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Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson

Actor, also producer · Born January 9, 1965 (61) · Marylebone, London, England, UK

Golden Globe nominee · 1 other major award body

Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress, most known recently for her role as Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime television show The Tudors and Julia McNamara in the television drama Nip/Tuck. She also appeared in films such as 101 Dalmatians (1996), Event Horizon (1997), The Patriot (2000) and the upcoming film adaptation, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joely Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. She is 178 cm (5' 10") tall.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 9, 1965 (61)
From
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
61 on MovieCove · 82 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 19% in 30 days

What are Joely Richardson's films like?

Across their 51 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Drama18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Biography movies
Horror2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Survival
17%
Morality
17%
Self
16%
Power
10%
Society
6%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds22 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 44 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 12 · Dark 20

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 29 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 20 · Intense 15

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 31 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 20 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 20 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 10 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 17

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 29 · Open-ended 9 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

23 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 6 of 23 analyzed roles.

Shadow
6 of 23
Hero
5 of 23
Ally
4 of 23
Shapeshifter
3 of 23
Mentor
3 of 23
Threshold guardian
2 of 23
Show the 23 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Melancholic
22
Contemplative
14
Dread
12
Warm
12
Other
45

How their films linger

Thought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet16
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous16

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Joely Richardson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 51 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Joely Richardson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

82 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale(2025)

    as Lady Petersfield

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Bookish(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sandra Dare

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Renegade Nell(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Lady Eularia Moggerhanger

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • The Gentlemen(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · as Lady Sabrina Horniman

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • One Day(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Little Bone Lodge(2023)

    as Ma

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover(2022)

    as Mrs. Bolton

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Sandman(2022)

    Show 3 episodes · as Ethel Cripps

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Surface(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Olivia Huntley

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Suspect(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Jackie Snowden

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • The Lost Girls(2022)

    as Jane

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • My Dad's Christmas Date(2020)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Hot Pink Horror: The Making of Color Out of Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Actor

  • Color Out of Space(2019)

    as Theresa Gardner

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Turning(2020)

    as Darla Mandell

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Breach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Bonnie

  • The Rook(2019)

    Show 8 episodes · as Linda Farrier

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • The Aspern Papers(2018)

    Executive Producer · as Miss Tina

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Survival(2018)

    as Lyla

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • In Darkness(2018)

    as Alex

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Red Sparrow(2018)

    as Nina Egorova

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Hatton Garden Job(2017)

    as Erzebet Zslondos

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Time of Their Lives(2017)

    as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Emerald City(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Glinda

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Fallen(2016)

    as Ms Sophia Bliss

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Snowden(2016)

    as Janine Gibson

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Papa Hemingway in Cuba(2015)

    as Mary Hemingway

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Psychiatrist

  • Maggie(2015)

    as Caroline

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Pandas: The Journey Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Endless Love(2014)

    as Anne Butterfield

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Vampire Academy(2014)

    as Queen Tatiana Ivashkov

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Blacklist(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cassandra Bianchi

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Thanks for Sharing(2012)

    as Katie

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Violinist(2013)

    as Ethel Langham

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Titanic: Blood and Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Countess Markievicz

  • Red Lights(2012)

    as Monica Handsen

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2011)

    as Anita Vanger

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Anonymous(2011)

    as Princess Elizabeth Tudor

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Day of the Triffids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jo Playton

  • The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey(2007)

    as Susan McDowell

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Tudors(2007)

    Show 20 episodes · as Catherine Parr

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Last Mimzy(2007)

    as Jo Wilder

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America(2006)

    as Dr. Iris Varnack

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Wallis & Edward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Wallis Simpson

  • Lies My Mother Told Me(2005)

    as Laren Sims

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Fever(2004)

    as Woman at 30

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Shoreditch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Butterfly

  • Nip/Tuck(2003)

    Show 100 episodes · as Julia McNamara

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Fallen Angel(2003)

    as Katherine Wentworth

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Affair of the Necklace(2001)

    as Marie-Antoinette

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Patriot(2000)

    as Charlotte Selton

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Maybe Baby(2000)

    as Lucy Bell

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Return to Me(2000)

    as Elizabeth Rueland

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Toy Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Camilla

  • The Echo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as Amanda Powell

  • Under Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Eleanor Dunston

  • The Tribe(1998)

    as Emily

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Wrestling with Alligators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Claire

  • Event Horizon(1997)

    as Starck

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • 101 Dalmatians(1996)

    as Anita

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Loch Ness(1996)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Hollow Reed(1996)

    as Hannah Wyatt

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Sister My Sister(1994)

    as Christine

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • I'll Do Anything(1994)

    as Cathy Breslow

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Lady Chatterley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Constance, Lady Chatterley

  • Rebecca's Daughters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Rhiannon

  • Shining Through(1992)

    as Margrete Von Eberstein

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • King Ralph(1991)

    as Princess Anna

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Heading Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Janetta Wheatland

  • Available Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Gussy

  • A proposito di quella strana ragazza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Giovanna

  • Behaving Badly(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · as Serafina

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Joanna Farley

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Drowning by Numbers(1988)

    as Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Storyteller(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Princess

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Body Contact (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Dominique

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Gussy

  • Wetherby(1985)

    as Jean Travers (Young)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Janetta Wheatland

  • The Hotel New Hampshire(1984)

    as Waitress

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 82 titles from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

101 Dalmatians (1996)

$321M worldwide

Highest rated

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

The Gentlemen (2024)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19842025

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 24 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting82 of 82: 81 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thProducing1 of 82: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s10 · acting1990s18 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s23 · 23 acting · 1 crew2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 10% of 42 roles
849499041419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

3 major nominations and no wins, 1999–2005.

  1. 2005
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  2. 2004
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
  3. 1999
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Female

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Joely Richardson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 46; across their 44 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 44

Midcredits score across 61 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up15
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th9

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed22

Most divisive · actor

The Fever (2004)

91st percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 42 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Joely Richardson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 28 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore20 titles31–91 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity28 titles10–79 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles27–80 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs15 titles15–67 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense17 titles28–91 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Joely Richardson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Joely Richardson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Vanessa Redgrave shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles