Joely Richardson
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| Joely Richardson | |
 Promotional photo of Richardson as Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
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| Birth name | Joely Kim Richardson |
| Born | January 09, 1965 (age 42) London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Tim Bevan (1992-2001) |
| Notable roles | Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Richardson was born in London to a theatrical family. She is the daughter of screen legend Vanessa Redgrave and late director Tony Richardson, the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave, sister of actress Natasha Richardson, and sister-in-law of actor Liam Neeson, and niece of Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave. Joely Richardson appeared as an extra at the age of three in the 1968 version of The Charge of the Light Brigade directed by her father.
[edit] Career
After an early leading role in Peter Greenaway's cult success Drowning by Numbers, her first major role in front of a mass audience was as Joanna Farley in a 1989 television episode of Poirot, the Agatha Christie-based detective series. She later appeared as a fictional Finnish princess, Anna, in the 1991 comedy King Ralph. A year later, she appeared in Shining Through alongside her future brother-in-law Liam Neeson, where both played Nazis. In 1993, she appeared as Lady Chatterley in a television drama of the same title.
In 1996, she played the fashion designer Anita in the popular Disney film 101 Dalmatians opposite Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. In 1998, in the popular television drama The Echo, she played sultry Amanda Powell. The next year, she played in the sci-fi/horror movie Event Horizon as Lieutenant Starck, executive officer of the research and rescue ship Lewis & Clark, sent to rescue crew of the long-thought-lost experimental ship Event Horizon.
One year later, she played opposite Mel Gibson in the successful film The Patriot, which was loosely based on the American Revolution. Later that year she was modelling a necklace, when director Charles Shyer noticed her resemblance to doomed 18th-century royal Marie Antoinette. Thus, she secured the role of that queen in the 2001 film The Affair of the Necklace. Also in 2000, she played the lead in Ben Elton's movie adaptation of his own book, Inconceivable (renamed Maybe Baby), opposite Hugh Laurie.
In 2003, she took on the major role of playing Julia McNamara in the controversial television drama Nip/Tuck, based on the lives of two dysfunctional plastic surgeons in Miami. Her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, has appeared in several episodes playing her character's mother.
[edit] Personal life
Divorced from film producer Tim Bevan, she has a daughter, Daisy, who was born in 1992. The former couple was married from 1992 until 2001.
In November 2006, it was announced that Richardson would be leaving Nip/Tuck to take care of her sick daughter. Her last appearance was on the November 14 episode, although creator/writer Ryan Murphy wrote alternate season finale episodes, in case Richardson decided to return.[1] Soon after the season finale, it was announced the Richardson would return for the fifth season of Nip/Tuck, though her role may be limited.
