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Miranda Richardson
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Known for her vibrant, intelligent portrayals of women who run the gamut from cold-blooded killers to long-suffering wives, Miranda Richardson is one of the British cinema's foremost purveyors of elegant, energetic dysfunction. Born in Southport, Lancashire, on March 3, 1958, Richardson began acting in school plays and left school at the age of 17 to study drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatres School. Following her graduation, she acted in repertory theatre, becoming affiliated with Manchester's Liberty Theatre in 1979. Obtaining her Equity card, Richardson performed in a number of regional productions before moving on to the London stage in 1981. While performing on the stage, she ... began acting on television and then in film. Her first big break came when she was cast as the real-life Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed for murder in Britain, in Mike Newell's Dance with a Stranger (1985).
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The unattractive Elspeth (Miranda Richardson) becomes a beautiful queen but it is not enough and so the familiar story gets underway. But all her schemes come to nough (as this must) and she ends up as an even more unattractive crone (and then the gnomes get her): Karin Konoval plays Elspeth as a crone.
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Miranda Richardson first startled audiences in Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger, in which she played Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in England. Subsequent roles have confirmed her as an actress of consummate ability and consistency. In 1992, with rave reviews for all three of her performances in Neil Jordan's The Crying Game, Mike Newell's Enchanted April and Louis Malle's Damage, the question was which would be singled out during awards season. The New York Film Critics cited her work in all three films in naming her Best Supporting Actress; she received a Golden Globe for Enchanted April, and was nominated for an Oscar for Damage. In 1995 she received a second Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Vivian Haigh-Wood, the wife of poet T.S. Eliot, in Brian Gilbert's Tom And Viv.
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Miranda Richardson once stated that the thing she liked best was tackling roles unlike any she had played before. This could be why the diminutive actress has built up such a diverse and impressive CV. Since she first caught the public's attention in 1983's A Woman Of Substance, she has turned in some of British drama's most memorable performances. Her comic talents were noted when she played a naive but deadly Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder, before she won high-brow plaudits for her appearances in movies such as The Apostle and The Crying Game.
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Biography: Miranda Richardson was born in Southport, Lancashire on March 3, 1958. She started off by participating in plays at a young age, and at the age of seventeen had plans to become a vet. However, she chose to focus on drama in college and went to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After college, she made a name for herself on the stage. A few years later, she secured several television roles, followed by film roles. Richardson prefers offbeat roles that allow her to act.
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