, Lancashire, England
Occupation: Actor

Education:
Southport High School for Girls; Southport, England
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School; London (Daniel Day-Lewis was a classmate)
Family:
Father: William Alan Richardson, marketing executive
Mother: Marian Georgina Richardson (nee Townsend)
Sister: Lesley Richardson, chiropodist; born 1949
Miranda Richardson first startled audiences in Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger, in which she played Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England. Subsequent roles have confirmed her as an actress of consummate ability and consistency. In 1992, with rave reviews for all three of her performances in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, Mike Newell's Enchanted April and Louis Malle's Damage, the question was which would be singled out during awards season. The New York Film Critics cited her work in all three films in naming her Best Supporting Actress; she received a Golden Globe for Enchanted April, and was nominated for an Oscar for Damage. In 1995 she received a second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Vivian Haigh-Wood, the wife of poet T.S. Eliot, in Brian Gilbert's Tom And Viv.
Though primarily known for her dramatic roles, Richardson is also a gifted comedic actor, as evidenced in British television series such as Blackadder and Absolutely Fabulous.

MOVIES:

1985 DANCE WITH A STRANGER Mike Newell
1985 THE INNOCENT John Mackenzie
1985 UNDERWORLD George Pavlou
1986 AFTER PILKINGTON (Television film) Christopher Morahan
1986 THE DEATH OF THE HEART (Television film) Peter Hammond
1987 EAT THE RICH Peter Richardson
1987 EMPIRE OF THE SUN Steven Spielberg
1989 LE REVE DU SINGE FOU Fernando Trueba
1990 THE FOOL Christine Edzard
1991 ENCHANTED APRIL Mike Newell
1992 THE CRYING GAME Neil Jordan
1992 DAMAGE Louis Malle
1993 CENTURY Stephen Poliakoff
1994 THE NIGHT AND THE MOMENT Anna Maria Tato
1994 TOM & VIV Brian Gilbert
1996 KANSAS CITY Robert Altman

Awards:

1992: New York Film Critics Circle Award: Best Supporting Actress; Damage,Enchanted April and The Crying Game
1992: Golden Globe Award: Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Enchanted April
1993: London Film Critics Circle Award: Best British Actress, Damage
1994: National Board of Review: Best Actress, Tom & Viv
Golden Globe Award: Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Movie or Miniseries, Fatherland
1996: Society of Texas Film Critics: Best Supporting Actress, The Evening Star and Kansas City (cited for two films)