Lawson is leader of Cerberus' Lazarus Cell, tasked with reviving Commander Shepard. She is shown to be a capable leader, exemplified with her being one of the few members of the squad who can successfully lead a fireteam in the final mission without anyone dying, despite feeling she does not command respect like Shepard does.

In Mass Effect 2, Miranda Lawson is revealed to be a high-ranking operative of the pro-human organization Cerberus, and has been genetically designed for superior intelligence and physical traits.

The character has received a generally positive reception, though several commentators have discussed the numerous camera shots of her buttocks in Mass Effect 2, a creative decision then-marketing director of Bioware, David Silverman has defended as an integral part of her character. Miranda was featured prominently in promotional art, demo footage, trailers and advertisements for Mass Effect 2. David Kates composed her theme for Mass Effect 2. Camera angles and shots were employed to emphasise her sexuality. Like Strahovski, Miranda was originally blonde but the character was changed to have black hair to complement her ' femme fatale' look. Yvonne Strahovski voices Miranda and provided the model for her. She is revealed to have been genetically designed by her father, Henry Lawson, to be perfect, and ran away from home to join Cerberus. In addition to these, the character also makes an appearance in the Mass Effect: Redemption comic series, in Mass Effect 3 if she survived the events of the suicide mission in Mass Effect 2, and in issues 5, 6, 8 and 9 of the Mass Effect: Foundation comic series. In it, Miranda is an officer of the pro-human group Cerberus, first appearing in the 2009 iOS game Mass Effect Galaxy, and then serving as a squadmate in Mass Effect 2. Miranda Lawson is a fictional character in the role-playing video game series Mass Effect by BioWare.

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