Irene Miracle (born January 24, 1954 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is an American film and television actress and director.
Irene Miracle was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma and is of Scots-Irish, Russian, French and Osage descent.
Her first film appearance was as a murder victim in Night Train Murders (1975), an Italian Last House on the Left-clone. Her most prestigious role was in Alan Parker's Midnight Express (1978), a worldwide box office success. For her role as the girlfriend of the incarcerated protagonist, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Female. Miracle followed that film with another major role in Dario Argento's Inferno (1980), as a woman who comes to believe the New York City apartment building she lives in also houses a centuries-old witch. Since then, she has continued her acting work, while also writing, directing and producing.
In 2009, Miracle wrote and directed the short drama film Changeling (aka Dawnland). In August, 2010, Miracle is set to direct The Baggage Claim, a 20 minute short romantic fantasy film starring Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni and Tom Savini, who also created the special effects for the film.