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Natasha Richardson was a British actress who appeared in film, television, and theater productions from the 1980s until her death in 2009. She is remembered as a talented performer from a prominent acting family and for her contributions to entertainment before her life was cut short at age 45.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jane
- Family name
- Richardson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marylebone
- Place of death
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- Spouse
- Robert Fox
- Father
- Tony Richardson
- Mother
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Sibling
- Carlo Gabriel Nero
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Family
- Redgrave family
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Image
- Natasha Richardson 1999 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Natasha Richardson
- date of birth
- 1963-05-11
- date of death
- 2009-03-18
- manner of death
- accidental death
- cause of death
- epidural cranial hematoma
- nominated for
- British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film
- name in native language
- Natasha Richardson
- birth name
- Natasha Jane Richardson
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress. A member of the Redgrave family, she was a daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director-producer Tony Richardson and a granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. She was married to Liam Neeson.
Early in her career, Richardson portrayed Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic (1986) and Patty Hearst in the eponymous 1988 biopic film directed by Paul Schrader. She appeared in The Handmaid's Tale (1990). She received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. Richardson also appeared in Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998), Maid in Manhattan (2002), and The White Countess (2005).
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