Natasha Richardson

"I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress," she said in a 2005 interview with London's Independent newspaper. "But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I [learned] a real work ethic. You think: 'One day, I'd like to be as good as that.' But when I was starting out professionally, I had a level of attention put on me that I didn't deserve or wasn't ready for. And it was hard, particularly in England, to make my way." -Natasha Richardson

After a couple of days of conflicting reports regarding her condition Natasha Richardson has died at age 45 of injuries suffered in a skiing accident. In one of Richardson's last films, Evening, she played the bitter daughter of a dying woman played by her mother Vanessa Redgrave. By all accounts Richardson's personal and professional lives were full and happy, as she bounced from strength to strength onstage (with occasional film projects in between) and raised two sons with Liam Neeson. It's possible Richardson could one day have been held in the high regard now given to her mother, but we have been denied the chance to enjoy the rest of her career. (LA Times)