British actress Joely Richardson (full name Joely Kim Richardson) was born on January 9, 1965 in London.
From a young age, Joely dreamed of becoming a tennis player, she even moved to the USA, where she entered the Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy in Florida. However, the unprecedented physical exertion associated with a tennis career quickly dampened the ardor of the girl, and she returned to her home. Joely's father, film director Tony Richarson, and mother, the most popular English actress Vanessa Redgrave, had no doubt that their daughter would become an actress. Moreover, Joely had someone to take an example from: her older sister, Natasha Richardson , had already starred in several films by that time.
First roles
To begin with, Joely Richardson, whose photo has already been sent to agencies, was played by a maid in the movie "Hotel New Hampshire", which was shot by her father, and in 1985 took part in the film directed by David Heah called "Weatherby". Joely played the character Gene Travers in her youth, and Vanessa Redgrave played the role of Travers in adulthood. A few weeks spent on the set, hand in hand with her mother, only strengthened Joely Richardson's desire to become a film actress.
Detectives
In 1988, Joely played one of the women of the Kolpitz family (mother, daughter and niece), who alternately drowned their husbands. A family friend, Madgett, who works as a medical examiner, registered the death of each of her husbands as an accident, while hoping for the favor of the criminals. However, not one of the ladies was in a hurry to open her arms to the naive Maggett, moreover, the treacherous trinity decided in the end to drown himself. All these events were brilliantly reflected in the tragicomedy Countdown of the Drowned by director Peter Greenaway.
"One Hundred and One Dalmatians"
The film directed by Stephen Herek "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" was shot in 1996. With a fairly modest budget of $ 54 million, the picture raised 320 million at the box office, and sales of video cassettes for home viewing broke all records. Joely played Anita, the mistress of Perita, a charming Dalmatian. With the help of her dog, Anita meets Rogero, the creator of computer games, who also has a dog, the dog Pongo. London villain Sterwell De Ville wants at all costs to sew a fur coat of Dalmatians' skins for Christmas. She sends her henchmen to hunt for spotted puppies. However, both the puppies themselves and their parents, adult determined Dalmatians, do not like this.
Variety of roles
In 2000, the movie Pandora Cinema BBC Films was filmed "Everything is possible, baby." The comedy melodrama with Joely Richardson in the title role was directed by director Ben Elton. The plot focuses on a married couple. The wife constantly raises the topic of childbearing, offering to deal with this issue immediately. The husband agrees, and the spouses get down to business. However, there are no results and no. Then Lucy (that’s the name of the main character) offers the conception process to streamline, schedule, and do everything on schedule.
In the historical film, The History of the Necklace, filmed in 2001 by director Charles Scheyer based on Alexander Dumas novel Queen's Necklace, actress Richardson played Queen Marie Antoinette. Adventurer Jeanne Lamotte, posing as a close friend of the Queen, arranged a meeting between Marie Antoinette and Cardinal de Rogan. However, she had a goal that was not related to the love joys of the inhabitants of the Tuileries. Jeanne Lamotte longed to capture the queen's necklace.
The seven-year television series
In early 2003, Ryan Murphy 's “Body Parts” series about two successful plastic surgeons was launched on the US television channel FX. One of them, Sean McNamara, is a conscientious doctor for whom the Hippocratic oath is not an empty phrase. Another doctor, Christian Troy, believes that the main thing in life is money, beautiful women and whiskey. Despite the difference of views, they are friends, support each other in every possible way, and even relax together. Joely Richardson played Julia McNamara, Sean's wife. In the series, the mother of Julia, played by Vanessa Redgrave, periodically appears. The series withstood six seasons and closed in 2010. In November 2006, the daughter of Joely Richardson got sick. Since the girl needed constant care, the actress announced her departure from the series. However, Ryan Murphy decided to wait for the return of Richarson and wrote the ending of the script, taking into account her further participation. Joely returned in 2007.
Joely and David Fincher
In 2011, Joely Richardson, whose filmography includes more than 50 paintings today, played Anita Wagner in the detective thriller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" directed by David Fincher. Her character is Anita, who has suffered for her life, who, in order to escape from the rapists surrounding her, changed her name, becoming the double of her friend, who later died in a car accident. For a long time, Anita managed to hide under someone else's name, until one day, a certain Michael Blomkvist came to her, who was forced to solve her problems at that time. And one of his tasks was to search for a girl who disappeared forty years ago. Anita was this girl, but she can not admit it.
Personal life
Joely Richardson, whose personal life does not contain sensational materials, today completely surrenders to work. From 1992 to 2001, the actress was married to producer Tim Bevan. She is not bothered by loneliness, therefore, after a divorce from her husband, she no longer married. Joely's father died in 1991. The sister, Natasha Richardson, died in the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec in 2009. Currently, Joely maintains a relationship with her mother, actress Vanessa Redgrave. Has an adult daughter Daisy, who recently turned 22 years old.