Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London), is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. Since 1994, Richardson has been married to actor Liam Neeson, and they have two sons, Michael and Daniel. She is well-known through several leading roles in films, however, she is most famous through her award-winning roles on Broadway.
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Named after the heroine in Leo Tolstoy's famous novel, War and Peace, she made her film debut at the age of four in a film directed by her father, Charge of the Light Brigade, in the year 1968. She trained at St. Paul's Girls' School for several years and then advanced to London's Central School of Speech and Drama. Thereafter she underwent her first professional work at the Leeds Playhouse in England. Like the entirety of the Redgrave family, she went on to specialize in Shakespeare at London's Old Vic theatre.
Richardson is the daughter of the late director Tony Richardson and Academy Award-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave, and a granddaughter of the late actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her sister is Joely Richardson, of the television drama Nip/Tuck. She is the niece of actress Lynn Redgrave and actor Corin Redgrave, and cousin of Jemma Redgrave.
Personal Life:
Her first marriage was to theatrical producer Robert Fox, from the years 1984 through 1993. However, she has been married to Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson since late 1994. Richardson and Neeson are parents of two sons: Micheál Richard Antonio Neeson (born June 22, 1995), and Daniel Jack Neeson (born August 27, 1996).
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