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Miranda Richardson


3 March 1958
Southport, Merseyside, England, UK
Trivia
Turned down the role, subsequently taken by Glenn Close, in Fatal Attraction (1987)
Played roles in four unrelated movies in which her character was in charge of having heads cut off: Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV), as the Queen of Hearts; Sleepy Hollow (1999), as the Western Woods Crone; "Blackadder II" (1986), as Queen Elizabeth; and Chicken Run (2000), as Mrs. Tweedy.
Attended Southport High School for Girls (Southport, England)
Father: William Alan Richardson (Marketing Executive). Mother: Marian Georgina Richardson. Sister: Lesley Richardson (Chiropodist, born in 1949).
Gave up smoking after being hypnotised.
Grew up in Southport, Merseyside
Wanted to become a vet.
One critic wrote that "Miranda Richardson has a face like an English sky".
In one of the sketches on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) (20 March 1993), The Rain People, her character tells Phil Hartman's character that she draws inspiration for a particularly emotional scene from a childhood experience. She awoke after a bad crash, saw her father's face, and told him that she was alright. Then, she saw that it was just her father's severed head in her lap. This makes both actors cry, and produces a great scene for which Phil Hartman's character wins the Oscar. He takes credit for the scene and claims the story as his own (and messes up the details). Miranda's character is so angry she screams, "I want his severed head in my lap!" several times.
Cast, ironically, as Rita Skeeter, one of Hermione Granger's least favorite people, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), after she did an impersonation of Hermione in "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azibaijan", a Comic Relief sketch, in 2003.
She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the late seventies with Daniel Day-Lewis, Amanda Redman, Jenny Seagrove and Greta Scacchi.

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Actress - filmography
Caitlin (2008) (in production) .... Caitlin Thomas
Telepathy (2008) (pre-production)
The Young Victoria (2008) (filming) .... Duchess of Kent
Fred Claus (2007) .... Mrs. Claus
"The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle" (2007) TV Series .... Helena
Spinning Into Butter (2007) .... Catherine Kenney
Puffball (2007) .... Mabs Tucker
Southland Tales (2006) .... Nana Mae Van Adler-Frost
Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... The Wife (segment "Bastille")
... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
Provoked: A True Story (2006) .... Veronica Scott
... aka Provoked (UK: short title)
Merlin's Apprentice (2006) (TV) .... Lady Of The Lake
... aka Merlin (Australia)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) .... Rita Skeeter
... aka Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Gideon's Daughter (2005) (TV) .... Stella
Starry Night (2005) .... Annie
Wah-Wah (2005) .... Lauren Compton
Sueño de una noche de San Juan, El (2005) (voice: English version) .... Titania
... aka Midsummer Dream (International: English title)
"Absolutely Fabulous" .... Bettina (2 episodes, 1994-2004)
... aka Ab Fab (Australia: short title)
- White Box (2004) TV Episode .... Bettina
- New Best Friend (1994) TV Episode .... Bettina

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