Miranda Raison
Miranda Caroline Raison is an English screen and stage actress.
Early life
Miranda Raison was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Her mother, Caroline Raison, read the news for Anglia Television, and her father, Nick Raison, is a jazz pianist. She is the great-niece of Thomas William Edward Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester, the granddaughter of cricketer Max Raison, and the niece of politician Timothy Raison. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and from the age of nine she attended several boarding schools, including Gresham's School, Felixstowe College and Stowe School.
Raison trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
TV and theatre
Raison's breakthrough role was as Jo Portman (2005-2009) in the BBC One television drama series Spooks (also broadcast under the title MI-5).
In April 2007 she appeared in the Doctor Who episodes Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks as Tallulah, a show girl whose opening scene involved singing to a musical number for which her father played the piano background as part of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Also in 2007 she appeared in six episodes of the Channel 4 series Comedy Showcase Plus One alongside Duncan James, Rory Kinnear and Nigel Harman.