Joely Richardson

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Biography

For Joely the theater must be in her genes. Born in Marylebone, London, England, she is the daughter of 'Tony Richardson .

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·producer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 09 January 1965
  • Place of birth
  • London
  • Children
  • Daisy Bevan
  • Spouses
  • Tim Bevan
  • Education
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
  • Parents
  • Tony Richardson·Vanessa Redgrave

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TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Gave birth to her only child at age 27, a daughter Daisy Bevan on March 28, 1992. Childs father is her [now ex] husband, Tim Bevan.

Daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave.

Younger sister of Natasha Richardson , who passed away, on 18 March 2009, in New York City, New York, USA.

Granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson.

Niece of Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave.

Cousin of Jemma Redgrave.

Graduated from RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in 1985. Is now an Associate Member.

Sister-in-law of actor Liam Neeson.

Her real mother, Vanessa Redgrave , plays the mother of Joelys character on the TV series "Nip/Tuck" .

Is only 12 years older than John Hensley , who plays her son on "Nip/Tuck" .

Half-sister of Carlo Gabriel Nero and Katherine Grimond.

Stepdaughter of Franco Nero.

Both she and her mother Vanessa Redgrave have played an historical queen who was executed by beheading. Richardson played Marie Antoinette in The Affair of the Necklace while her mother played the title character in Mary, Queen of Scots .

She and her mother Vanessa Redgrave both appear in Anonymous (2011/I) as the same character "Queen Elizabeth I" at different ages during the story.

She has played the wife of two former English kings; Wallis Simpson (Wallis & Edward, 2005), wife of the abdicated Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Henry VIIIs final consort Catherine Parr in The Tudors.

In the joint ventures made with her real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave , Joely has either played her mothers character as a young woman ( Wetherby , The Fever , Anonymous (2011/I) ) or her screen daughter ( "Nip/Tuck" ).

Both she and her sister, Natasha Richardson starred in remakes to classic Disney movies. Joely starred in 101 Dalmatians , while Natasha starred in The Parent Trap .

She has three roles in common with her mother Vanessa Redgrave : (1) they both played Jean Travers in Wetherby , they both the unnamed protagonist in The Fever and they both played Queen Elizabeth in Anonymous (2011/I) .

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