Joely Richardson

For Joely the theater must be in her genes. Daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave, and granddaughter of actor Sir Michael Redgrave, she is the niece of Lynn Redgrave and her sister Natasha Richardson was also an actress. Former husband Tim Bevan is a producer. However the genes were slow - as a child she saw her older sister Natasha interested in acting but she was imagining a career in tennis. Her father put his foot down, and tennis was out. British by birth, she considers herself a sort of honorary Yank, having attended boarding school at Thacher in Ojai, California. Beginning in the 80s, film became her life, from small parts in Wetherby (1985) to BBC dramas such as "Lady Chatterley" to today's Disney studio going to the dogs in 101 Dalmatians. Joely also appeared in The Patriot, Wallis and Edward, Nip and Tuck and The Tudors.

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The Tudors - Catherine Parr

Henry 8's sixth and final marriage was also one of his longest, lasting five years. Catherine was closer in age to Henry and twice widowed when they married. She proved herself extremely capable as acting Regent when Henry was on the battlefield in Bolougne and was a much-loved stepmother to the King's three children. Her kind and patient nature was also in evidenced in her care for the King, whose ulcerated leg was by now a source of constant pain and discomfort. Despite such qualities, she was not universally liked at court. She came close to being tried for treason when her enemies, notably Bishop Gardiner, attempted to prove that she was a committed Protestant. Henry also had his suspicions about her beliefs but she managed to convince him that she was loyal to the King and his Church and the charges did not proceed. Gardiner, on the other hand, was dismissed. After Henry's death she married Prince Edward's uncle Thomas Seymour, but died in childbirth soon after.

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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey - Susan McDowell

When a broken hearted boy loses the treasured wooden nativity set that links him to his dead father, his worried mother persuades a lonely ill-tempered woodcarver to create a replacement, and to allow her son to watch him work on it. The commission takes their relationship to unexpected places as the young client makes greater and more difficult demands of the woodcarver's ability, and as Christmas approaches, the three struggle to come to terms with each other, their painful memories and the process of putting their unhappiness behind them.

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Lady Chatterley

Joely Richardson stars as Lady Chatterley, wife to the emotionally and physysically paralysed Sir Clifford in a post war England which finds itself on the cusp of change. The old ways and class divisions have begun to crumble as the bulk of a nations youth fell in the trenches leaving a downtrodden but emboldened few.
As Lady Chatterley , bereft of her husbands attention, finds a re-awakening in the arms of a working man, more is at stake than honour and more is at risk than marriage.

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In the Shadows - Eleanor Dunston

After Cynthia answers an ad for a live-in caretaker, she meets Eleanor Dunston (Joely Richardson), who is dying of cancer. The two becomes friends, despite Cynthia's obvious envy of Eleanor's life of luxury at her large estate. Realizing that she still loves Buck, she introduces him to Eleanor as her half-brother, and he gets work as a gardener on the grounds. Observing Eleanor's interest in Buck, she moves to manipulate the situation and has the reluctant Buck begin a relationship with Eleanor.

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Maybe Baby - Lucy Bell

A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child

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Wetherby - (Young) Jean Travers

Set in the town of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, the film focuses on Jean Travers, a middle-aged spinster schoolteacher.
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
A fine performance from a very young Joely Richardson (Vanessa Redgrave's daughter)

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Sister My Sister - Christine Papin

This all-woman production is set in provincial France in the early 1930's. Two young, country sisters enter domestic service in the bourgeois household of a penurious widow and her homely daughter. Neither pair speaks to the other: two sets of women separated and confined by social convention, personality, and the house itself. The relationship of the sisters slowly evolves into obsession, brought about by isolation and by emotions left from childhood.

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Nip/Tuck - Julia McNamara

Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy. Each episode typically involves the cosmetic procedures of one or more patients, and also features the personal and professional lives of its main cast. Joely stars as Julia McNamara.