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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 de-musicalized "I'll Do
Anything" (1994). In the former two, she played chilly elegant Europeans,
in the latter, a film executive. Perhaps her most demanding film role to
date has been as the youngest of the three Cissie Colpitts in Peter
Greenaway's riddle-ridden classic "Drowning by Numbers" (1988).
Richardson won critical acclaim for her superb performance in "Sister, My
Sister" (1995), the inspired by true events film about two sisters working
as maids who ultimately kill their employer. She co-starred as the fashion
designer owner of the puppies in the live-action remake of "101
Dalmatians" (1996). After her talents were squandered in the bloated,
lackluster sci-fi drama "Event Horizon" (1997), Richardson's attention
turned away from conventional Hollywood fare and she gave distinctive
performances in the indie character drama "Wrestling with Alligators"
(1998); "Under Heaven" (1998), a modernization of novelist Henry James'
"The Wings of the Dove" (Richardson received an Independent Spirit
nomination as best supporting female for the film); the above average UK
telepics "The Tribe" (1998) and "The Echo" (1998).
The actress played David Duchovny's perfect, doomed wife in the underrated
2000 romantic comedy "Return to Me" for director Bonnie Hunt, and played
opposite Hugh Laurie as a couple trying desperately to conceive in the
witty Brit comedy "Maybe Baby" (2000). After a stint playing Mel Gibson's
sister-in-law in the historical themed blockbuster "The Patriot" (2000)
and as Marie-Antoinette in the period drama "The Affair of the Necklace"
(2001), Richardson hit paydirt when she was cast in the edgy, adult cable
drama "Nip/Tuck" (f/x, 2003 - ), playing frustrated housewife Julia
McNamara, who likes to believe she's sacrigficed her personal growth for
the advancement of her plastic surgeon husband's career. The juicy role
earned Richardson a Golden Globe nomination as Best Performance by an
Actress in a Television Series - Drama in the series' first season. In the
2004 season, she was joined on-screen by her real-life mother Vanessa
Redgrave, appropriately playing Julia's hyper-critical and condescending
matriarch. |
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The Christmas Miracle of
Jonathan Toomey (2007) .... Susan McDowell
Freezing (2007) (TV)
The Last Mimzy (2007) .... Jo Wilder
"Nip/Tuck" .... Julia McNamara (59 episodes, 2003-2006)
- Gala Gallardo (2006) TV Episode (credit only) .... Julia McNamara
- Willy Ward (2006) TV Episode (credit only) .... Julia McNamara
- Reefer (2006) TV Episode (credit only) .... Julia McNamara
- Diana Lubey (2006) TV Episode (credit only) .... Julia McNamara
- Conor McNamara, 2026 (2006) TV Episode .... Julia McNamara
(54 more)
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006) (TV) .... Dr. Iris Varnack
... aka Fatal Contact (Australia: DVD title)
Wallis & Edward (2005) (TV) .... Wallis Simpson
... aka Her Royal Affair (Canada: English title)
Lies My Mother Told Me (2005) (TV) .... Laren Sims
The Fever (2004)
Fallen Angel (2003) (TV) .... Katherine Wentworth
Shoreditch (2003) .... Butterfly
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) .... Marie-Antoinette
The Patriot (2000) .... Charlotte Selton
... aka Patriot, Der (Germany)
Maybe Baby (2000) .... Lucy Bell
Return to Me (2000) .... Elizabeth Rueland
Toy Boys (1999) .... Camilla
The Echo (1998) (TV) .... Amanda Powell
The Tribe (1998) .... Emily
Under Heaven (1998) .... Eleanor Dunston
... aka In a Private Garden (USA: cable TV title)
... aka In the Shadows (USA: video title)
Wrestling with Alligators (1998) .... Claire
Event Horizon (1997) .... Lt. Starck
101 Dalmatians (1996) .... Anita
Hollow Reed (1996) .... Hannah Wyatt
... aka Believe Me (USA: festival title)
... aka Lautlose Schreie (Germany)
... aka Tras el silencio (Hollow Reed) (Spain)
Loch Ness (1996) .... Laura
Sister My Sister (1994) .... Christine
I'll Do Anything (1994) .... Cathy Breslow
Lady Chatterley (1993) (TV) .... Lady Chatterley
Rebecca's Daughters (1992) .... Rhiannon
... aka Rebecca's Töchter (Germany)
Shining Through (1992) .... Margrete Von Eberstein
King Ralph (1991) .... Princess Anna
Heading Home (1991) (TV) .... Janetta Wheatland
A proposito di quella strana ragazza (1989) .... Giovanna Serafin
aka Maria
... aka About That Foreign Girl (USA: literal English title)
"Poirot" .... Joanna Farley (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Agatha Christie's Poirot (UK: complete title)
- The Dream (1989) TV Episode .... Joanna Farley
"Behaving Badly" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Serafina
Drowning by Numbers (1988) .... Cissie Colpitts 3
"The Storyteller" .... Princess (1 episode, 1988)
... aka Jim Henson's The Storyteller (USA: complete title)
- The Three Ravens (1988) TV Episode .... Princess
Kin of the Castle (1987) (TV) .... Pamela
Body Contact (1987) .... Dominique
Wetherby (1985) .... Young Jean Travers
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) .... Waitress
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) (uncredited) .... Extra |
