Natasha Richardson
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-05-11 in London, England, United Kingdom
Died
2009-03-18
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Early in her career, she portrayed Mary Shelley and Patty Hearst in feature films, and she received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. She won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret. Some of her notable films included Patty Hearst (1988), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998) and Maid in Manhattan (2002). Her first marriage to filmmaker Robert Fox ended in divorce in 1992. In 1994, she married Irish actor Liam Neeson, whom she had met when the two appeared in Anna Christie. The couple had two sons, Micheál and Daniel. Richardson's father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. She helped raise millions of dollars in the fight against AIDS through the charity amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Richardson died in 2009 following a head injury sustained when she fell during a skiing lesson in Quebec. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natasha Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Great Performances
as Catharine Holly
Tales from the Crypt
as Fiona Havisham
Sherlock Holmes
as Violet Hunter
Top Chef
as Herself - Guest Judge
The Reichen Show
as Self
The Parent Trap
as Elizabeth James
Performance
as Catharine Holly
Nell
as Dr. Paula Olsen
Widows' Peak
as Edwina Broome
Wild Child
as Mrs. Kingsley
Maid in Manhattan
as Caroline Lane
The Handmaid's Tale
as Kate
The Comfort of Strangers
as Mary
Asylum
as Stella Raphael
Oxbridge Blues
as Gabriella
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Jean Tatlock
Theatre Night
as Regina Engstrand
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Vera Brittain
Blow Dry
as Shelley Allen
The White Countess
as Countess Sofia Belinskya