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》。
A classical actor (and founding member in 1960 of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Richardson earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy, "House of Cards." Uttered in a cut-glass accent, the Machiavellian Prime Minister's sly "You might well think that ... I couldn't possibly comment" became a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s. Richardson's contributions to his art were honored in 1989 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE.) Fittingly, his family had his ashes buried beneath the auditorium of the new Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Adam Wylie was born on May 23, 1984 in San Dimas, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Picket Fences (1992), Under Wraps (1997) and The Swan Princess (1994).
