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Natasha Richardson

Born Natasha Jane Richardson
May 11, 1963 (1963-05-11) (age 45)
London, England
Spouse(s) Robert Fox (1990-1993)
Liam Neeson (1994-)

Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963) is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring English theatrical dynasty. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Robert Fox (born 25 March 1952) is a successful English theatre and Film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film William John "Liam" Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Irish Actor. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Redgrave family is a fifth-generation theatrical Dynasty. She is well-known through several leading roles in films, however, she is most famous through her award-winning roles on Broadway. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located

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Biography

Early life

Richardson was born in London into the Redgrave family, and named after the heroine in Leo Tolstoy's famous novel, War and Peace. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Redgrave family is a fifth-generation theatrical Dynasty. Leo Tolstoy, or Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy ( –) (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й, was a Russian Writer widely regarded War and Peace (Война и мир Voyna i mir) is a Novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russkii Vestnik She is the daughter of the late director and producer Tony Richardson and Academy Award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, and a granddaughter of the late actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Tony Richardson ( June 5, 1928 – November 14, 1991) was an English theatre and Academy Award -winning film "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Rachel Kempson Lady Redgrave ( 28 May, 1910 &ndash 24 May, 2003) was an English actress. Her sister is Joely Richardson. Joely Kim Richardson (born January 9, 1965) is an English[[ actress]] She is also the niece of actress Lynn Redgrave and actor Corin Redgrave, and cousin of Jemma Redgrave. Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March, 1943) is two-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning English Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English Actor. Jemma Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is a fourth-generation English actress. Richardson made her film debut at the age of four in a film directed by her father, The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). The Charge of the Light Brigade is a British War film made in 1968 by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists She attended St. Paul's Girls' School for several years, and then trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. This article is about the school in London For the school in Edgbaston Birmingham see St Paul's School for Girls St Paul's Girls' School (or SPGS The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young Actors and other students

Career

Richardson began her career in regional theatre, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England. The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England Her screen debut in Every Picture Tells a Story in 1984, was followed by a CBS miniseries, Ellis Island. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes A year later, Richardson appeared in a revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull; her first professional work in London's West End. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov ( –) (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) was a Russian short-story writer and Playwright, considered to be one The Seagull ( Russian: "Чайка" ("Chayka" written in 1895 is the first of what are generally considered to be Anton Chekhov's West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" That same year she made her UK television debut alongside Jeremy Brett and David Burke in The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes appearing as Violet Hunter in the episode "The Copper Beeches". Jeremy Brett (3 November 1933 – 12 September 1995 born Peter Jeremy William Huggins, was an English Actor famous among other things for his David Burke may refer to David Burke (actor, British television star David Burke (American actor David Burke (chef The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the name given to the TV series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British Television company "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the last of Soon after, she starred in a London stage production of High Society, adapted from the acclaimed Cole Porter film, and successively portrayed Mary Godwin in the 1987 Ken Russell film, Gothic. High Society ( 1956) is Musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in VistaVision and Technicolor with music and lyrics Cole Albert Porter (June 9 1891 &ndash October 15 1964 was an American Composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Gothic is a 1986 Film directed by Ken Russell. It starred Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as The same year she starred opposite Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country, directed by Pat O'Connor. Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is an Emmy Award -winning Academy Award -nominated Northern Irish Actor Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September, 1960) is an English film television and stage Actor. For the play of the same name by Ivan Turgenev see A Month in the Country (play. Pat O'Connor, born in Ardmore County Waterford, is an Irish Film director. A major moment in advancement was her starring role in The Handmaid's Tale (1990), playing opposite Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway. The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 film adaptation of the Margaret Atwood Novel The Handmaid's Tale. Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) known as Faye Dunaway, is an American actress. She starred in Nell (1994) alongside her future husband Liam Neeson and Jodie Foster. Nell is a 1994 Drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised William John "Liam" Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Irish Actor. Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19 1962 is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe -award winning American

She blocked the ITV remake of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, against the wishes of writer Alan Sillitoe, for "personal reasons. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Alan Sillitoe (born 4 March, 1928) is an English writer one of the " Angry Young Men " of the 1950s " Danny Brocklehurst's adaptation was to be a major reworking for the original 1950s novel. Danny Brocklehurst (born 1971 in Hyde Greater Manchester) is an English Screenwriter. Richardson denied access to the story, angering many industry professionals who believe the novel is due a reappraisal, forty seven years after the original film, produced by Richardson's father, was made.

Personal life

Her first marriage was to theatrical producer Robert Fox, from 1984 to 1993. Robert Fox (born 25 March 1952) is a successful English theatre and Film producer, whose work includes the 2002 film She has been married to Irish actor Liam Neeson since late 1994. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate William John "Liam" Neeson OBE (born June 7, 1952) is an Irish Actor. Richardson and Neeson have two sons: Micheál Richard Antonio Neeson (born June 22, 1995), and Daniel Jack Neeson (born August 27, 1996). Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar)

Filmography

Theatrical appearances

Awards
Preceded by
Bebe Neuwirth
for Chicago		 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1998
for Cabaret		 Succeeded by
Bernadette Peters
for Annie Get Your Gun

References

External links

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