Natasha Jane Richardson was born on the 11th May 1963, in Marylebone, London, England, and was an actress probably best known for her stage roles, including winning a Tony Award for her role in the musical “Cabaret” in 1988. She also played in films including “Gothic” (1986), “Nell” (1994), “The Parent Trap” (1998), “Waking Up in Reno” (2002) and “Maid in Manhattan” (2002). Together with her mother she played in the film “Evening” (2007) directed by Lajos Koltai. Natasha had been active in the entertainment industry from 1968 to 2009, when she passed away.
How rich was the actress? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of Natasha Richardson net worth was as much as $15 million, converted to the present day. Acting was the main source of Richardson’s net worth.
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To begin with, Natasha Richardson was the daughter of the actress Vanessa Redgrave and the director Tony Richardson, and so was raised in one of the most famous English actor families. She was educated at two London schools – Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, and St. Paul’s Girls’ School – then attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and her first stage experience was at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park, where she played the role of Helena opposite Ralph Fiennes in William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Nights Dream”. In 1985 she was Ophelia in a production of “Hamlet” at the Young Vic Theatre in London.
She made her breakthrough in 1985 when she played the role of Nina in Chekhov’s “The Seagull” at the Queen’s Theatre, alongside her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and Jonathan Pryce. In the 1980s, she also took several television roles, including in the series “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (1985) as Violet. From 1990 onwards, she played the title role in Eugene O’Neill’s play “Anna Christie” for which she was nominated for Tony Award, and was awarded a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for her role of Sally Bowles in Sam Mendes “Cabaret”. In 1993, she appeared in the re-release of “Anna Christie” with Liam Neeson on Broadway, and in 1994, they were in the film “Nell” together in front of the camera. In the spring of 1999, she returned to Broadway with Patrick Marber’s hit “Closer”, moreover, she landed roles in the plays “The Lady from the Sea” (2003) and “A Streetcar Named Desire” (2005). Furthermore, she created such characters as Darlene Dodd in the film “Walking Up in Reno” (2002), Caroline Lane in “Maid in Manhattan” (2002), Stella Raphael in “Asylum” (2005) and Mrs. Kingsley in “Wild Child” (2008). All these appearances added steadily to Natasha’s net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of Natasha Richardson, from 1990 to 1992 she was married to producer Robert Fox. From 1994, she had been married to the actor Liam Neeson, with whom she had two sons. She died as a result of a fall at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Canada, that produced an epidural hematoma. The Broadway stages turned off their lights to honour the actress, who died on the 18th March 2009 in New York City.
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical (1998), Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Evening Standard British Film Award (2006, 1991), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Best Actress (1994)
Nominations
British Independent Film Award (2005), CableACE (1995), Grammy Award (2001)
Movies
“Gothic” (1986), “Nell” (1994), “The Parent Trap” (1998), “Waking Up in Reno” (2002), “Maid in Manhattan” (2002), Asylum (2005), “Evening” (2007), Widows' Peak (1994)
TV Shows
“A Midsummer Nights Dream”, “Hamlet” (1985), Ghosts (1987), High Society (1987), Zelda (1993), Haven (2001), Suddenly, Last Summer (1993), The Mastersons of Manhattan (2007), Top Chef (2008)
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I think there's nothing you won't do for someone you love. That's what I learned...when you realize it doesn't matter. When you love someone, you do all that for them.
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[on her role in Asylum] "It's a very dark, very intense, very sexy story, full of pain and passion and all the stuff I love. I'm a hopeless romantic so I fall for that stuff hook, line and sinker."
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[on being part of an acting dynasty] It's a huge help to be the daughter of famous parents; the doors open just out of curiosity, and after you land a job, you have the inspiration of their help, and their own work.
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[on playing Patty Hearst] I gobbled up this part, but I had no idea of the difficulties inherent in playing a character who's not a heroine.
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[in an interview with The Telegraph in February 2003] I wake up every morning feeling lucky - which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all go away.
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[in an interview with The Telegraph in February 2003] I used to be much more ambitious. I don't feel ambitious at all now in terms of using work as a stepping stone to somewhere else, but I do feel an enormous thirst to do work that I care about. I don't think I've ever played a part on film that has given me the opportunity to do what I've been able to do on stage.
Liam Neeson claimed that he and Richardson had a mutual agreement in their marriage that in the event one of them entered a vegetative state, they would not stay on life support. Richardson's liver, kidneys, and heart were all transplanted.
On March 16, 2009, she received a serious head injury during a private beginner's skiing lesson at Mont-Tremblant, 80 miles outside Montreal. She appeared to be fine, and initially refused treatment. That afternoon, she developed a headache and was taken to Centre Hospitalier Laurentien, in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. That evening, she was transferred to the ICU at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur in Montréal, where she was declared brain dead. The next day, at her family's request, she was transferred to Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, where she was removed from life support.
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.
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."
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Was a naturalized United States citizen.
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Children, with Liam Neeson: Michael Richard Antonio Neeson (born on June 22, 1995) and Daniel Jack Neeson (born on August 27, 1996).
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