Earned $90,000 /episode (2007) from Nip/Tuck (2003)
Joely Richardson is an English actress. She was born on 9 January 1965 in Marylebone, London, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson. She has two sisters, Natasha and Carlo, and a brother, Carlo. Her early education was at a girls’ school in London. She later attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Richardson’s film debut was in 1977, when she played a small role in The Charge of the Light Brigade. She subsequently appeared in several films with her parents, including The Bostonians (1984), Wetherby (1985), and Hotel du Lac (1986). She also appeared in The Handmaid’s Tale (1990), Patriot Games (1992), and Nell (1994).
Richardson won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the miniseries Elizabeth I (2005). She has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards, for her performances in the miniseries The Lost Prince (2003) and the made-for-television movie Wallis & Edward (2005).
Richardson has been married twice. Her first husband was actor Tim Bevan, with whom she has two daughters, Daisy and Lily. She is currently married to director Robert Fox.
Richardson has a net worth of $5 million.
General Info
Full Name
Joely Richardson
Date Of Birth
January 9, 1965
Height
1.75 m
Profession
Actor
Education
Pinellas Park High School, St Paul's Girls' School, The Thacher School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Nationality
British
Family
Spouse
Tim Bevan
Children
Daisy Bevan
Parents
Vanessa Redgrave, Tony Richardson
Siblings
Natasha Richardson, Carlo Gabriel Nero, Katherine Grimond
Accomplishments
Awards
Glamour Award for UK TV Actress
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Pl...
Movies
The Patriot, Endless Love, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 101 Dalmatians, Event Horizon, Maggie, Vampire Academy, The Last Mimzy, Maybe Baby, Red Lights, Lady Chatterley, Drowning by Numbers, The Affair of the Necklace, Thanks for Sharing, Return to Me, The Devil's Violinist, Snowden, I'll Do Anyt...
TV Shows
The Whole Truth, The Tudors, Nip/Tuck, Behaving Badly, The Day of the Triffids, Emerald City
She has three roles in common with her mother Vanessa Redgrave: (1) they both played Jean Travers in Wetherby (1985), (2) they both the unnamed protagonist in The Fever (2004) and (3) they both played Queen Elizabeth in Anonymous (2011).
In the joint ventures made with her real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave, Joely has either played her mother's character as a young woman (Wetherby (1985), The Fever (2004), Anonymous (2011)) or her screen daughter (Nip/Tuck (2003)).
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She has played the wife of two former English kings; Wallis Simpson (Wallis & Edward, 2005), wife of the abdicated Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Henry VIII's final consort Catherine Parr in The Tudors (2010).
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She and her mother Vanessa Redgrave both appear in Anonymous (2011) as the same character "Queen Elizabeth I" at different ages during the story.
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Both she and her mother Vanessa Redgrave have played an historical queen who was executed by beheading. Richardson played Marie Antoinette in The Affair of the Necklace (2001) while her mother played the title character in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971).