Miranda Raison

Miranda Raison is an English actress who portrayed Isolde in the episodes The Sword in the Stone: Part One and Two of the BBC series Merlin.

In April 2007 she appeared in the Doctor Who episodes, 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 Welsh Symphony Orchestra. 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. ''

In 2010 Miranda starred in the ITV1 comedy-drama Married Single Other as a model named Abbey.

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. ''

In 2012 she starred in the first episode of Dirk Gently as Kate. She began filming on the second series of Vexed for BBC Two along side Toby Stephens.

In June 2012 she will be appearing in a production of The Physicists: A Comedy in Two Acts at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Josie Rourke.

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.

Theater
Raison played the title role in Anne Boleyn, a new play by Howard Brenton which premiered at Shakespeare's Globe on July 24, 2010, to much critical acclaim. In the same Shakespeare's Globe season she played Anne Boleyn in Henry VIII by William Shakespeare.

In June 2012 she will be appearing in a production of The Physicists: A Comedy in Two Acts at the Donmar Warehouse directed by Josie Rourke.