First Name
Natasha
Last Name
Richardson
Date of Birth
11 May 1963
Middle Name
Jane
Height
69
Build
Slim
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Blonde
Place of Birth
London, England
Star Sign
Taurus
Date of Death
18 March 2009
Place of Death
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, NY
Cause of Death
Brain Damage due to Ski Accident
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Roman Catholic
Claim to Fame
Widows Peak
Nationality
English
Gender
Female
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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).
Role ID
Actor/Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
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Natasha Richardson made her feature film debut as Mary Shelley in Ken Russell`s Gothic (1986). Her performance caught the attention of director Paul Schrader, who cast her in the title role in Patty Hearst (1988). Since then, Ms. Richardson has achieved notable success in such films as Pat O`Connor`s A Month in the Country (1987), Roland Joffé`s Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991), featuring Bob Hoskins and Jeff Goldblum. For her performance in Volker Schlöndorff`s The Handmaid`s Tale (1990) and Schrader`s The Comfort of Strangers (1990), Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; and for Widows` Peak (1994), also starring Mia Farrow and Joan Plowright, she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.
In 1995 she co-starred with Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell (1994) and, in 1998, in The Parent Trap (1998) with Dennis Quaid. Her recent films include Blow Dry (2001) released in 2001, and Ethan Hawke`s Chelsea Walls (2001).
Trained at London`s Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson has performed extensively on stage in roles including Helena in "A Midsummer Night`s Dream" and Ophelia in "Hamlet" at the Young Vic. In 1986 she garnered the London Drama Critics` Most Promising Newcomer Award for her performance as Nina in "The Seagull", with Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce. In 1987 she played Tracey Lord in Richard Eyre`s musical "High Society". She performed the title role of "Anna Christie", first in London, where she was voted London Drama Critics` Best Actress Award in 1992, then on Broadway at the Roundabout in 1993, where she was nominated for a Tony for Best Actress in a Play, a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut of an Actress, and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress. For her performance as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes` production of "Cabaret", she won the 1998 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She then appeared on Broadway in Patrick Marber`s Tony-nominated play "Closer". This December she will play "Miss Julie" on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by David Leveaux for Roundabout Theatre.
Richardson`s television credits include Henrik Ibsen`s "Ghosts" for the BBC, also starring Judi Dench, Michael Gambon and Kenneth Branagh; the HBO cable feature Hostages (1993) (TV); the BBC film Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV), based on the play by Tennessee Williams, and also starring Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. In 1993 she starred as Zelda Fitzgerald in the TNT movie Zelda (1993) (TV), co-starring Timothy Hutton and directed by Pat O`Connor (cable Ace nomination for Best Actress). She played Ruth Gruber in the 2001 CBS mini-series Haven (2001) (TV) based on Ms. Gruber`s autobiography.
High School
St. Paul`s Girls School, London
University
Central School of Speech and Drama, London
Full Name at Birth
Natasha Jane Richardson
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Father
Tony Richardson
Mother
Vanessa Redgrave
Sister
Joely Richardson
Father
Franco Nero (step father)
Brother
Carlo Gabriel Nero (step brother)
Occupation Text
Actress
Age
45
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