米兰达·理查森出生于利物浦的邻近市镇。念书时已参加校内戏剧演出，表现了演员的天份。17岁离开学校，转往志维克剧院修读戏剧，三年后毕业加入戏剧圈，首次成为舞台经理的助理。两年后才有机会在伦敦的皇后剧院登台演出。80年代活跃于英国的舞台，电视和电影界，也逐渐打开了国际知名度，演出了不少欧洲片，间中也在一些好莱坞电影中亮相。首部代表作是《与陌生人共舞》。
Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay created and wrote every episode of the acclaimed BBC political comedy series Yes Minister (1980) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). The series received numerous accolades including three BAFTA (British Academy) Awards, two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and two Pye Television Writers Awards. It also won four BAFTA Awards for the star, Nigel Hawthorne. Lynn also won the BAFTA (British Academy) Writers Award. In the US he won the ACE Award for Best Written Comedy Series on cable television, having also been nominated the previous year. In addition, for "Yes, Minister" Lynn was given a Special Award from the Campaign For Freedom Of Information. He wrote three best-selling books, "The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Volumes 1 and 2" based on the series. All went to #1 on the London Sunday Times best-seller list. Between them they have sold over a million copies in hardback, were in the top ten best-sellers for three years and have been translated into numerous languages. "The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Volume 2" were the 2nd and 3rd British best-sellers of the decade, 1980-1989.
