Born: January 09, 1965

British actress Joely Richardson is the daughter of actress Vanessa_Redgrave and director Tony_Richardson, the granddaughter of actors Michael_Redgrave and Rachel_Kempson, niece of actors Corin and Lynn_Redgrave, and sister of actress Natasha_Richardson. Thus, it would be fair to say that Richardson has acting in her genes. Her film credits range from Peter_Greenaway's arthouse favorite Drowning_By_Numbers (1988) -- in which she is one of three murderesses, all named Cissy Colpitts -- to the abortive musical I'll_Do_Anything (1993) to the winning 1996 remake of 101_Dalmatians. She has repeatedly demonstrated a capacity for tackling difficult subjects, as was the case with Sister_My_Sister (1994), which cast her as a maid caught up in an incestuous lesbian love affair with her sister, and Hollow_Reed (1996), in which she played the divorced mother of a young boy who is abused by her live-in boyfriend. In 2000, she was seen in a number of projects, including the romantic comedy Return to Me and the revolutionary war drama The Patriot. In 2003, Richardson landed a starring role as Dr. Sean McNamera's (Dylan Walsh) frustrated wife on F/X's popular nighttime drama, Nip/Tuck. Hal Erickson, Rovi

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