Profile: Joely Richardson

Full Name: Joely Kim Richardson

Birth Date: January 9, 1965

Birth Place: London, England, UK

Height: 5' 9"

Quote: "I love weddings but it seems that the couples I know who aren't married stay happier because they never take each other for granted. I would feel scared to sign on the dotted line again."

Joely Richardson Biography

British actress Joely Richardson is the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, the granddaughter of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actors Corin and Lynn Redgrave, and sister of actress Natasha Richardson. Thus, it would be fair to say that Richardson has acting in her genes. Her film credits range from Peter Greenaway's arthouse favorite Drowning By Numbers (1988) -- in which she is one of three murderesses, all named Cissy Colpitts -- to the abortive musical I'll Do Anything (1993) to the winning 1996 remake of 101 Dalmatians. She has repeatedly demonstrated a capacity for tackling difficult subjects, as was the case with Sister My Sister (1994), which cast her as a maid caught up in an incestuous lesbian love affair with her sister, and Hollow Reed (1996), in which she played the divorced mother of a young boy who is abused by her live-in boyfriend. In 2000, she was seen in a number of projects, including the romantic comedy Return to Me and the revolutionary war drama The Patriot. In 2003, Richardson landed a starring role as Dr. Sean McNamera's (Dylan Walsh) frustrated wife on F/X's popular nighttime drama, Nip/Tuck.

Joely Richardson Filmography

Fallen Angel (2003) (TV)--Katherine Wentworth
"Nip/Tuck" (2003) TV Series--Julia McNamara
Shoreditch (2003)--Butterfly
Affair of the Necklace, The (2001)--Marie-Antoinette
Patriot, The (2000)--Charlotte Selton
Maybe Baby (2000)--Lucy Bell
Return to Me (2000)--Elizabeth Rueland
Toy Boys (1999)
Echo, The (1998) (TV)--Amanda Powell
Tribe, The (1998) (TV)--Emily
Under Heaven (1998)--Eleanor dunston
Wrestling with Alligators (1998)--Claire
Event Horizon (1997)--Lt. Starck, Executive Officer
101 Dalmatians (1996)--Anita
Hollow Reed (1996)--Hannah Wyatt
Loch Ness (1996)--Laura McFetridge, Moffat Arms Owner
Sister My Sister (1994)--Christine
I'll Do Anything (1994)--Cathy Breslow
Lady Chatterley (1993) (TV)--Lady Chatterley
Rebecca's Daughters (1992)--Rhiannon
Shining Through (1992)--Margrete Von Eberstein
Heading Home (1991) (TV)--Janetta Wheatland
King Ralph (1991)--Princess Anna
A proposito di quella strana ragazza (1989)
Behaving Badly (1989) (TV)--Serafina
Drowning by Numbers (1988)--Cissie Colpitts 3
Body Contact (1987)--Dominique
Wetherby (1985)--Young Jean Travers
Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984)--Waitress
Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1968) (uncredited)--Extra

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