Question: Who made her film debut in 1985 playing the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom? 

Context articles: Michael Ball (singer)
Mae Whitman
William Joyce
Douglas of Mains
Anthony Miller (murderer)
Elizabeth Ann Duncan
Miranda Richardson
Dance with a Stranger
List of Tom Hanks performances
Ruth Ellis

Michael Ashley Ball, OBE (born 27 June 1962) is an English actor, singer and broadcaster, who is known for his work in musical theatre.
 He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius in the original London production of "Les Misérables", and went on star in 1987 as Raoul in "The Phantom of the Opera".
 In 1989, he reached number two in the UK singles chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical "Aspects of Love", where he played Alex. He played the role in London and on Broadway.
Mae Margaret Whitman (born June 9, 1988) is an American actress, voice actress and singer.
 After making her film debut in "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994), she had other supporting roles in films such as "One Fine Day" (1996), "Independence Day" (1996), and "Hope Floats" (1998).
 Thereafter, Whitman ventured into television, with her most notable roles including Ann Veal on the Fox sitcom "Arrested Development" (2004–2006) and Amber Holt on the NBC drama "Parenthood" (2010–2015).
 She also had supporting roles in the films "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010) and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (2012).
 Whitman made her leading role film debut in "The DUFF" (2015).
William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Irish Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during World War II.
 He was convicted of one count of high treason in 1945 and was sentenced to death.
 The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords upheld his conviction.
 He was hanged at Wandsworth Prison by Albert Pierrepoint on 3 January 1946, making him the second to last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom (before Theodore Schurch the following day).
The Douglases of Mains are a branch of the Clan Douglas, related to the Lords of Douglas through Archibald I, Lord of Douglas.
 The first Laird obtained land through marriage into the Galbraith family, which had been granted land in New Kilpatrick by Maldowen, Earl of Lennox.
 The family produced minor nobles in the Scottish court, perhaps the most notable of which was Malcolm Douglas, the 8th Laird, executed for treason in Edinburgh for conspiracy in the Raid of Ruthven.
 His second son, Robert Douglas, was made Viscount of Belhaven and is buried in Holyrood Abbey.
 The family intermarried in the Glasgow area, having links with the Campbells of Blythswood, with landed families across Scotland (including the Duke of Douglas) and more latterly the United Kingdom.
 The title became extinct in the 20th century; the last 33.5 acre of the estate (including the house) was sold to Dunbartonshire county and was subsequently used for the erection of the secondary school, Douglas Academy, in Milngavie prior to the death of the last heir (Lt-Col Archibald Vivian Campbell Douglas) in 1977.
Anthony Joseph Miller (1941–22 December 1960) became the second-last criminal to be executed in Scotland when he was hanged on the gallows at Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison on 22 December 1960.
 Miller had been convicted of murdering John Cremin at Queen's Park Recreation Ground (near Hampden Park) in Glasgow on 6 April 1960.
 At 19 years of age, Miller was the last teenager to be executed in the United Kingdom.
Elizabeth Ann Duncan, also known as Ma Duncan (about 1904 – 8 August 1962), was an American murderer.
 She was convicted of planning the murder of her daughter-in-law in 1958.
 She was the last woman to be executed in California before the United States Supreme Court suspended the death penalty under its 1972 ruling in "Furman v. Georgia".
Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an English stage, film and television actress.
 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 Actress.
 She has also won Golden Globe Awards for "Enchanted April" (1992) and the TV film "Fatherland" (1994).
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, author of "A Taste of Honey", and her third major 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.
Tom Hanks is an American actor and producer who has had an extensive career in films, television and on the stage.
 Hanks made his professional acting debut on the stage playing Grumio, in the Great Lakes Theater production of "The Taming of the Shrew" (1977).
 He made his film debut with a minor role in the horror film "He Knows You're Alone" (1980).
 In the same year, Hanks appeared in the television series "Bosom Buddies".
 His role in the show led to guest appearances on a variety of long running television shows including "Happy Days".
 Hanks' appearance on the show led film director Ron Howard to cast him in his first leading role in the fantasy romantic comedy "Splash" (1984).
 He went on to host "Saturday Night Live" for the first time in 1985 (a show he has since hosted nine times as of 2016), star in films such as "Nothing in Common" (1986) and "Dragnet" (1987) before playing his breakthrough role in the age-changing comedy "Big" (1988).
 For his performance in the film, Hanks garnered his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Ruth Ellis (9 October 1926 – 13 July 1955) was the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom, after being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely.