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Joely Richardson is a Actor British born on 9 january 1965 at London (United-kingdom)

Joely Richardson

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Birth name Joely Kim Richardson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 9 january 1965 (59 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress, known for her role as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck (2003–10), and Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime series The Tudors (2010). She has also appeared in films such as 101 Dalmatians (1996), Event Horizon (1997), The Patriot (2000), Anonymous (2011), and the Hollywood film adaptation The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

Biography

Richardson is divorced from film producer Tim Bevan. The couple have a daughter, Daisy Bevan (b. 1992), who is also an actress.

Best films

101 Dalmatians (1996)
(Actress)
The Patriot (2000)
(Actress)
Anonymous (2011)
(Actress)
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Joely Richardson (43 films)

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Actress

Color Out of Space, 1h51
Directed by Richard Stanley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Impact events in fiction, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Nicolas Cage, Q'orianka Kilcher, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong, Brendan Meyers, Madeleine Arthur
Roles Theresa Gardner
Rating61% 3.0978253.0978253.0978253.0978253.097825
Une météorite tombe dans une ville de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, ce qui va donner des effets catastrophiques dans la propriété des Gardner.
In Darkness, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Piano, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Ed Skrein, Natalie Dormer, Emily Ratajkowski, Joely Richardson, James Cosmo, Jan Bijvoet
Roles Alex
Rating58% 2.9044452.9044452.9044452.9044452.904445
Pianiste aveugle, Sofia est témoin du meurtre de sa voisine Véronique, tuée dans l'appartement au-dessus de chez elle. Il s'avère que la victime est la fille d’un homme d’affaires accusé de crimes de guerre. Terrifiée, elle fuit dans les bas-fonds de Londres et, malgré elle, se retrouve impliquée dans une affaire de meurtres où se croisent corruption, tueurs à gages et la mafia russe.
Red Sparrow, 2h20
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Children's films
Actors Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeremy Irons
Roles Nina Egorova
Rating65% 3.298583.298583.298583.298583.29858
Dominika Egorova est une jeune danseuse étoile russe au Bolchoï. Un soir, lors d'une représentation, son partenaire chute sur elle et lui brise le tibia. Elle ne pourra plus jamais danser mais, pour subvenir aux besoins de sa mère malade, son oncle Ivan, qui travaille au SVR, le service de renseignement extérieur qui a succédé à la première direction du KGB, lui propose une première mission en échange de soins médicaux continus pour sa mère. Elle est chargée de séduire Dimitry Ustinov, un politicien russe. Alors qu'Ustinov la viole, il est tué par Simionov, un agent russe engagé par Ivan. Ivan offre à Dominika le choix de commencer à travailler pour les services de renseignements russes, ou d'être exécutée pour qu'il n'y ait pas de témoins.
Fallen
Fallen (2016)
, 1h32
Directed by Scott Hicks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jeremy Irvine, Scout Taylor-Compton, Addison Timlin, Harrison Gilbertson, Juliet Aubrey, Daisy Head
Roles Ms Sophia Bliss
Rating52% 2.6411252.6411252.6411252.6411252.641125
Lucinda Price is sent to a reform academy under the assumption that she has killed a boy. There she meets two mysterious boys, Cam and Daniel, to both of whom she feels drawn. But as the love triangle unfurls, it is Daniel that Luce cannot keep herself away from, and things begin to take a darker turn when she finds out his true identity.
Snowden
Snowden (2016)
, 2h14
Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Sécurité informatique, Political films
Actors Shailene Woodley, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scott Eastwood, Nicolas Cage, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Marshall-Green
Roles Janine Gibson
Rating72% 3.6474353.6474353.6474353.6474353.647435
The true story follows Edward Snowden, an American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) to The Guardian in June 2013.
Maggie
Maggie (2015)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Laura Cayouette, John Evermore, Jodie Moore
Roles Caroline
Rating55% 2.7969452.7969452.7969452.7969452.796945
In the present-day American Midwest, society struggles to function in the aftermath of a zombie pandemic barely under control. Maggie Vogel (Abigail Breslin) calls her father from a broken city under curfew; her voicemail urges that he not seek her and that she loves him. Her arm was bitten. Knowing she has only weeks before the "necroambulist virus" turns her cannibalistic, she left home to protect her family. Maggie's father Wade (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has searched two weeks, despite her warning. Finding her in a hospital for the infected, he brings Maggie home to care for her until she must eventually be quarantined. During their return, a zombie attacks Wade at an abandoned gasoline station and he breaks its neck.
The Messenger, 1h41
Directed by David Blair
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Joely Richardson, David O'Hara, Tamzin Merchant, Andrew Tiernan
Roles Psychiatrist
Rating52% 2.604412.604412.604412.604412.60441
A child grows up loving his father who took his life when he was a child. After the father's death the child is shown to have the ability to see and talk with souls who have not "gone into the light". The souls beg him to help with talking to their loved ones and all three are shown tortured mentally until the task is completed. It is shown that as a child is in and out of psychiatric clinics and hospitals thru adulthood. In the end he saves a lady who tried to kill herself and finally the constable and sister believe it is true. The psychiatrist still will not put her professional career on the line and still believe it is only within his mind and not the connection to the lost soul who asked his help to save the lady's life. He is always blamed for events that happen badly while he is trying to help the lost soul. He is always putting himself at risk to help the lost souls, but is never really thanked by the lost souls. During the story it is revealed to him that his nephew, the son of his sister, also sees lost souls, but has never told to anyone but him. The nephew tells him about a lost soul he sees that drowned in the pool, though unclear about how long ago the drowning occurred. The story ends with the reappearance to the sister's child, his nephew, a ghost of a boy who drowned in the pool from a family who had occupied the home prior to the sister and her family moving in. At the same time, the sister is at her brother's home sees a newspaper clipping several years ago about the death of the boy in her swimming pool.
