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| Born | Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke 14 December 1972 Torquay, England |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Father | David Hart Dyke |
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| Website | mirandahart |
Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972) is an English actress, comedian and writer. Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Hart began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making appearances in BBC sitcoms, including Hyperdrive (2006–2007) and Not Going Out (2006–2009).
Hart reached a wider audience with her self-driven semi-autobiographical BBC sitcom Miranda, which is based on her earlier BBC Radio 2 radio series Miranda Hart's Joke Shop (2008). The television sitcom ran for three series and several Christmas specials from 2009 to 2015, and earned her three Royal Television Society awards, four British Comedy Awards and four BAFTA nominations. Hart appeared as Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue-Cholmondeley-Browne in the BBC drama series Call the Midwife (2012–2015) and made her Hollywood debut in the action comedy film Spy (2015).
Hart has written five books: Is It Just Me? (2012), a semi-autobiographical book; The Best of Miranda (2014), a compilation of scripts from the TV series; Peggy and Me (2016), a description of her life since owning her titular dog; Miranda Hart's Daily Dose of Such Fun! (2017), in partnership with Comic Relief; and I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You (releasing October 10, 2024).[2]
In 2017, Hart presented the Royal Variety Performance in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, making her the first solo female presenter in 105 years.[3]
- ^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th Edition. Burke's Peerage Ltd. p. 1945. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ Hart, Miranda (5 July 2024). "My news is - my book is finally here…". Instagram. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Harding, Laura (31 October 2017). "Miranda Hart 'to smash glass ceiling' as Royal Variety Performance host". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 February 2019.