Portrait of Miranda Richardson

Acting

Miranda Richardson

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2015 with 6 main titles each.

Leading roles
55
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Crying Game
The Crying Game
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Miranda Richardson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.4, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.8, average 2.6
  • Violence
    3.6, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 10
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Character-Driven 7
  • Historical Drama 7
  • Psychological Drama 6
  • Period Piece 5
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Slow Burn 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Coming-of-Age Story 4
  • Family Secrets 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

131
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
The Queen of Fashion
The Queen of Fashion

as Helen Delves Broughton

The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady

TV show ยท as Mrs Lydia Touchett

Dinner with Audrey
Dinner with Audrey

as Ella Van Heemstra

2020s

8 titles ยท average score 69
The Last Anniversary
The Last Anniversary (2025)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show ยท as Rose

The Yellow Tie
The Yellow Tie (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

as Ioana Celibidache

Bookish
Bookish (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Duschess Alberta / Duchess Alberta

The Magician's Elephant
The Magician's Elephant (2023)
GoodWatch score 63

as Madam LaVaughn (voice)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mrs Tweedy (voice)

The House
The House (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

as Aunt Clarice (voice)

Fate: The Winx Saga
Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show ยท as Rosalind

Rams
Rams (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as Kat

2010s

28 titles ยท average score 70
Curfew
Curfew (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Lou

Girlfriends
Girlfriends (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Sue

Stronger
Stronger (2017)
GoodWatch score 78

as Patty Bauman

Churchill
Churchill (2017)
GoodWatch score 53

as Clementine Churchill

And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None (2015)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Emily Brent

Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey
Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

as Narrator (voice)

Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Mapp

The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (2014)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs Blitherington

Belle
Belle (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lady Ashford

Parade's End
Parade's End (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mrs. Wannop

Made in Dagenham
Made in Dagenham (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

as Barbara Castle

Rubicon
Rubicon (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Katherine Rhumor

2000s

29 titles ยท average score 57
Provoked
Provoked (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Veronica Scott

The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

Fred Claus
Fred Claus (2007)
GoodWatch score 42

as Annette Claus

Merlin's Apprentice
Merlin's Apprentice (2006)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Lady of the Lake

Gideon's Daughter
Gideon's Daughter (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

as Stella

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
GoodWatch score 54

as Madame Giry

The Rage in Placid Lake
The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sylvia Lake

Spider
Spider (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

as Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg

The Hours
The Hours (2002)
GoodWatch score 78

as Vanessa Bell

Snow White
Snow White (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

as Elspeth

Get Carter
Get Carter (2000)
GoodWatch score 32

as Gloria Carter

Chicken Run
Chicken Run (2000)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mrs. Tweedy (voice)

1990s

37 titles ยท average score 60
Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lady Mary Van Tassel / Crone Witch

The King and I
The King and I (1999)
GoodWatch score 33

as Anna Leonowens (voice)

The Big Brass Ring
The Big Brass Ring (1999)
GoodWatch score 47

as Dinah Pellarin

The Scold's Bridle
The Scold's Bridle (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Dr Sarah Blakeney

The Apostle
The Apostle (1997)
GoodWatch score 78

as Toosie

Kansas City
Kansas City (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Carolyn Stilton

Fatherland
Fatherland (1994)
GoodWatch score 55

as Charlie Maguire

Tom & Viv
Tom & Viv (1994)
GoodWatch score 48

as Vivienne Haigh-Wood

Damage
Damage (1992)
GoodWatch score 71

as Ingrid Fleming

The Crying Game
The Crying Game (1992)
GoodWatch score 82

as Jude

Enchanted April
Enchanted April (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rose Arbuthnot

Die Kinder
Die Kinder (1990)

TV show ยท as Sidonie Reiger

1980s

26 titles ยท average score 70
Twisted Obsession
Twisted Obsession (1989)
GoodWatch score 54

as Marilyn

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage (1989)

as Early Bird

Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
GoodWatch score 76

as Queens Elizabeth I / Asphyxia XIX

The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens (1988)
GoodWatch score 81

as Witch

Sweet as You Are
Sweet as You Are (1988)

as Julia Perry

The Master Builder
The Master Builder (1988)

as Hilde Wangel

Mountain Language
Mountain Language (1988)

as Young Woman

Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun (1987)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Victor

After Pilkington
After Pilkington (1987)

as Penny Newhouse

Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
GoodWatch score 78

as Ruth Ellis

A Woman of Substance
A Woman of Substance (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Paula McGill Amory

Blackadder
Blackadder (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Nurse Mary / Queen Elizabeth I