Miranda Raison

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Miranda Raison (2013)

Miranda Caroline Raison (born November 18, 1977 in Burnham Thorpe , Norfolk ) is a British film and theater actress , best known for her role as Jo Portman in the BBC One television series Spooks .

Life

Miranda Raison was born in Burnham Thorpe , Norfolk . Her father, Nick Raison, is a jazz pianist and artist , and her mother, Caroline Raison, was a newscaster for Anglia Television .

Raison has two brothers and two sisters: Ed, who is a member of the music band Lost Levels , and Rosie, Sam and May. Her parents separated when she was five years old. Her father remarried and lives on the Suffolk coast . She attended several boarding schools, including a. the traditional, elitist Gresham's School and the Stowe School.

Raison attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art , the premier drama school in London.

Career

TV and theater

Miranda Raison was best known for portraying Jo Portman on the BBC One television series Spooks , which she played from 2005 to 2010.

In April 2007 she appeared in two episodes of Doctor Who , Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks , in minor appearances. Her character Tallulah, a show girl, dances to the music of her father, Nick Raison. Nick Raison accompanies the dance scene on his piano and is a member of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales . A guest appearance in the fourth episode of Totally Doctor Who followed.

In 2007, Raison appeared in six episodes of Plus One's Channel 4 series Comedy Showcase, starring Duncan James , Rory Kinnear and Nigel Harman . In 2010, she got the lead role as model Abbey in the ITV1 comedy drama Married Single Other .

In 2010, Raison played the title role in Anne Boleyn , an award-winning play by Howard Brenton , whom she knew as a screenwriter on the BBC series Spooks . The play premiered on July 24, 2010 at the Globe Theater . In the same Globe season, she played Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII. Of William Shakespeare .

In 2011 she appeared in the three-part comedy Sugartown and in the crime comedy Death in Paradise . In the same year she played the role of Isolde in the fourth season of the BBC series Merlin - The New Adventure , in episodes 12 and 13 ( The Sword in the Stone , Parts I and II).

On stage, Raison played the title role in Brenton's Anne Boleyn again in 2011 . All performances were sold out. Since August 2012 she has been playing the role again in front of a sold out house.

In 2012, Raison starred in the first episode of Dirk Gently as Kate and in six episodes of the second season of the television series Vexed .

Movie

Raison starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's film Match Point in 2005 and starred alongside Ralph Fiennes in Land of the Blind in 2006 . After these film projects, she graduated from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art .

Speaking roles

In 2005, Raison appeared on the BBC Radio 4 radio comedy series Deep Trouble as Petty Officer Lucy Radcliffe.

In the computer role-playing game Dragon Age 2 , she dubbed the character Cassandra Pentaghast.

Raison worked on two other radio plays with the audiobook titles The Davros Mission and The Wreck of the Titan , based on the television series Doctor Who by Big Finish Productions .

Since 2014 she has been speaking in Thomas & his friends the French narrow-gauge locomotive Millie and the station announcement of Knapford Central Station.

Personal

In September 2007, Miranda Raison married in Aldeburgh their Spooks - fellow actor Raza Jaffrey , shortly after he left the series. In July 2009, they announced their separation and divorced.

Raison plays golf and is an active member of the Aldeburgh Golf Club .

Filmography (selection)

Computer games

  • 2010: Apache: Air Assault , as Lieutenant Sandra Lansing
  • 2011: Renegade Ops , as Natasha
  • 2011: Dragon Age 2 , as Cassandra
  • 2014: Dragon Age: Inquisition , as Cassandra Pentaghast

Web links

Commons : Miranda Raison  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anglia Newsreaders - Profile of Caroline Raison ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 24, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tvannouncers.thetvroomplus.com
  2. ^ Jo Portman - Spooks (UK) Characters . ShareTV. May 13, 2002. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ BBC Spooks - Jo Portman , Retrieved September 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Spooks - Interview about her exit from the series , Retrieved September 22, 2012
  5. ↑ Miranda Raison as Tallulah on Imdb , accessed September 22, 2012
  6. ^ Doctor Who (David Tennant and Billie Piper) - News . BBC. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ Ian Wylie: a_raison Married Single Other: Miranda Raison | Manchester Evening News . menmedia.co.uk. March 12, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ Miranda Raison (Anne Bolyen) Theater review | accessdate = 22. September 2012
  9. ^ Raison in Death in Paradise . Retrieved September 23, 2012
  10. ^ Raison as Isolde in Merlin ( Memento from July 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Raison in Vexed  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved September 22, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.huffingtonpost.co.uk  
  12. ↑ BBC Radio 4 - Deep Trouble cast list  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 24, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bbc.co.uk  
  13. ↑ Miranda Raison. Retrieved on August 23, 2020 (English).
  14. ↑ My perfect weekend: Miranda Raison . Retrieved September 24, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Raison, Miranda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raison, Miranda Caroline (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnham Thorpe , Norfolk