Joely Richardson

Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: January 9, 1965

This theatrical blueblood started her film acting career while still in drama school appearing in her father's "The Hotel New Hampshire" (1984) and as the young Jean Travers in David Hare's "Wetherby" (1985), with the mature Jean being played by Richardson's real-life mother, grande dame Vanessa Redgrave. The radiant and blithe blonde, a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, subsequently marched through such undistinguished endeavors as "King Ralph" (1991), "Shining Through" (1992) and the…more

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Wallis & Edward
Wallis Simpson
The Mermaid Chair
Laren Sims
Lies My Mother Told Me
Laren Sims
Heading Home
Janetta Wheatland
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
Dr. Iris Varnack

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Career Milestones

2007
Co-starred in Mimzy, a family feature directed by Robert Shaye
2003 to 0000
Portrayed the wife of Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX drama Nip/Tuck ; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama (2004, 2005); left show in 2006 because her daughter required multiple operations to fix a circulation problem in her leg; returned to the series for the fifth season
2002
Acted opposite mother Vanessa Redgrave in British staging of Oscar Wilde s Lady Windermere s Fan
2001
Made NYC stage debut opposite Macauley Culkin in Madame Melville
2001
Portrayed Marie Antoinette in Affair of the Necklace