Natasha Richardson

NATASHA RICHARDSON d2009. English actress and member of the Redgrave family. Early in her career, she portrayed Mary Shelley in Ken Russell's Gothic (1986) and Patty Hearst in the eponymous 1988 biopic film directed by Paul Schrader. She appeared in The Handmaid's Tale (1990). She received critical acclaim and a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Anna Christie. She also appeared in Nell (1994) / The Parent Trap (1998) / Maid in Manhattan (2002) and The White Countess (2005). She died in March 2009 aged 45 from a head injury after a skiing accident in Quebec