Joely Kim Richardson was born on January 9, 1965 in London, England.

The theater must be in Joely's genes. Daughter of Tony Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave, and granddaughter of actor Sir Michael Redgrave, she is the niece of Lynn Redgrave and cousin of Jemma Redgrave. Her sister Natasha Richardson is also an actress. Her ex-husband Tim Bevan is a director.

Beginning in the 80's film became her life, from small parts in movies like "Wetherby" (1985) to BBC dramas like "Lady Chatterley" (1992) to today's Disney studio in "101 Dalmatians" (1996).

Joely Richardson has a daughter, Daisy, born in 1992.

Misspellings & aliases:
Joly, Joley, Jolly, Joeli, Jolie, Joelly, Joelli, Joli, Jollie, Jolye, Richardsson, Richardsen, Rickardson, Ricardson, Ricardsen.