For Joely the theater must be in her genes. Daughter of 'Tony
Richardson (I)' (qv) and 'Vanessa Redgrave' (qv), and granddaughter
of actor Sir 'Michael Redgrave' (qv), she is the niece of 'Lynn
Redgrave' (qv) and her sister 'Natasha Richardson' (qv) is also an
actress. Her husband 'Tim Bevan' (qv) is a director. However the
genes were slow - as a child she saw her older sister Natashsa
interested in acting but she was a tomboy, imagining a career in
gymastics. She grew too far too fast, and gymnastics was out.
British by birth, she considers herself a sort of honorary Yank,
having attended boarding school in Santa Barbara California.
Beginning in the 80's film became her life, from small parts [
_Wetherby (1985)_ (qv) ] to BBC dramas [ _Lady Chatterley (1992)
(TV)_ (qv) ] to today's Disney studio [ going to the dogs in _101
Dalmatians (1996)_ (qv) ].
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