Endless Love, 1h43
Directed by Shana Feste
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alex Pettyfer, Robert Patrick, Gabriella Wilde, Rhys Wakefield, Joely Richardson, Bruce Greenwood
Roles Anne Butterfield
Rating62% 3.111473.111473.111473.111473.11147
The movie opens with a scene from a high school graduation, Jade Butterfield (Gabriella Wilde), a shy but beautiful young woman, is graduating and will be attending Brown University in the fall. After the ceremony, it's clear that she does not have any friends. Jade rejoins her family while reminiscing about her brother, Chris, who died from cancer. David Elliot (Alex Pettyfer) observes her from a distance. He has had a crush on her throughout high school, but never had the courage to speak to her.
Vampire Academy, 1h44
Directed by Mark Waters
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Zoey Deutch, Danila Kozlovski, Olga Kurylenko, Lucy Fry, Cameron Monaghan, Sami Gayle
Roles Queen Tatiana Ivashkov
Rating54% 2.713582.713582.713582.713582.71358
The story features seventeen-year-old Dhampir (half-human, half-vampire) guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch), and her royal Moroi (the peaceful, mortal vampires) best friend Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry) living discreetly within our world, having escaped from their boarding school St. Vladimir's Academy one year prior to the beginning of the story, following a series of warnings and threats. They are soon dragged back to the Academy in Montana and rediscover the dangerous hierarchy within it, along with lies, rumors and secrets, both struggling to fit in to the school politics. Rose starts to form an attraction to her Russian Dhampir mentor and fellow Guardian, Dimitri Belikov (Danila Kozlovsky).
Thanks for Sharing, 1h52
Directed by Stuart Blumberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Joely Richardson, Josh Gad, Patrick Fugit
Roles Katie
Rating63% 3.196393.196393.196393.196393.19639
Set in New York City, Thanks for Sharing centers around three people undergoing a 12-step process to recover from their sexual addiction.
The Devil's Violinist, 2h2
Directed by Bernard Rose
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jared Harris, Joely Richardson, Ben Cura, Christian McKay, Veronica Ferres, Helmut Berger
Roles Ethel Langham
Rating60% 3.013243.013243.013243.013243.01324
The film chronicles the life of Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century. It begins with his youth as a childhood violinist pushed by his demanding father through his beginnings in Italy and then to his performances and acclaim in London under the guidance of the mysterious Urbani.
Red Lights
Red Lights (2012)
, 1h59
Directed by Rodrigo Cortés
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Actors Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Joely Richardson, Elizabeth Olsen, Toby Jones
Roles Monica Handsen
Rating61% 3.0998053.0998053.0998053.0998053.099805
The film opens with two primary characters: a university academic who also engages in paranormal investigation work, Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver); and her assistant in both areas, Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), who is also a talented physics academic. The audience is provided with an insight into the world of the opening section's primary characters while concurrently observing the public re-emergence of a psychic, Simon Silver (Robert De Niro).
Anonymous
Anonymous (2011)
, 2h10
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Political films, Alternate history films, Films about royalty
Actors Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto
Roles Princess Elizabeth Tudor
Rating67% 3.39663.39663.39663.39663.3966
After a monologue delivered by Derek Jacobi, the film opens in 1603, with Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, ordering a desperate search for a trove of manuscripts. Ben Jonson, who has the manuscripts, flees down the streets of London and into the theatre known as The Rose. Hot on his heels, the soldiers who have been sent to arrest Jonson, break down the doors and intentionally set the theatre alight. Successive flashbacks cast us back five and then forty years, as the film evokes the reputed life of Edward de Vere from childhood through to his entanglement in an insurrection, and later on to his deathbed.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2h38
Directed by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Serial killer films, Rape and revenge films
Actors Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Yorick van Wageningen, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff
Roles Anita Vanger
Rating77% 3.897283.897283.897283.897283.89728
In Stockholm, Sweden, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, co-owner of Millennium magazine, has lost a libel case brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström. Lisbeth Salander, a brilliant but troubled investigator and hacker, compiles an extensive background check on Blomkvist for business magnate Henrik Vanger, who has a special task for him. In exchange for the promise of damning information about Wennerström, Blomkvist agrees to investigate the disappearance and assumed murder of Henrik's grandniece, Harriet, 40 years ago. After moving to the Vanger family's compound, Blomkvist uncovers a notebook containing a list of names and numbers that no one has been able to decipher.
The Last Mimzy, 1h32
Directed by Robert Shaye, Michael Bay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films
Actors Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Chris O'Neil, Rainn Wilson, Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Michael Clarke Duncan
Roles Jo Wilder
Rating62% 3.10093.10093.10093.10093.1009
Presented as a story by a group of students and their teacher Lena that takes place in the distant future, The Last Mimzy is the story of the attempt by humans in the distant future to avert a catastrophic ecological disaster that has destroyed their world. High tech devices disguised as toys are sent back in time to Noah and Emma Wilder, children living in early 21st century Seattle. The "toys" are incomprehensible to Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) and Noah (Chris O'Neil), except for what appears to be a stuffed rabbit. Sensing the paranormal strangeness of the devices, the children initially keep their discovery secret from their parents.