I care so much less, now, about going up the ladder; if I cared about the ladder I would be doing it all very wrong.

Later that year Joely Richardson was modelling a necklace when director Charles Shyer noticed her resemblance to doomed 18th century French Queen Marie Antoinette. Joely has recently joined the cast of TV series Titanic - Blood and Steel in which Joely Richardson will play the role of Countess Markievicz. Early life
Richardson was born in London to a theatrical family the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson Lady Redgrave.

She 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).