Miranda Raison Bio - Biography

Name Miranda Raison
Height
Naionality English
Date of Birth 18-November-1980
Place of Birth Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Famous for Acting
Miranda Raison is an English screen and stage actress, best known for her role as Jo Portman in the BBC One television series Spooks. She is best known for her role as Jo Portman in the BBC One television drama series Spooks in which she appeared between 2005 and 2010. In April 2007, she appeared in Doctor Who, Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks. Her character Tallulah was a show girl, whose opening scene was on stage dancing and singing to a musical number—her father, Nick Raison, played the piano background as part of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. She was a guest on the second series of Totally Doctor Who in episode 4.

In 2007 she appeared in the Channel 4 series Comedy Showcase of six episodes of Plus One, alongside Duncan James, Rory Kinnear and Nigel Harman. In 2010 she starred in the ITV1 comedy-drama Married Single Other as a model called Abbey. Raison played the title role in Anne Boleyn, a new play by Howard Brenton (who had also been involved in scripts for BBC's 'Spooks') which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe on July 24, 2010, to high critical acclaim. In the same Shakespeare's Globe season she also played Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare. In 2011 she returned to the BBC1 in Sugartown, a three part comedy/drama, aired on BBC1, and again in crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise.

Also in 2011 she played the role of Isolde in fourth series of the BBC drama Merlin, which began airing in October. She appeared in episodes 12 and 13 "The Sword in the Stone" Part I and Part II. Raison returned to Shakespeare's Globe in 2011 to re-appear in the title role of the award-winning Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton (see above) through July and August 2011 following the sell-out performances of 2010. This run was also to full houses. Raison appeared alongside Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen's film Match Point in 2005 and appeared in Land of the Blind with Ralph Fiennes playing her father in 2006. Since leaving Webber Douglas Academy, she has not worked outside acting.

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