Prior to the latest film’s release, Richardson was in a tragic accident while learning how to ski in Quebec, Canada. She allegedly suffered a serious head injury following a fall on the slopes. Though she walked off on her own accord, she later complained of headaches and was rushed to the hospital, where she was reportedly in critical condition. Husband Liam Neeson rushed from a film shoot in Toronto to be by her side.
Her life:
* 1968 Made film debut at the age of four in a film directed by her father, The Charge of the Light Brigade ; also starred her mother Vanessa Redgrave
* 1984 American TV acting debut, the CBS miniseries Ellis Island
* 1984 Film acting debut in Every Picture Tells a Story
* 1985 West End debut opposite mother, Vanessa Redgrave, in a revival of Anton Chekhov s The Seagull
* 1986 Starred in the London stage production of High Society
* 1987 Co-starred with Kenneth Branagh and Colin Firth in A Month in the Country ; directed by Pat O Connor
* 1987 Portrayed Mary Godwin in the Ken Russell film, Gothic
* 1988 Played the title role in the biographical film directed by Paul Schrader, Patty Hearst
* 1990 Starred with Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway in The Handmaid s Tale
* 1993 Had role of Catharine Holly in the PBS presentation of Suddenly, Last Summer
* 1993 Made Broadway debut starring opposite Liam Neeson in a revival of Eugene O Neill s Anna Christie ; received Tony Award nomination
* 1993 Re-teamed with director Pat O Connor to play the title role in Zelda, a TNT biopic about the Southern wife of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald
* 1994 Appeared alongside Neeson and Jodie Foster in Nell
* 1998 First film in four years, The Parent Trap
* 1998 Returned to the NY stage to play Sally Bowles in the Sam Mendes-Rob Marshall helmed revival of Cabaret
* 2001 Had featured role in the screen comedy Blow Dry
* 2001 Starred in the based-on-fact CBS miniseries Haven
* 2002 Cast as a New York socialite in Maid In Manhattan
* 2002 Had featured role in the ensemble comedy Waking Up in Reno
* 2005 Cast as Blanche DuBois in a revival of Tennessee Williams A Streetcar Named Desire opposite John C. Reilly
* 2005 Starred opposite Ian McKellen in the psychological thriller Asylum
* 2007 Appeared alongside her mother, Vanessa Redgrave in the ensemble film, Evening
* 2009 Played the roles of mother and daughter, opposite Vanessa Redgrave, in a one-night benefit concert version of A Little Night Music at Studio 54 in New York
* Began career in regional theater with Leeds Playhouse
* Joined the New Shakespeare Company
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