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Natasha Richardson(1963-2009)

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Natasha Jane Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, England, to director and producer Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave. She was the sister of actress Joely Richardson, the niece of actors Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and the granddaughter of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.

Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson performed extensively on stage in roles, including "Helena" in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Ophelia in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic. In 1986, she garnered the London Drama Critics' Most Promising Newcomer Award for her performance as "Nina" in "The Seagull", with Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce. In 1987, she played "Tracey Lord" in Richard Eyre's musical, "High Society".

Natasha made her feature film debut as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic (1986). Her performance caught the attention of director Paul Schrader, who cast her in the title role in Patty Hearst (1988). Natasha achieved notable success in such films as Pat O'Connor's A Month in the Country (1987), Roland Joffé's Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), featuring Bob Hoskins and Jeff Goldblum. For her performance in Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale (1990) and Schrader's The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; and for Widows' Peak (1994), also starring Mia Farrow and Joan Plowright, she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.

Also in 1994, she co-starred with Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell (1994) and, in 1998, in The Parent Trap (1998) with Dennis Quaid. Her early 2000s films include Blow Dry (2001) released in 2001, and Ethan Hawke's Chelsea Walls (2001).

Natasha performed the title role of "Anna Christie", first in London, where she was voted London Drama Critics' Best Actress Award in 1992, then on Broadway at the Roundabout in 1993, where she was nominated for a Tony for Best Actress in a Play, a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut of an Actress, and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress. For her performance as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes' production of "Cabaret", she won the 1998 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She then appeared on Broadway in Patrick Marber's Tony-nominated play "Closer". In December 2009 she had been intended to play "Miss Julie" on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by David Leveaux for Roundabout Theatre.

Richardson's television credits included Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" for the BBC, also starring Judi Dench, Michael Gambon and Kenneth Branagh; the HBO cable feature Hostages (1992); the BBC film Suddenly, Last Summer (1993), based on the play by Tennessee Williams, and also starring Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. In 1993 she starred as Zelda Fitzgerald in the TNT movie Zelda (1993), co-starring Timothy Hutton and directed by Pat O'Connor (cable Ace nomination for Best Actress). She played Ruth Gruber in the 2001 CBS mini-series Haven (2001) based on Ms. Gruber's autobiography.

In March 2009, Natasha died in a New York City hospital, after falling and receiving a head injury whilst skiing in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada. Natasha was married to actor Liam Neeson from 1994 until her death, and the couple have two children.
BornMay 11, 1963
DiedMarch 18, 2009(45)
BornMay 11, 1963
DiedMarch 18, 2009(45)
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Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson in The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
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Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale (1990)
Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

Known for

Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, and Marton Csokas in Asylum (2005)
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Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap (1998)
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  • Elizabeth James
  • 1998
Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Maid in Manhattan
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  • Caroline Lane
  • 2002
Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Juno Temple, Ruby Thomas, Georgia King, and Kimberley Nixon in Wild Child (2008)
Wild Child
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  • Mrs. Kingsley
  • 2008

Credits

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Actress

  • The Wildest Dream (2010)
    The Wildest Dream
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  • Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Juno Temple, Ruby Thomas, Georgia King, and Kimberley Nixon in Wild Child (2008)
    Wild Child
  • The Mastersons of Manhattan (2007)
    The Mastersons of Manhattan
  • Constantine's Sword (2007)
    Constantine's Sword
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  • Evening (2007)
    Evening
  • Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson in The White Countess (2005)
    The White Countess
  • Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, and Marton Csokas in Asylum (2005)
    Asylum
  • Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (2002)
    Maid in Manhattan
  • Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze, Billy Bob Thornton, Natasha Richardson, and Panagiotis Golfis in Waking Up in Reno (2002)
    Waking Up in Reno
  • Bianca Hunter in Chelsea Walls (2001)
    Chelsea Walls
  • Anne Bancroft, Martin Landau, and Natasha Richardson in Haven (2001)
    Haven
  • Heidi Klum in Blow Dry (2001)
    Blow Dry
  • Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap (1998)
    The Parent Trap
  • The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
    The Great War: 1914-1918
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt

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  • Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, and Marton Csokas in Asylum (2005)
    Asylum

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  • Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs in Loser (2000)
    Loser

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    • May 11, 1963
    • Marylebone, London, England, UK
    • March 18, 2009
    • Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(epidural hematoma)
    • Liam NeesonJuly 3, 1994 - March 18, 2009 (her death, 2 children)
    • Micheál Richardson
    • Tony Richardson
    • Joely Richardson(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Starred as Anna in the Broadway premier of Patrick Marber's "Closer", at the Music Box Theatre. For her performance, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
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    • 60 Articles
    • 10 Pictorials
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    Her private funeral service was held in New York on March 22, 2009. Among the people in attendance were her husband Liam Neeson, their two sons, her mother Vanessa Redgrave, her sister Joely Richardson, her aunt Lynn Redgrave, Laura Linney, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds, Meryl Streep, Don Gummer, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Rickman, Holly Hunter, Mia Farrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
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    [in an interview with The Telegraph in February 2003] I used to be much more ambitious. I don't feel ambitious at all now in terms of using work as a stepping stone to somewhere else, but I do feel an enormous thirst to do work that I care about. I don't think I've ever played a part on film that has given me the opportunity to do what I've been able to do on stage.

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