- Born
- Birth nameJoely Kim Richardson
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- For Joely, the theatre must be in her genes. Born in Marylebone, London, England, she is the daughter of director Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave, granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of Lynn Redgrave, and sister of Natasha Richardson, all actors. Former husband Tim Bevan is a producer. However the genes were slow - as a child she saw her older sister Natasha interested in acting but she was imagining a career in tennis. Her father put his foot down, and tennis was out. British by birth, she considers herself a sort of honorary American, having attended boarding school at Thacher in Ojai, California. Beginning in the '80s film became her life, from small parts in Wetherby (1985) to BBC dramas such as Lady Chatterley (1993) to today's Disney studio going to the dogs in 101 Dalmatians (1996).- IMDb mini biography by: Bruce Cameron <dumarest@midcoast.com>
- SpouseTim Bevan(January 10, 1992 - July 12, 2001) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesMichael Redgrave(Grandparent)Lynn Redgrave(Aunt or Uncle)Natasha Richardson(Sibling)Jemma Redgrave(Cousin)Daniel Neeson(Niece or Nephew)Carlo Gabriel Nero(Half Sibling)Micheál Neeson(Niece or Nephew)Katherine Grimond(Half Sibling)
- Her real mother, Vanessa Redgrave, plays the mother of Joely's character on the TV series Nip/Tuck (2003).
- She and her mother Vanessa Redgrave both appear in Anonymous (2011) as the same character "Queen Elizabeth I" at different ages during the story.
- Graduated from RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in 1985. Is now an Associate Member.
- Both she and her sister Natasha Richardson starred in remakes of classic Disney movies. Joely starred in 101 Dalmatians (1996), while Natasha starred in The Parent Trap (1998).
- In the joint ventures made with her real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave, Joely has either played her mother's character as a young woman (Wetherby (1985), The Fever (2004), Anonymous (2011)) or her screen daughter (Nip/Tuck (2003)).
- I live quite an unsettled life.
- I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I would be doing it all very wrong.
- Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.
- Seize the day. Well, I aspire to that anyway.
- OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for.
- Nip/Tuck (2003) - $90,000 /episode (2007)
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