1. Miranda Raison is best known for playing Jo Portman in five seasons of Spooks and Nellie Davenport in HBO's Warrior.
27 Facts About Miranda Raison
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Miranda Raison originated the title role in Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and played Hermione in Kenneth Branagh's production of The Winter's Tale.
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Miranda Raison's mother is former Anglia News reader Caroline Raison.
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Miranda Raison's father, Nick Raison, is a jazz pianist who accompanied the BBC National Orchestra of Wales when Raison played a showgirl in the Doctor Who episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks".
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Miranda Raison trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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In 2010 she played the title role in Anne Boleyn, a new play by Howard Brenton, who had been involved in scripts for BBC's Spooks in which Raison went on to appear in 5 series, which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe on 24 July 2010 to high critical acclaim.
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From October 2012 Miranda Raison starred in The River, a new play by Jez Butterworth, at the Royal Court Theatre alongside Dominic West.
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Miranda Raison played the wife of Kenneth Branagh's character in both plays.
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Miranda Raison stated that she enjoyed the experience and was grateful for the opportunity, given that previously she had a bad audition with Branagh for Macbeth in 2011.
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In 2004, Miranda Raison was cast as 'Heather' in Match Point, the first Woody Allen film to be made in London.
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Miranda Raison requested that the production company let her go in 2009 as she felt that her character could not develop further and wanted to follow up on theatre opportunities.
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Miranda Raison was originally featured in the Comedy Showcase pilot in 2007, where she wore a fat suit.
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Miranda Raison had a small role in My Week with Marilyn.
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Miranda Raison expressed pleasure in being able to work with great British talent and her fascination with Marilyn Monroe.
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In 2018, Miranda Raison reprised her role as 'Sylvie' in 6 episodes of Dark Heart, played xenobiologist 'Tessia' in 6 episodes of Nightflyers and appeared in Artemis Fowl.
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In May 2019 it was announced that Miranda Raison would be joining the main cast of Warrior for the second season.
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In September 2021 it was announced that Miranda Raison had joined the first series of Sister Boniface Mysteries playing Ruth Penny, a main character across all ten episodes.
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Miranda Raison has voiced several video game characters, including Cassandra Pentaghast in the Dragon Age series, Lieutenant Sandra Lansing in Apache: Air Assault and Natasha and other characters in Renegade Ops.
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BioWare hired Miranda Raison for providing several voices in Mass Effect: Andromeda.
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Miranda Raison voiced three characters in The Secret World and lent her voice for Dreamfall Chapters and Blades of Time.
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Miranda Raison has voice-acted in several Big Finish Doctor Who audios, including The Davros Mission and The Wreck of the Titan, and plays Constance Clarke, a regular companion to the Sixth Doctor.
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Miranda Raison provides additional voices in other Big Finish audio productions, including other Doctor Who stories and The Avengers.
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Miranda Raison plays golf and is a member of the Aldeburgh Golf Club.
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Miranda Raison married again in 2017 and had a daughter in that same year.
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Miranda Raison has dual nationality and holds both French and British passports.
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Miranda Raison speaks fluent French and is conversational in Italian and Spanish.
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Miranda Raison's cousin, Paul Raison, was a Chairman of Christie's.