* 1992 Rebecca's Daughters starring Peter O ' Toole and Joely Richardson

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

He was married form 1962 to 1967 to Vanessa Redgrave, fathering actresses Natasha and Joely Richardson.

The couple had two daughters, Natasha Richardson ( 1963 – 2009 ) and Joely Richardson ( born 1965 ), both actresses.

Benjamin and Gabriel resolve to fight the British, leaving the younger children in the care of Benjamin's sister-in-law, Charlotte ( Joely Richardson ).

* Joely Richardson as Charlotte Selton: Benjamin's sister-in-law and owner of a plantation.

A member of the Redgrave family of actors, she is the daughter of the late Sir Michael Redgrave and Lady Redgrave ( the actress Rachel Kempson ), the sister of the late Lynn Redgrave and the late Corin Redgrave, the mother of Hollywood actresses Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson, and the aunt of British actress Jemma Redgrave.

Redgrave's daughters, Natasha Richardson ( 1963 – 2009 ) and Joely Richardson ( b. 1965 ) from her 1962 – 67 marriage to film director Tony Richardson, also built respected acting careers.

In 2004, Redgrave joined the second season cast of the hit FX series Nip / Tuck, portraying Dr. Erica Noughton, the mother of Julia McNamara, who is played by her real-life daughter Joely Richardson.

It stars Dougray Scott as Bill Masen, Joely Richardson as Jo Playton, Brian Cox as Dennis Masen, Vanessa Redgrave as Durrant, Eddie Izzard as Torrence, and Jason Priestley as Coker.

Their children Vanessa ( b. 1937 ), Corin ( 1939 – 2010 ) and Lynn Redgrave ( 1943 – 2010 ) and their grandchildren-Natasha ( 1963 – 2009 ), Joely Richardson ( b. 1965 ) and Jemma are also involved in theatre or film as actors.

Alongside recurring characters, the early series featured several actors who later achieved greater fame, such as Joely Richardson, (" The Dream ", 1989 ), Samantha Bond, (" The Adventure of the Cheap Flat ", 1990 ), Christopher Eccleston ( One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, 1992 ), Hermione Norris (" Jewel Robbery at The Grand Metropolitan ", 1993 ), Damian Lewis ( Hickory Dickory Dock, 1995 ), Jamie Bamber ( The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 2000 ), Russell Tovey ( Evil Under the Sun, 2001 ), and Michael Fassbender ( After The Funeral, 2006 ).

* In 1993 a lengthy television mini-series entitled Lady Chatterley directed by Ken Russell starring Joely Richardson and Sean Bean for BBC Television.

She was the aunt of writer / director Carlo Gabriel Nero and actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and the late Natasha Richardson.

The three Cissie Colpitts are played by Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, and Joely Richardson.

Tierney replaced Joely Richardson as the female lead of the 2010 ABC television series The Whole Truth, after Richardson dropped out to spend more time with her family.

Less successful were Food of Love ( 1997 ) with Grant, Nathalie Baye and Joe McGann and The Tribe ( 1998 ) starring Joely Richardson and Jeremy Northam, the latter eventually screened on BBC2 in the absence of a cinema distribution deal.

His role in the latter became infamous for his sex scenes with Joely Richardson.

She was the daughter of director and producer Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave, granddaughter of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, sister of Joely Richardson, half-sister of Carlo Gabriel Nero and Katharine Grimond Hess, niece of actress Lynn Redgrave and actor Corin Redgrave, and cousin of Jemma Redgrave.

** Joely Fisher ( born 1967 )

Joely Fisher ( born October 29, 1967 ) is an American actress best known for her work on television as Paige Clark on Ellen as well as Joy Stark in the Fox sitcom ' Til Death, and most recently as a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag U, and also on stage and in films.

Her younger brother is producer and actor Todd Fisher, and her half-sisters are actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher, whose mother is the singer and actress Connie Stevens.

Fisher is the father of actresses Carrie Fisher ( with Reynolds ), Joely Fisher ( with Stevens ), and Tricia Leigh Fisher ( with Stevens ).

She is the mother of actresses Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher.

Joely Richardson is the princess, Miranda Richardson is the witch, and Jonathan Pryce is the king.

* Joely Fisher as Paige Clark: Appearing in seasons two through five, Paige is Ellen's somewhat neurotic, vain and promiscuous best friend who works for a movie studio.

* His older sister is Vanessa ; his younger sister was Lynn Redgrave ; through Vanessa, his nieces were Joely and Natasha Richardson and his nephew was Carlo Gabriel Nero.

Rhys is also known for his roles in other critically acclaimed television series and was seen as ' Jude Sawyer ,' Joely Richardson's love interest, in the Golden Globe-winning show Nip / Tuck.

Wild Card ( also known as Zoe Busiek: Wild Card ) is an American comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher.

Sister My Sister is a 1995 film starring British actresses Julie Walters, Joely Richardson, and Jodhi May.

Julia McNamara ( née Noughton ) is a fictional character in the American television series Nip / Tuck, portrayed by Joely Richardson.

* 1972 – Joely Collins, Canadian actress

* 1967 – Joely Fisher, American actress

** Joely Fisher, American actress

* Joely Richardson, actress ( Nip Tuck )

By 2010, Julia's role in the series had greatly diminished compared to the importance of her character when the show first began, a result of actress Joely Richardson's contracts with the series.

In 2002 the theatre presented Lady Windermere's Fan, directed by Peter Hall starring Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson ; Rose Rage, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, directed by Edward Hall ; and Judi Dench and Maggie Smith appeared on stage together for the first time in over 40 years in The Breath of Life by David Hare.

In 2009, Redgrave starred in the BBC remake of The Day of the Triffids, with her daughter Joely.

Joely Richardson appeared as an extra at the age of three in the 1968 version of The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed by her father.

Joely has recently joined the cast of TV series Titanic-Blood and Steel in which she will play the role of Countess Markievicz.

He has also guest starred as Jimmy Wilson on the TV show Wild Card with Joely Fisher and Chris Potter.