(Born Mar. 03, 1958) Miranda Richardson is an Academy Award nominated English actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as infantile Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the cult British comedy Blackadder. As well as a number of high profile supporting roles in the cinema, including Vanessa Bell in The Hours, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow and Patsy Carpenter in The Evening Star, she has also won acclaim for her performances in The Crying Game and Enchanted April, for which she won a Golden Globe, beating a quartet of Hollywood heavyweights: Geena Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep.