The Hudson Union Society™ www.hudsonunionsociety.com is where today's leaders come to discuss tomorrow's ideas. If you live not to far from New York, please join us in person. Two time Academy Award nominated, Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning British actress Miranda Richardson delivered decades of stellar performances on stage and screen, becoming one of the most-respected international actresses of the late 20th century and early 21st century. She has earned Academy Award nominations for Louis Malle's "Damage" (1992) and the biopic of writer TS Eliot, "Tom & Viv" (1992). She has been in many of the Harry Potter films. Richardson was a member of the stock company of Rowan Atkinson's eccentric "Blackadder" series, but equally at home at the center of character dramas like "The Hours" (2002). An intelligent, intuitive actress unafraid of exploring emotional extremes Richardson continues to be screen siren and one of the top talents in the world. She was honored with a Golden Globe Award for the art house hit and also earned critical accolades for two other features that same year: Neil Jordan's "The Crying Game" (1992), in which she played a tough as nails IRA member and "Damage" (1992), in which Louis Malle tapped her to play the wife of a politician who has an affair with their son's girlfriend. On the London stage, she starred opposite Mike Nichols (in a rare acting role) in Wallace Shawn's "The Designated Mourner," which was filmed and received a limited theatrical <b>...</b>