Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress,
known for her role as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck
(2003â€"10), and Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime series The
Tudors (2010). She has also appeared in films such as 101 Dalmatians
(1996), Event Horizon (1997), The Patriot (2000), Return to Me (2000),
Anonymous (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation of The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo (2011), the remake of Endless Love (2014), and the
thriller Red Sparrow (2018). Richardson also recently starred as a
supernaturally powered mutant and British government agent on the
Starz series "Rook" (2019). She is the younger sister of late actress
Natasha Richardson.Joely Kim Richardson was born in Marylebone,
London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress
Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, and the granddaughter
of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave.[a]
Actress Natasha Richardson (1963â€"2009) was her sister, and through
her, she is the sister-in-law of actor Liam Neeson, and the aunt of
Micheál and Daniel Neeson. She is the niece of actors Lynn Redgrave
and Corin Redgrave and cousin of actress Jemma Redgrave, who is five
days younger than Richardson. Joely appeared as an extra at the age of
three in the 1968 version of The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed
by her father.Richardson and her sister Natasha's early education
began at the independent St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. At
age 14 Richardson moved to boarding school at the independent Harry
Hopman Tennis School in Tampa, Florida. In 1983, she graduated from
the Thacher School in Ojai, California, then returned to London to
study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
known for her role as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck
(2003â€"10), and Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime series The
Tudors (2010). She has also appeared in films such as 101 Dalmatians
(1996), Event Horizon (1997), The Patriot (2000), Return to Me (2000),
Anonymous (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation of The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo (2011), the remake of Endless Love (2014), and the
thriller Red Sparrow (2018). Richardson also recently starred as a
supernaturally powered mutant and British government agent on the
Starz series "Rook" (2019). She is the younger sister of late actress
Natasha Richardson.Joely Kim Richardson was born in Marylebone,
London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress
Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson, and the granddaughter
of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave.[a]
Actress Natasha Richardson (1963â€"2009) was her sister, and through
her, she is the sister-in-law of actor Liam Neeson, and the aunt of
Micheál and Daniel Neeson. She is the niece of actors Lynn Redgrave
and Corin Redgrave and cousin of actress Jemma Redgrave, who is five
days younger than Richardson. Joely appeared as an extra at the age of
three in the 1968 version of The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed
by her father.Richardson and her sister Natasha's early education
began at the independent St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith. At
age 14 Richardson moved to boarding school at the independent Harry
Hopman Tennis School in Tampa, Florida. In 1983, she graduated from
the Thacher School in Ojai, California, then returned to London to
study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
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