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). Her first marriage to filmmaker Robert Fox ended in divorce in 1992. In 1994, she married Irish actor Liam Neeson, whom she had met when the two appeared in Anna Christie. The couple had two sons, Micheál and Daniel. Richardson's father died of AIDS-related causes in 1991. She helped raise millions of dollars in the fight against AIDS through the charity amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Richardson died in 2009 following a head injury sustained when she fell during a skiing lesson in Quebec. Description above from the Wikipedia article Natasha Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2010The Wildest Dream — Ruth Mallory (voice)
• 2008Wild Child — Mrs. Kingsley
• 2007Evening — Constance Haverford
• 2007Mastersons of Manhattan — Victoria Masterson
• 2005Asylum — Stella Raphael
• 2005The White Countess — Countess Sofia Belinskya
• 2002Maid in Manhattan — Caroline Lane
• 2002Waking Up in Reno — Darlene Dodd
• 2001Blow Dry — Shelley Allen
• 2001Chelsea Walls — Mary
• 2001Haven — Ruth Gruber
• Haven — Ruth Gruber
• 1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall — Narrator
• 1998The Parent Trap — Elizabeth James
• The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century — Vera Brittain
• 1994Nell — Dr. Paula Olsen
• 1994Widows' Peak — Edwina Broome
• 1993Suddenly, Last Summer — Catharine Holly
• 1993Zelda — Zelda Fitzgerald
• 1992Hostages — Jill Morrell
• 1992Past Midnight — Laura Mathews
• Performance — Catharine Holly
• 1991The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish — Sybil
• 1990The Comfort of Strangers — Mary
• 1990The Handmaid's Tale — Kate
• The Word
• 1989Fat Man and Little Boy — Jean Tatlock
• Tales from the Crypt — Fiona Havisham
• 1988Patty Hearst — Patricia Hearst
• 1987A Month in the Country — Alice Keach
• 1987Ghosts — Regina Engstrand
• 1987Gothic — Mary Shelley
• Worlds Beyond — Samantha Stanway
• 1985In the Secret State — Jilly
• Screen Two — Jilly
• Theatre Night — Regina Engstrand
• 1984Every Picture Tells a Story — Miss Bridle
• Oxbridge Blues — Gabriella
• Sherlock Holmes — Violet Hunter
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Violet Hunter
• 1973High Crime — Girl Playing Hopscotch (uncredited)
• Great Performances — Catharine Holly
• 1968The Charge of the Light Brigade — Flower Girl at Wedding (Uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 2006Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film — Self
• Top Chef — Self - Guest Judge
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 1996The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)
• Film '72 — Self