Natasha Richardson

Natasha Richardson
Richardson in 1999
Born	Natasha Jane Richardson (1963-05-11)11 May 1963 Marylebone, London, England
Died	18 March 2009(2009-03-18) (aged 45) New York City, US
Resting place	St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery, Millbrook, New York
Citizenship	United Kingdom, United States
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1968–2009
Spouses	Robert Fox ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 1992)​ Liam Neeson ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2, including Micheál
Parents	Tony Richardson (father) Vanessa Redgrave (mother)
Family	Redgrave

Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English-American actress. A member of the Redgrave family, Richardson was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Richardson met future husband, Liam Neeson, in 1991 while filming Shining Through.

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 and later received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. Richardson also appeared in The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Nell (1994), The Parent Trap (1998), Maid in Manhattan (2002), and The White Countess (2005).

For her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret, Richardson won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award.

Richardson died in New York City in 2009 from a head injury after a skiing accident in Quebec.^[1]