Miranda Richardson was born on March 3, 1958 in Lancashire, England. At an early age Richardson was involved in many plays, she left Southport High School for Girls at the age of 17, and was originally planning to become a vet, and also wanted to study English literature in College. But Richardson decided to concentrate on drama and enrolled into Bristol's Old Vic Theater School. She made her screen debut as Ruth Ellis, in Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger in 1985.

Miranda Richardson has appeared in many theatrical and TV productions, and has worked in films such as The Innocent, and Empire of the Sun. But in 1992, she dazzled critics and audiences in three successive roles that demonstrated her extraordinary versatility: as the depressed London housewife in Enchanted April, as the wife of a Parliament minister in Louis Malle's Damage, and as a cold-blooded IRA terrorist in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game. She has won many awards including the Oscar for Best Actress in Tom & Viv, and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Crying Game.

A stunning actress, Miranda Richardson lives on her own with two of her cats and calls herself a 'loner'. She currently lives in South London.

Movies that she has been in so far are as follows, taken from the Internet Movie Database:

Spider (2002)
Snow White (2001) (TV) .... Queen Elspeth
Constance & Carlotta (2000)
Get Carter (2000) .... Gloria Carter
Chicken Run (2000) (voice) .... Mrs. Tweedy
... aka C:R-1 (2000) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Miracle Maker, The (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Mary Magdelene
James Bond Story, The (1999) (TV) .... Narrator
Blackadder Back and Forth (1999) .... Lady Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth
Sleepy Hollow (1999) .... Lady Mary Van Tassel/The Western Woods Crone
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) .... Miss Fowl
Big Brass Ring, The (1999) .... Dinah Pellarin
King and I, The (1999) (voice) .... Anna Leonowens
Alice in Wonderland (1999/I) (TV) .... Queen of Hearts
St. Ives (1998) .... Miss Gilchrist
... aka All for Love (1999) (UK: TV title)
Ted & Ralph (1998) (TV) .... Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Scold's Bridle, The (1998) (TV) .... Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Merlin (1998/II) (TV) .... Queen Mab of the Fairies, Lady of the Lake (Dame du Lac)
Saint-Ex (1997) .... Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
"Dance to the Music of Time, A" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Pamela Flitton
Apostle, The (1997) .... Toosie
Designated Mourner, The (1997) .... Judy
Evening Star, The (1996) .... Patsy Carpenter
Swann (1996) .... Sarah Maloney
Kansas City (1996) .... Carolyn Stilton
Night and the Moment, The (1994) .... Julie
... aka Notte e il momento, La (1994) (Italy)
... aka Nuit et le moment, La (1995) (France)
Fatherland (1994/I) (TV) .... Charlie Maguire
Tom & Viv (1994) .... Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Century (1993) .... Clara
Line, the Cross & the Curve, The (1993) .... Mysterious woman
Fatale (1992) .... Ingrid Fleming
... aka Damage (1993) (USA)
Crying Game, The (1992) .... Jude
"True Adventures of Christopher Columbus" (1992) TV Series .... Queen Isabella
Enchanted April (1992) .... Rose Arbuthnot
Broken Skin (1991)
Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1991) .... Frederica/Widow
... aka Bachelor, The (1991) (USA)
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1991) (TV) .... Sandra
Old Times (1991) (TV) .... Anna
Redemption (1991) (TV) .... Valerie Paris
"Die Kinder" (1990) TV Series .... Sidonie Reiger
Fool, The (1990)
Sueño del mono loco, El (1990) .... Marilyn
... aka Mad Monkey, The (1990)
... aka Mono loco, El (1990)
... aka Rêve du singe fou, Le (1990) (France)
... aka Twisted Obsession (1990)
Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989) (TV) .... Early Bird
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) .... Queens Elizabeth I/Asphyxia XIX
"Storyteller, The" (1987) TV Series (voice) .... (episode "Three Ravens, The")
... aka "Jim Henson's The Storyteller" (1987) (USA: complete title)
After Pilkington (1987) (TV) .... Penny
Eat the Rich (1987) .... DHSS Blonde
Empire of the Sun (1987) .... Mrs. Victor
Sweet as You Are (1987) (TV) .... Julia Perry
"Blackadder II" (1986) TV Series .... Queen Elizabeth I
... aka "Black-Adder II" (1986)
Dance with a Stranger (1985) .... Ruth Ellis
Death of a Heart, The (1985) (TV) .... Daphne Heccomb
Innocent, The (1985) .... Mary Turner
Underworld (1985) .... Oriel
... aka Transmutations (1985)
"Woman of Substance, A" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Paula McGill Amory