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Birth Name: Miranda Jane Richardson

Age: 68, born 3 March 1958

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Currently Residing In: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 5"

Relationship Status: Single

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Award Winner Miranda Richardson Interview - The Critics' Circle Awards 2015

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Description: Miranda Richardson was born in England on March 3, 1958. She comes from Southport in Lancashire (near Liverpool), and has one sister, eight years her senior. Her parents and sister are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age she performed in school plays, having shown a talent and desire to "turn herself into" other people. She has referred to it as "an emotional fusion; you think yourself into them". This mimicry could be of school friends or film stars. She left school (Southport High School for Girls) at the age of 17, and originally intended becoming a vet. She also considered studying Englis Miranda Richardson was born in England on March 3, 1958. She comes from Southport in Lancashire (near Liverpool), and has one sister, eight years her senior. Her parents and sister are not involved in the performing arts. At an early age she performed in school plays, having shown a talent and desire to "turn herself into" other people. She has referred to it as "an emotional fusion; you think yourself into them". This mimicry could be of school friends or film stars. She left school (Southport High School for Girls) at the age of 17, and originally intended becoming a vet. She also considered studying English literature in college, but decided to concentrate on drama and enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (as did many well-known British actors). After three years she graduated and moved into repertory theatre. She became affiliated with the Library Theatre in Manchester in 1979, where she became an assistant stage manager. She obtained her Equity card, and after several regional productions, first appeared on the London stage (Moving at Queens Theatre) in 1981. British television roles soon followed, and then film. Since then, Miranda has moved into the international arena, and has made films in America, France and Spain. Television work (on both sides of the Atlantic) continues, as does some stage work. Her roles are diverse, but powerful and engaging. She has been quoted as stating "what I basically like is doing things I haven't done before" and this continually comes through in the variety of roles she has played in her career. She is also selective in the roles she takes, being uninterested in performing in the standard Hollywood fare, and preferring more offbeat roles. She was approached to play the Glenn Close role in Atracción fatal (1987), but found it "regressive in its attitudes". Her attitude is summed up by a quote from an interview that appeared in the New York Times (Dec 27 1992): "I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. And if that's the choice I have to make, I think I've already made it". According to "1994 Current Biography Yearbook", she resides in South London with her two Siamese cats, Otis and Waldo. She has now moved to West London. Her hobbies include drawing, walking, gardening, fashion, falconry, and music. She, by her own admission, is a loner and lives rather modestly. An actor who studied with Ms Richardson at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in the late 1970s described her as "a strong minded, specially gifted, rather pretty young woman who enjoys wearing jewelry. She wore toe rings, which in the late 1970s and especially in England, were a rarity and considered rather racy." He also remarked on her drive, even then, to be an actress of the highest caliber. ... (more)

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"Movies:• Dance with a Stranger (1985) : Executed by hanging. The movie ends before her death, but a block of on-screen text tells us about her eventual fate. • Underworld (1985) : Dies after inhaling poison gas set off by Art Malik • Eat the Rich (1987) : Shot in the chest by Lanah Pellay at the unemployment office. • Empire of the Sun (1987) : Dies in her sleep of starvation/exhaustion while all of the prisoners are being transported from the prison camp; her body is shown afterwards wh"

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"2 NOMINATIONS 1-Tom & Viv (1994) 2-Damage (1992) (Supporting Role)"

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"1- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)2- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)3- Sleepy Hollow (1999)4- Chicken Run (2000)5- The Hours (2002)"

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"2 Nominations1995: Best actress nominee for 'Tom & Viv' 1993: Best supporting actress nominee for 'Damage'"

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" - Psycho Protagonist. This RP character stereotype is the one we're supposedly rooting for. She's the host of a lovable children's show called Aunt Mel's Dollhouse where she teaches life lessons and is kindly and appreciate of all humans even if they are different. Everyone loves her and she loves them...on camera at least. Off camera, she's a Depraved Kids Show host who can't stand being around other human beings and loathes them to the point of treating them the way she was treated as "