List of Miranda Richardson performances

Miranda Richardson is an English actress who has worked in TV, films, and theatre.

Miranda Richardson filmography

Richardson at the New York Comic Con for Good Omens in 2018
Film	59
Television	67
Theatre	28

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Notes
1980	The First Day	Student	Short film
1985	Dance with a Stranger	Ruth Ellis	Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Variety Club Award	[1][2][3]
	Underworld	Oriel
	The Innocent	Mary Turner
1987	Eat the Rich	DHSS Blonde
	Empire of the Sun	Mrs. Victor		[4][5][6]
1989	Twisted Obsession	Marilyn		[7]
1990	The Bachelor	Frederica / Widow
	The Fool	Columbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
1991	Broken Skin	Mother	Short film
1992	The Crying Game	Jude	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	[8][9][10][11]
	Damage	Ingrid Fleming	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	[8][12]
	Enchanted April	Rose Arbuthnot	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress	[13][14]
1993	Century	Clara
	The Line, the Cross and the Curve	Mysterious woman	Short film
1994	Tom & Viv	Vivienne Haigh-Wood	National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama	[15]
1995	The Night and the Moment	Julie
1996	The Evening Star	Patsy Carpenter	Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress also for Kansas City Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	[16]
	Kansas City	Carolyn Stilton	Society of Texas Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress also for The Evening Star	[17][18]
	Swann	Sarah Maloney
1997	The Designated Mourner	Judy		[19]
	The Apostle	Toosie	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female	[20]
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Horror Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress	[21]
	The King and I	Anna Leonowens	Voice only Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress
	Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang	Miss Fowl
2000	Get Carter	Gloria Carter		[22]
	Chicken Run	Mrs. Tweedy	Voice only	[23]
	The Miracle Maker	Mary Magdalene
	The Magic of Vincent	Anne Saunders	Short film
2002	The Hours	Vanessa Bell	Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	[24]
	Spider	Yvonne/Mrs. Cleg	San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best British Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	[25][26][27][28]
2003	The Actors	Mrs. Magnani
	The Rage in Placid Lake	Sylvia Lake	Nominated—AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Supporting Actor – Female	[29][30]
	Falling Angels	Mary Field
2004	The Prince and Me	Queen Rosalind
	Churchill: The Hollywood Years	Eva Braun
	The Phantom of the Opera	Madame Giry		[31]
2005	Midsummer Dream	Queen Titania	Voice only
	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Rita Skeeter		[32][33]
2006	Wah-Wah	Lauren Compton		[34][35][36]
2007	Provoked	Veronica Scott		[37][38]
	Paris, je t'aime	The Wife	Segment: "Bastille"	[39]
	Fred Claus	Mrs. Annette Claus		[40][41]
	Southland Tales	Nana Mae Van Adler-Frost
2008	Puffball	Mabs Tucker
2009	The Young Victoria	Duchess of Kent		[42][43]
	A Fox's Tale	Anna Conda	Voice only
	Spinning into Butter	Catherine Kenney
2010	Made in Dagenham	Barbara Castle	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role	[44][45]
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	Rita Skeeter	Cameo	[46]
2013	Belle	Lady Ashford		[47]
2014	Muppets Most Wanted	Berliner at Window
	Maleficent	Queen Ulla	Scenes deleted	[48][49]
2015	Testament of Youth	Miss Hilda Lorimer
2017	iBoy	Nan		[50]
	Churchill	Clementine Churchill		[51]
	Stronger	Patty Bauman		[52]
2020	Rams	Kat		[53]
2022	The House	Aunt Clarice	Voice only
2023	The Magician's Elephant	Madam LaVaughn
	Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	Mrs. Tweedy		[54]
TBA	The Yellow Tie †		Completed
	The Bitter End †		Filming
	The Queen of Fashion †	Helen Delves Broughton	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Agony	Gudrun	TV series (1 episode: "From Here to Maternity")
1982	The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim	Chrissie Collin	TV series (1 episode)
1983	The Hard Word	Polly Wood	TV series (5 episodes)
	Crown Court	Susan Palmer	TV series (1 episode: "A Matter of Trust")
1984	Sorrell and Son	Lola	TV episode
1985	A Woman of Substance	Paula McGill Amory	TV miniseries (2 episodes)
	The Death of the Heart	Daphne Heccomb	TV film
1986	Blackadder II	Queenie	TV series (6 episodes) [55][56][57]
	Saturday Live	"Third Man" Actress	TV series (1 episode)
	Shades of Darkness	Gina	TV series (1 episode: "The Demon Lover")
	Unnatural Causes	Anne Forrest	TV series (1 episode: "Lost Property")
1987	After Pilkington	Penny	TV film Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress
	The South Bank Show	Mary Shelley	TV series (1 episode: "Frankenstein and Dracula")
	Blackadder the Third	Amy Hardwood	TV series (1 episode: "Amy and Amiability")
1988	Sweet as You Are	Julia Perry	TV film Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance – Female
	A Night of Comic Relief	Woman with Phone	TV special
	The Master Builder	Hilde Wangel	TV film
	The Storyteller	Witch	TV series (1 episode: "The Three Ravens")
	Mountain Language	Young Woman	TV version of stage play
	Blackadder's Christmas Carol	Queen Elizabeth I / Queen Asphyxia XIX	TV special
1989	A Night of Comic Relief 2	"Fatal Overacting" Actress
	Blackadder Goes Forth	Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown	TV series (1 episode: "General Hospital")
	Cracking Up	Mary Wollstonecraft	TV series (1 episode: "The Rights of Man and the Wrongs of Woman")
	Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage	Early Bird	TV film
	Smith and Jones	Meryl Catty	TV series (3 episodes)
1990	10x10	Olivia	TV series (1 episode: "Secret Friends")
	Die Kinder	Sidonie Reiger	TV series (6 episodes) [58][59]
1990–1993	The Comic Strip Presents...	Various characters	TV series (4 episodes) [55]
1991	Redemption	Valerie Paris	TV film
	Old Times	Anna	TV film [60]
1992	Mr. Wakefield's Crusade	Sandra	TV series (1 episode)
	The True Adventures of Christopher Columbus	Queen Isabella	TV miniseries (4 episodes)
1993	Saturday Night Live	Host	TV series (1 episode: "Miranda Richardson/Soul Asylum")
1994	Fatherland	Charlie Maguire	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film[61][62]
1994–2004	Absolutely Fabulous	Bettina	TV series (2 episodes)
1996	Saint-Ex	Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry	TV film
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time	Pamela Flitton	TV miniseries (2 episodes) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress Nominated—Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance – Female
1998	The Scold's Bridle	Dr Sarah Blakeney	TV miniseries (2 episodes)
	Merlin	Queen Mab / Lady of the Lake	TV miniseries (2 episodes) Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
	Ted and Ralph	Henrietta Blough-Pendleton	TV special
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Queen of Hearts / Society Woman	TV film
	St. Ives	Miss Gilchrist
	The Big Brass Ring	Dinah Pellarin	TV film Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
	Blackadder: Back & Forth	Lady Elizabeth / Queen Elizabeth I (Queenie)	TV special
2001	The Fantastic Flying Journey	Lucretia Moore	TV series (13 episodes) Voice only
	Snow White: The Fairest of Them All	Queen Elspeth	TV film [63]
2003	The Lost Prince	Queen Mary	TV miniseries (2 episodes) Nominated—BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television[64]
	Comic Relief: The Big Hair Do	Hermione Granger	TV special
2005–2006	The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill	Corky the Horse	TV series (26 episodes) Voice only
2006	Gideon's Daughter	Stella	TV film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film[65][66]
	Merlin's Apprentice	Lady of the Lake	TV miniseries (2 episodes)
2007	The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle	Helena	TV series (6 episodes)
2010	Rubicon	Katherine Rhumor	TV series (13 episodes)[67]
2012	Dead Boss	Jo	TV series (1 episode)
	Parade's End	Mrs. Wannop	TV miniseries (5 episodes) [68]
	World Without End	Mother Cecilia	TV series (6 episodes)
2014	Psychobitches	Enid Blyton	TV series (1 episode)
	The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm	Miss Blitherington	TV special
	Mapp and Lucia	Miss Elizabeth Mapp	TV miniseries (3 episodes)[69][70][71][72]
2015	Casanova	Marquise d'Urfe	TV pilot
	An Inspector Calls	Sybil Birling	TV film
	And Then There Were None	Miss Emily Brent	TV miniseries (2 episodes) [73]
2016	Walliams and Friend [74]	Various	TV series (1 episode: "Miranda Richardson")
2016–2018	Danger Mouse	Queen of Weevils	TV series (3 episodes) Voice only
2018	Girlfriends	Sue Thackery	TV series (6 episodes) [75]
2019	Pinky Malinky	Pinky's Grandma	TV series (3 episodes) Voice only
	Curfew	Lou Collins	TV series (7 episodes) [76]
2019, 2023	Good Omens	Madame Tracy / Shax	11 episodes
2021	Modern Love	Jane	TV series (1 episode: "Strangers on a (Dublin) Train")
2022	Fate: The Winx Saga	Rosalind	Main role (season 2)
2025	The Last Anniversary	Rose	6 episodes

