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Rupert James Hector Everett ( born 29 May 1959 ) is an English ___MASK85___ and writer . He first came to public attention in 1981 , when he was cast in Julian Mitchell ' s play and subsequent film " Another Country " ( 1984 ) as an openly gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s ; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination . He went on to receive a second BAFTA Award nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in " My Best Friend ' s Wedding " ( 1997 ), followed by a second Golden Globe nomination for " An Ideal Husband " ( 1999 ). Ruth Ellis ( 9 October 1926  13 July 1955 ) was the last woman to be executed in the ___MASK66___ , after being convicted of the murder of her lover , David Blakely . Dance with a Stranger is a 1985 British drama film , directed by Mike Newell . Telling the story of Ruth Ellis , the last woman to be hanged in Britain in the 1950s , this moving biographical British film won critical acclaim , and brought particular notice to the careers of both Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett . The screenplay was by Shelagh Delaney , ___MASK90___ of " A Taste of Honey ", and her third ___MASK36___ screenplay . The story of Ellis , which this film dramatises , has very considerable resonance in Britain since it provided part of the background to the long - term national debates which led to the progressive abolition of capital punishment from 1965 on . Miranda Jane Richardson ( born 3 March 1958 ) is an English stage , film and ___MASK54___ ___MASK77___ . She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger in 1985 , and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Damage ( 1992 ) and Tom & Viv ( 1994 ) . For Damage , she won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting ___MASK77___ . She has also won Golden Globe Awards for Enchanted April ( 1992 ) and the TV film Fatherland ( 1994 ) . Richardson began her career on stage and made her West End debut in the 1980 play Moving . She received a Best ___MASK77___ Olivier Award nomination for the 1987 Royal Court production of A Lie of the Mind . On ___MASK54___ , she has starred in Blackadder ( 1986 - 89 ) , A Dance to the Music of Time ( 1997 ) , Merlin ( 1998 ) , The Lost Prince ( 2003 ) and the sitcom The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle ( 2007 ) . Her other films include Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) , The Crying Game ( 1992 ) , The Apostle ( 1997 ) , Sleepy Hollow ( 1999 ) , Spider ( 2002 ) , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ) and Made in Dagenham ( 2010 ) .