Joely Richardson

Joely Kim Richardson is a British film and television actress born in London, England on January 9th, 1965. She is known for playing the titular character Lady Chaterley in the 1993 BBC miniseries of the same name as well as Jo Payton in the 2009 remake of the 1983 sci-fi miniseries The Day of the Triffids.

From 2003-2010, Joely played Julia McNamara in the FX Network series Nip/Tuck. She appeared in all 100 episodes of the series. Immediately follwoing her stint on Nip/Tuck, Richardson was cast in the role of Catherine Parr on the Showtime historical drama The Tudors. She appeared in five episodes from season four of the series.

In 2012, Joely Played the role of Countess Markievicz in the "Stained Steel" episode of Titanic: Blood and Steel.

Notes & Trivia

 * Joely Richardson is the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and film director Tony Richardson.

Other works

 * Joely's first film credit was in 1968 when she had an uncredited role as an extra in the war drama The Charge of the Light Brigade. The film was directed by her father, Tony Richardson.


 * In 1997, Joely played Lieutenant Starck in the sci-fi/horror film Event Horizon.


 * In 2011, Joely played Anita Vanger in the US film adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.