Theatre roles

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.	Notes
	Savage Amusement	Hazel	Derby Playhouse, Lancaster
1978	Stags and Hens	Linda		[77]
	All My Sons	Ann		[78]
	Sisterly Feelings	Brenda
	Ten Times Table	Phillipa	Library Theatre, Manchester
	Whose Life Is It Anyway?	Kay Sadler
	Play It Again, Sam	Linda Christie
	Tom Jones	Sophie Western
	Educating Rita	Rita	Haymarket Theatre, Leicester
1981	Moving	Jane Gladwin	Queen's Theatre
1983	The Table of the Two Horseman	Katie Wyld	Bristol Theatre Royal
1983	The Maids	Madame	Bristol New Vic
1983	Insignificance	The Actress
1984	Life of Einstein		The Dukes Theatre, Lancaster
1985	Edmond	Glenna	Newcastle
1987	A Lie of the Mind	Beth	Royal Court Theatre, West End	[78]	Nominated - Olivier Award for Best Actress
1988	The Changeling	Beatrice-Joanna
1988	Mountain Language	Young Woman	(Lyttelton) National Theatre, West End
1990	Etta Jenks	Etta Jenks	Royal Court Theatre, West End	[78]
1996	The Designated Mourner	Judy	Royal National Theatre, West End	[79]
1996	Orlando	Orlando	50th Edinburgh International Festival
1999	Aunt Dan and Lemon	Aunt Dan	Almeida Theatre, Islington, London
2002	The Play What I Wrote	Herself	Wyndham's Theatre, West End
2005	Comic Aid 2005	Herself	Carling Apollo, West End
2005	One Knight Only	Herself	Theatre Royal, Haymarket, West End
2009	Grasses of a thousand colours	Cerise	Royal Court Theatre	[80]
2019	La fille du régiment	Duchesse de Crakentorp	Royal Opera House