Natasha Richardson

Known for ActingBorn 1963-05-11Died 2009-03-18London, England, United Kingdom

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Zelda

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

Sherlock Holmes

Tales from the Crypt

Every Picture Tells a Story

The Parent Trap

The Wildest Dream

Screen Two

Top Chef

Ghosts

Haven

In the Secret State

Oxbridge Blues

Wild Child

Nell

Widows' Peak

A Month in the Country

Suddenly, Last Summer

The White Countess

Performance

High Crime

Maid in Manhattan

Fat Man and Little Boy

Hostages

Asylum

The Handmaid's Tale

Blow Dry

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Evening

The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish

Great Performances

The Comfort of Strangers

Worlds Beyond

Patty Hearst

Gothic

Waking Up in Reno

Past Midnight

The Reichen Show

Chelsea Walls

Mastersons of Manhattan

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Theatre Night