Miranda Richardson she prefers new work rather than the classics because of the history which goes with them. In 1985, Richardson made her film debut as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, in the biographical drama "Dance with a Stranger". Around the same time, Richardson played a comedic Queen Elizabeth I, aka Queenie, in the British television comedy "Blackadder II". Following "Dance with a Stranger", Richardson turned down numerous parts in which her character was unstable or disreputable, including the Glenn Close role in "Fatal Attraction". In this period, she appeared in "Empire of the Sun"
Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. Her career began at the age of seven with several television commercial appearances. Cosgrove's film debut came in 2003, when she appeared as Summer Hathaway in "School of Rock". She appeared in a number of minor television roles over several years before coming to prominence as Megan Parker on the Nickelodeon television series "Drake & Josh". In 2007, she landed the role of Carly Shay, the lead character on the Nickelodeon teen sitcom "iCarly", on which she starred until 2012. As of May 2010, Cosgrove