Recent Events

at the premiere of 'Turtle the Incredible Journey'
Seaworld, San Diego, 21st June 2011

Chelsea Flower Show, 24th May 2011

BAFTA 2011 Film Awards, London, 13th Feb 2011

Latest Film
“Made in Dagenham” as Barbara Castle

SITE UPDATED 23rd September 2011

SITE NEWS - added news of 'Parades End'

Parade's End
Miranda is currently filming a new TV series for BBC2/HBO called 'Parades End'. This five-part series also stars Rupert Everett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Anne-Marie Duff. Based on a series of 4 novels by Ford Madox Ford it is adapted by Tom Stoppard for TV. The series is a historical drama, set between the last years of the Edwardian era and the end of the first World War, and centres on a British politician and his political and romantic affairs.

World Without End
Miranda has been cast in this new TV series, which is a sequel to Ken Follett's 'Pillars of the Earth'.
Set in England 200 years after the events in Pillars, World chronicles tough times for ordinary citizens who are being hit with enormous taxes by the King, the Church as England teeters on the brink of a devastating 100-year war with France, and Europe is bracing for a terrible plague, which will wipe out a third of the continent's population. Miranda will play the strong and determined Mother Cecilia.
Filming on the miniseries will take five months. It begins July 11 in Hungary, where the producers created a 12,000-square-meter backlot and built a whole medieval town and bridges, with additional location shoots in Slovakia and Austria. No screening date has been mentioned yet.
An official website has been launched at http://www.world-without-end.tv/

A Place of Only Sky
Miranda has been cast in this new movie which is set to be filmed in South Africa. The film is the story of the Aboke kidnappings in Uganda in 1996.

Recent work: -
The History of Titus Groan
This BBC Radio 4 series was broadcast as the Sunday Classic Serial. It started on July 10th and ran for 6 episodes. Miranda played the role of Gertrude.

Turtle the Incredible Journey
This film, which Miranda narrates, has been premiered in the USA at SeaWorld, San Diego. Miranda has been promoting the film, attending the premiere, and assisting in returning a turtle recovered from injuries to the ocean. Pictures are in the gallery.

International Womens Day 2011
March 8th 2011 was the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. ActionAid UK filmed a promo film, featuring a number of celebrities, including Miranda to highlight the event. Called 'Getting Lippy', It can be viewed below :-

Miranda supports 'Not In My Cuppa' campaign
Miranda has lent her support to the WSPA "Not in my Cuppa" campaign to stop factory milk from battery cows ending up in the nation’s favourite drink.
Miranda, who played the role of government minister Barbara Castle in the film 'Made in Dagenham', about women battling for equal pay in the 1960s, feels strongly that intensive dairy farming is the wrong way forward for the UK.
Miranda says “This goes against everything that has been fought for and won in terms of quality of existence, whether animal or human. It is cruel and unnatural and there are always, always consequences - not least for the planet.
She joins a number of famous voices including Jenny Seagrove and Andrew Sachs who have been speaking out on behalf of the World Society for the Protection of Animals’ campaign against allowing plans for the UK’s first mega-dairy in Nocton, Lincolnshire to go ahead
"Not in my Cuppa" is warning that giant mega-dairies are rife with potentially damaging consequences for animal welfare, the environment, our countryside and our farmers.
Public support is needed to stop this planning application. If you want to follow in the Miranda’s footsteps visit www.notinmycuppa.com/takepart to join in.

BAFTA nomination
Miranda was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress award for the 2011 BAFTA Film awards for her role as Barbara Castle in Made In Dagenham. Made in Dagenham has itself been nominated in the Outstanding British Film category. The awards were presented on Sunday February 13th 2011. Miranda lost out to Helena Bonham Carter for The Kings Speech, and The Kings Speech won the Outstanding British Film.

TELEPATHY
This film seems to have hit trouble, and there are rumours that Cillian Murphy has dropped from the cast, and it may no longer be a going concern. Miranda was originally cast in this science fiction film, together with Sam Neill, Cillian Murphy and Natalie Press. It tells the story of Josef and Viktor Zalenski, estranged identical twin brothers who are chosen by the Russian government as the subjects of a top-secret experiment to test the powers of telepathy as a viable form of communication between earth and outer space

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Welcome to Miranda Online - the Miranda Richardson Appreciation Page. Miranda has been a well-respected and admired actress since her debut movie performance in 'Dance With a Stranger' in 1985. Since then she has worked in a variety of movie, television and stage roles, using her skill to always immerse herself in the character she is playing to make it totally believable. Working in many different genres; comedy, drama, fantasy, historical, and straight voice work, she is impossible to typecast. High profile roles such as Mme Giry in 'Phantom of the Opera', Vanessa Bell in 'The Hours', Lady van Tassel in 'Sleepy Hollow' and Queenie in the ever popular 'Blackadder' have brought her widespread recognition. But she also excels in smaller roles, has appeared in many independent films, in films made in countries with smaller movie industries such as Canada and Australia, in radio productions, and uses her versatile voice in a number of audio books, including the popular 'Horrid Henry' series.

This site attempts to chronicle all the work Miranda Richardson has undertaken in her varied career.

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