Natasha Richardson made her feature film debut in the role of "Mary Shelley" in Ken Russell's 1987 feature film Gothic. Her performance caught the attention of director Paul Schrader who cast her in the title role in his 1988 film Patty Hearst. Since then, Ms. Richardson has achieved notable success in such films as Pat O'Connor (I)'s A Month in the Country, Roland Joffé's Fat Man and Little Boy and The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish, featuring Bob Hoskins and Jeff Goldblum. For her performance in Volker Schlöndorff's The Handmaid's Tale and Paul Schrader's The Comfort of Strangers, Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990; and for Widows' Peak, also starring Mia Farrow and Joan Plowright, she received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.

In 1995, she co-starred with Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell, and, in 1998, in The Parent Trap, with Dennis Quaid. Her recent films include Blow Dry released in 2001, and Ethan Hawke's Chelsea Walls.

Trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, Richardson has performed extensively on stage in roles including "Helena" in A Midsummer's Night's Dream, and "Ophelia" in Hamlet at the Young Vic. In 1986, she garnered the London Drama Critics' Most Promising Newcomer Award for her performance as "Nina" in The Seagull, with Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce. In 1987, she performed the role of "Tracey Lord" in Richard Eyre's musical "High Society". She performed the title role of "Anna Christie", first in London, where she was voted London Drama Critics' Best Actress Award in 1992; then on Broadway at the Roundabout in 1993, where she was nominated for a Tony for Best Actress in a Play, a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut of an Actress, and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Actress. For her performance as Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes' production of "Cabaret", she won the 1998 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and Drama Desk Awards for Best Actress in a Musical. She then appeared on Broadway in Patrick Marber's Tony nominated play "Closer". This December, she will play "Miss Julie" on Broadway with Philip Seymour Hoffman, directed by David Leveaux for Roundabout Theatre.

Richardson's television credits include Ibsen's "Ghosts" for the BBC, also starring Judi Dench, Michael Gambon and Kenneth Branagh; the HBO cable feature Hostages; the BBC film Suddenly, Last Summer, based on the play by Tennessee Williams, and also starring Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe. In 1993, she starred as "Zelda Fitzgerald" in the TNT movie Zelda, co-starring Timothy Hutton and directed by Pat O'Connor (I) (cable Ace nomination for Best Actress). She played Ruth Gruber in the 2001 CBS mini-series Haven based on Ms. Gruber's autobiography.



Won a libel case against newspapers who claimed that her marriage was in trouble. [October 1998] Sister of Joely Richardson Niece of Lynn Redgrave, Kika Markham and Corin Redgrave. Children, with Liam Neeson: Micheal Richard Antonio Neeson (born on June 22, 1995) and Daniel Jack Neeson (born on August 27, 1996). Won Broadway's 1998 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for a revival of "Cabaret." She was also nominated as Best Actress (Play) in 1993 for a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." Former sister-in-law of actors James Fox and Edward Fox An accomplished cook, she was renowned for the lavish dinners she and husband Liam regularly threw at their upstate New York estate. Regular diners at the couple's table have included Ralph Fiennes, Griffin Dunne, Meryl Streep, and Laura Linney. Franco Nero gave her away at her marriage to Liam Neeson. Meryl Streep was one of her very close friends. Her private funeral service was held in New York. Among the people in attendance were her husband Liam Neeson, their two sons, her mother Vanessa Redgrave, her sister Joely Richardson, her aunt Lynn Redgrave, Laura Linney, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds, Meryl Streep, Don Gummer, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Rickman, Holly Hunter, Mia Farrow, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. [March 22, 2009] Met her husband Liam Neeson when they both appeared in Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" (1993) for which she was nominated for a Tony award. She started her career on the stage in Leeds. At the time of her untimely death, Richardson lived with her family in Millbrook, New York.