Joely Richardson

Joely is surely not as well known as her sister Natasha Richardson , who tragically died in 2009. And, of course, her work has so far not had the career significance of her mother Vanessa Redgrave, nor that of her grandfather Michael . redgrave . In any case, throughout her more than thirty-year career, Joely has managed to be a recognized face, thanks to some renowned films and modern television series that have been very successful.

Joely Kim Richardson was born in London on January 9, 1965. She is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and film director Tony Richardson , one of the creators of the so-called Free Cinema, which revolutionized the film industry in England in the 1960s, more or less when Joely was born. At the age of three, the creature already appeared in a movie, specifically as an extra inThe Last Charge , a film directed by his father. In any case, it seems that before becoming an actress, Joely felt very attracted to sports, especially tennis and gymnastics, a discipline that she ended up giving up (perhaps because of her tall height, 1.78) in favor of interpretation. So she entered the Royal Academic of Dramatic Art. Her first important role would come at the age of 19, and it was also thanks to her father, with the irregular filmThe New Hampshire Hotel , where Joely plays a waitress. of superior quality wasA shadowy past (1985), David Hare ‘s dramatic thriller, where Joely coincided with his mother.

Joely Richardson is undeniably a beautiful woman. But her physique worries her. She is slim and conveys a continuous state of inner turmoil. It may be her blue eyes, so watery, a penetrating and clear look that she overwhelms and is conducive to belonging to ambiguous women, with wide recesses. Many of her films and her characters find that dramatic profile, although she also has others in which this facet is not present. Either way, she chooses risky, unconventional roles. Responding to that profile, she worked with the experimental Peter Greenaway inConspiracy of Women (1988); inGlow in the dark (1992), where he played a Nazi; or in the sordid dramasMy Dear Sister (1994), about incest, andAfter the silence (1996), on the adoption of children by homosexuals. In 1992 the actress married producer Tim Bevan, with whom she has a daughter. They divorced nine years later.

It is true that in between and throughout his career, Joely has also worked in comedies or adventure films, such asRafi, a king of weight (1991),Learning to Live (1994) ,Loch Ness (1996) orThe mystery of the necklace (2001), but the quality of these films is poor. Best recognition obtained the dramaThe Tribe (1998) or the romanticSpell of the Heart (2000), and also heavily featured her role as Mel Gibson ‘s sister-in-law inThe patriot (2000), where his sweetness and serenity were commendable. And in 2007 she appeared in the familymimzy. Beyond imagination .

In any case, probably the most remembered works of the actress have come from the small screen. Her role in the miniseries Lady Chatterley (series) brought her celebrity and ten years later she gave the bell with her role as Julia in the morbidNip/Tuck: at the stroke of a scalpel . He has also featured on the hit seriesThe Tudors (2010), where she plays the last wife of Henry VIII.

Perhaps that televised knock was what Joely needed to give the chest C in the cinema, since his last works have been of great importance: the ShakespeareanAnonymous and the criminal and truculentMillennium: The Men Who Didn’t Love Women .