Everything about Natasha Richardson totally explained
Natasha Jane Richardson (born
May 11,
1963) is a
Tony Award-winning
English actress and member of the
Redgrave family, an enduring English theatrical dynasty. She is well-known through several leading roles in
films, however, she's most famous through her award-winning roles on
Broadway.
Biography
Early life
Richardson was born in
London into the
Redgrave family, and named after the heroine in
Leo Tolstoy's famous novel,
War and Peace. She is the daughter of the late director and producer
Tony Richardson and
Academy Award-winning actress
Vanessa Redgrave, and a granddaughter of the late actors Sir
Michael Redgrave and
Rachel Kempson. Her sister is
Joely Richardson. She is also the niece of actress
Lynn Redgrave and actor
Corin Redgrave, and cousin of
Jemma Redgrave. Richardson made her film debut at the age of four in a film directed by her father,
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). She attended
St. Paul's Girls' School for several years, and then trained at London's
Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career
Richardson began her career in regional theatre, at the
West Yorkshire Playhouse in
Leeds, England. Her screen debut in
Every Picture Tells a Story in 1984, was followed by a
CBS miniseries,
Ellis Island. A year later, Richardson appeared in a revival of
Anton Chekhov's
The Seagull; her first professional work in London's
West End. That same year she made her UK television debut alongside
Jeremy Brett and
David Burke in
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes appearing as Violet Hunter in the episode "
The Copper Beeches". Soon after, she starred in a London stage production of
High Society, adapted from the acclaimed
Cole Porter film, and successively portrayed Mary Godwin in the 1987
Ken Russell film,
Gothic. The same year she starred opposite
Kenneth Branagh and
Colin Firth in
A Month in the Country, directed by
Pat O'Connor. A major moment in advancement was her starring role in
The Handmaid's Tale (1990), playing opposite
Robert Duvall and
Faye Dunaway. She starred in
Nell (1994) alongside her future husband
Liam Neeson and
Jodie Foster.
She blocked the
ITV remake of
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, against the wishes of writer
Alan Sillitoe, for "personal reasons."
Danny Brocklehurst's adaptation was to be a major reworking for the original 1950s novel. Richardson denied access to the story, angering many industry professionals who believe the novel is due a reappraisal, forty seven years after the original film, produced by Richardson's father, was made.
Personal life
Her first marriage was to theatrical producer
Robert Fox, from 1984 to 1993. She has been married to
Irish actor
Liam Neeson since late 1994. Richardson and Neeson have two sons: Micheál Richard Antonio Neeson (born
June 22,
1995), and Daniel Jack Neeson (born
August 27,
1996).
Filmography
Theatrical appearances
On the Razzle (1983, stage play)
Top Girls (1983, stage play)
Charley's Aunt (1983, stage play)
The Seagull (1985, stage play) - Nina
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1985, stage play) - Helena
Hamlet (1985, stage play) - Ophelia
High Society (1987, stage play) - Tracey
Anna Christie (1993, stage play) - Anna
Cabaret (1998, stage play) - Sally
Closer (1999, stage play) - Anna
The Lady from the Sea (2003, stage play)
A Streetcar Named Desire (2005, stage play) - Blanche
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