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Most Recent Role: Helena de Wend on The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
Birthplace: Southport, Lancashire, England
Birthday: 3-3-1958
Birth Name: Miranda Jane Richardson
British actress Miranda Richardson is an extraordinarily gifted performer who has firmly established herself as one of Britain's greatest actresses, and has proved her versatily in a number of critically acclaimed stage and screen roles, including Ruth Ellis, the unfairly sentenced, last woman to be hanged in Britain in Mike Newell's 1985 film drama 'Dance with a Stranger'; Jude O'Hara, the...

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The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
1.6
Thursday 8 November 2007 on BBC-2

This time it is Jared who is the center of attention as a journalist for The Daily Mail is sniffing out proof of his attendance at a wild gay party where a teenage rent boy died. As Miriam conducts damage control, The Vivienne Vyle Show readies for the special final show of the year, the first...

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She had a southern accent for Southern Bell Patsy Carpenter in 2006's Evening Star. (edit)
Miranda performed in school plays at an early age. (edit)
Charities that Miranda has supported include Comic Relief, The Chelsea Royal Hospital, the Humane Society of New York, UK Childrens Hospices, Victoria Animal Hospital and the Tibetan Peace Garden project. (edit)
Her hobbies include drawing, walking, gardening and fashion. (edit)
Miranda made her big screen debut as Ruth Ellis, in Mike Newell's Dance with a Stranger. (edit)

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Miranda Richardson: Somebody referred to me as a ringleader, which I wouldn't have classed myself as, but anyway, there you go. (edit)
Miranda Richardson: You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it. (edit)
Miranda Richardson: I would rather do many small roles on TV, stage or film than one blockbuster that made me rich but had no acting. (edit)
Miranda Richardson: I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there's some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama. (edit)
Miranda Richardson: You can't please all the people all the time. (edit)
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