Portrait of Joely Richardson

Acting

Joely Richardson

Career

Active from 1987 to 2024, busiest in 1998 and 2020 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Bone Lodge
Little Bone Lodge
GoodWatch score83/100

Characters

18

The characters Joely Richardson played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 67 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joely Richardson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    4.1, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    2.1, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Feel-Good Movie 4
  • Family-Friendly Adventure 3
  • Suspenseful 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Escapist Entertainment 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Elderly Protagonists 2
  • Sensual Period Drama 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Cosmic Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 64
Bookish
Bookish (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Sandra Dare

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lady Petersfield

The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen (2024)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Lady Sabrina Horniman

One Day
One Day (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Helen

Little Bone Lodge
Little Bone Lodge (2023)
GoodWatch score 83

as Ma

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mrs. Bolton

The Lost Girls
The Lost Girls (2022)
GoodWatch score 30

as Jane

The Sandman
The Sandman (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Ethel Cripps

Surface
Surface (2022)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Olivia Huntley

Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space (2020)
GoodWatch score 70

as Theresa Gardner

The Turning
The Turning (2020)
GoodWatch score 30

as Darla Mandell

My Dad's Christmas Date
My Dad's Christmas Date (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sarah

2010s

22 titles · average score 49
The Rook
The Rook (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Linda Farrier

The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers (2019)
GoodWatch score 28

as Miss Tina

Red Sparrow
Red Sparrow (2018)
GoodWatch score 54

as Nina Egorova

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (2018)
GoodWatch score 17

as Lyla

The Hatton Garden Job
The Hatton Garden Job (2017)
GoodWatch score 31

as Erzebet Zslondos

Maggie
Maggie (2015)
GoodWatch score 53

as Caroline

Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
GoodWatch score 39

as Mary Hemingway

Endless Love
Endless Love (2014)
GoodWatch score 40

as Anne Butterfield

The Devil's Violinist
The Devil's Violinist (2013)
GoodWatch score 44

as Ethel Langham

Thanks for Sharing
Thanks for Sharing (2013)
GoodWatch score 54

as Katie

Red Lights
Red Lights (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

as Monica Handsen

Anonymous
Anonymous (2011)
GoodWatch score 54

as Princess Elizabeth Tudor

2000s

15 titles · average score 58
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
GoodWatch score 38

TV show · as Jo Playton

The Last Mimzy
The Last Mimzy (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jo Wilder

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Susan McDowell

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)
GoodWatch score 43

as Dr. Iris Varnack

Lies My Mother Told Me
Lies My Mother Told Me (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

as Laren Sims

Wallis & Edward
Wallis & Edward (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

as Wallis Simpson

Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck (2003)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Julia McNamara

Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

as Katherine Wentworth

Shoreditch
Shoreditch (2003)
GoodWatch score 46

as Butterfly

The Affair of the Necklace
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
GoodWatch score 41

as Marie-Antoinette

The Patriot
The Patriot (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

as Charlotte Selton

Maybe Baby
Maybe Baby (2000)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lucy Bell

1990s

18 titles · average score 58
The Echo
The Echo (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Amanda Powell

The Tribe
The Tribe (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Emily

Wrestling with Alligators
Wrestling with Alligators (1998)

as Claire

Under Heaven
Under Heaven (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

as Eleanor Dunston

Event Horizon
Event Horizon (1997)
GoodWatch score 51

as Starck

101 Dalmatians
101 Dalmatians (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Anita

Loch Ness
Loch Ness (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

as Laura

Sister My Sister
Sister My Sister (1994)
GoodWatch score 62

as Christine

I'll Do Anything
I'll Do Anything (1994)
GoodWatch score 58

as Cathy Breslow

Lady Chatterley
Lady Chatterley (1993)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Constance, Lady Chatterley

Shining Through
Shining Through (1992)
GoodWatch score 53

as Margrete Von Eberstein

Rebecca's Daughters
Rebecca's Daughters (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

as Rhiannon

1980s

11 titles · average score 70
Behaving Badly
Behaving Badly (1989)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Serafina

A proposito di quella strana ragazza
A proposito di quella strana ragazza (1989)

as Giovanna

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Joanna Farley

Drowning by Numbers
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
GoodWatch score 82

as Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)

The Storyteller: The Three Ravens
The Storyteller: The Three Ravens (1988)
GoodWatch score 81

as Princess

The Storyteller
The Storyteller (1988)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Princess

Body Contact
Body Contact (1987)

as Dominique

ScreenPlay
ScreenPlay (1986)

TV show · as Gussy

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Janetta Wheatland

Wetherby
Wetherby (1985)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jean Travers (Young)

The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
GoodWatch score 48

as Waitress