Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated for two Oscars, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career.
Richardson was born and raised in Southport, Lancashire, to Marian Georgina (née Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. The second daughter in a middle-class family, she revealed a talent for acting from an early age. S...
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Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated for two Oscars, and has won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA during her career.
Richardson was born and raised in Southport, Lancashire, to Marian Georgina (née Townsend), a housewife, and William Alan Richardson, a marketing executive. The second daughter in a middle-class family, she revealed a talent for acting from an early age. She had originally intended to study veterinary medicine, but her squeamishness made this impractical.
Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where she studied alongside Daniel Day-Lewis, having started out with juvenile performances in Cinderella (the title role) and Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (as Sybil Merton) at the Southport Dramatic Club. Before making a name for herself as a screen star, she enjoyed a hugely successful and extensive theatre career, making her stage debut in Moving at the Queen's Theatre in 1981. Soon...
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