35 Facts About Miranda Hart

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Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke was born on 14 December 1972 and is an English actress and writer.

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Miranda Hart made her Hollywood debut in the action comedy film Spy.

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In 2017, Miranda Hart presented the Royal Variety Performance in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, making her the first solo female presenter in 105 years.

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Miranda Hart was born on 14 December 1972 in Torquay, Devon, the child of Royal Navy officer David Miranda Hart Dyke and Diana Margaret Luce, daughter of Sir William Luce, Commander-in-Chief and Governor of Aden, and sister of Lord Luce.

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Miranda Hart is from an aristocratic background, but does not consider herself upper class, stating that her aunt and uncle live in a castle.

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Miranda Hart has a younger sister, Alice Louisa Hart Dyke.

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Miranda Hart was privately educated at Downe House, an independent boarding school for girls near Thatcham, Berkshire.

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Miranda Hart was a classmate and friend of the sports presenter Clare Balding, who was head girl.

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Miranda Hart attended the University of the West of England, Bristol, graduating with a 2:1 in political science.

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Miranda Hart then completed a postgraduate course in acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts.

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Miranda Hart continued to play the part until the production of Miranda in 2009.

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Miranda Hart earned a British Comedy Award nomination for her role as Teal in two series of the BBC television comedy sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive, which ran from January 2006 to August 2007.

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Miranda Hart presented a BBC spoof programme looking back over 2009 called 2009 Unwrapped with Miranda Hart.

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In 2014, she announced that her sitcom Miranda Hart would come to an end after two final episodes due to air in December 2014.

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Miranda Hart appeared as guest host of Have I Got News for You in October 2009, December 2010 and again in December 2011.

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Miranda Hart scaled down one of the Alps with Bear Grylls in a show with him in March 2013.

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Miranda Hart has appeared on the Graham Norton Show 7 times, on 10 May and 3 December in 2010,29 April 2011,19 October 2012,20 December 2013,24 October 2014 and 8 May 2015.

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In January 2013, Miranda Hart appeared on Room 101 along with Reggie Yates and John Craven.

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In 2012, Miranda Hart began to appear in the BBC One drama Call the Midwife, playing the character of "Camilla 'Chummy' Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne".

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In December 2013, Miranda Hart appeared in David Walliams' film adaptation of his book Gangsta Granny.

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In December 2017, Miranda Hart took part in Celebrity Send To All in the third series of Michael McIntyre's Big Show.

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Miranda Hart made a cameo appearance as a loan officer in the 2007 comedy film Magicians which featured David Mitchell and Robert Webb, both stars of the long running television series Peep Show.

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In 2013,12 in a Box was released, a feature film in which Miranda Hart plays a small role that was originally made in 2007.

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In 2020, Miranda Hart played "harmless chatterbox" Miss Bates in the Jane Austen adaptation film Emma.

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Miranda Hart has presented comedy specials for the network alongside Jon Holmes.

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Miranda Hart performed in Alecky Blythe's 2006 play Cruising at the Bush Theatre.

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Miranda Hart was among the performers at the Diamond Jubilee concert held outside Buckingham Palace on 4 June 2012.

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Miranda Hart embarked on her first tour in 2014, titled My, What I Call, Live Show, performing in arenas in the UK and Ireland.

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Miranda Hart was the second contestant to be voted off the third series of Comic Relief does Fame Academy in 2007.

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Miranda Hart starred as a judge on both series two and three of Let's Dance for Comic Relief, alongside other guest judges including Kelly Brook, Rufus Hound and Louie Spence in 2010 and 2011.

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Miranda Hart took part in a Red Nose Day edition of Celebrity MasterChef in 2011, which she won.

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Miranda Hart co-presented Sport Relief 2012, which concluded with her and fellow comedian David Walliams dancing semi-naked to ABBA's "Dancing Queen".

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Miranda Hart donated a signed Miranda script to be auctioned in aid of Comic Relief.

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Miranda Hart is a Christian; she once said to fellow theist Victoria Coren Mitchell, "It's scary to say you're pro-God".

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In 2010, Hart won the Best Comedy Performance award from the Royal Television Society for her performance in Miranda and was nominated for best comedy writing.