Miranda Raison
Biography
Miranda Raison is a British actress who attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, her breakthrough role was as Jo Portman in five seasons of the BBC series Spooks, which she played from 2005 to 2009. Her other television work includes Nellie Davenport in Warrior, plus leading roles in Spotless, Vexed, Silk, Plus One, Dark Heart, and Sister Boniface Mysteries. On stage, she originated the title role in Howard Brenton's Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare's Globe and the role of Woman in Jez Butterworth's The River at the Royal Court, and played Hermione in Kenneth Branagh's The Winter's Tale. She appeared in My Week with Marilyn (2011) and I Am Soldier (2014). As a voice artist, she won a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award in 2015 for her work in Dragon Age and earned an Earphones Award in 2013 and an Audies Award in 2025.
48years old
Turns 49 on November 18in 47 days
- Born Burnham Thorpe
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Miranda Caroline Raison
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 6 years2011 to 2017
Every film, newest first
- 2017BreatheIMDb rating 7.2
- 2015AfterDeathIMDb rating 4.0
- 2014I Am SoldierIMDb rating 4.6
- 2011My Week with MarilynIMDb rating 6.9
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Beyond film
In 2010, Raison took the title part in Anne Boleyn, a new play written by Howard Brenton that opened at Shakespeare's Globe on 24 July 2010. That same season at the Globe, she was Anne Boleyn again in William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
Big break
Raison's breakthrough came as Jo Portman in the BBC One drama Spooks, a part she held from 2005 to 2009; she asked the production company to let her go in 2009 because she felt the character could not develop further and she wanted to pursue theater work.
Behind the award
Since 2014, Raison has provided the voice of Cassandra Pentaghast in the Dragon Age series. In 2015, that work brought her a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game, plus a Best Lead Female Actor nomination.
Beyond film
Raison starred in Jez Butterworth's play The River at the Royal Court Theatre from October 2012 alongside Dominic West, and after rave reviews tickets became the most sought-after theater tickets in London.
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Worked with
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Films together
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Simon CurtisDirector, 1 film, 2011
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All films by Andy Serkis
Gez MedingerDirector, 1 film, 2015
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