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Actress Natasha Richardson at Montreal hospital after serious ski injury, reports
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By The Canadian Press
MONTREAL - Published reports say Tony-award-winning actress Natasha Richardson was taken to a Montreal hospital after suffering head injuries during a skiing accident on Monday.
IrishCentral.com and People.com report Richardson, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and wife of Liam Neeson, was in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury.
People reported the 45-year-old British actress was first brought to Centre Hospitalier Laurentien near Mont Tremblant, a busy ski area in the Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal.
Reports say she was then transferred to Montreal's Sacre Coeur hospital.
A family member confirmed Richardson had had a skiing accident.
"We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned."
The Canadian Press was told initially that someone with the same name as Richardson was registered at Sacre Coeur, but employees later said they had no records of a Natasha Richardson at the hospital.
A representative for Neeson said he had no information on the reports, and agents for both Richardson and Redgrave could not immediately be reached for comment.
Richardson, an acclaimed actress of both screen and stage, was born in London to Redgrave and British director Tony Richardson.
Her training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama initially led to a career in regional theatre, then later to film and television roles.
Richardson won a Tony award in 1998 for her turn in "Cabaret." Film credits include "The Parent Trap," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Evening."
Richardson and Redgrave are reportedly slated to star in a 2010 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."
Richardson has been married to "Schindler's List" star Neeson since 1994. The couple have two sons.
Neeson was reportedly in Toronto at the time of Richardson's accident filming the movie "Chloe" with Julianne Moore.
AccessHollywood.com quoted an official with the movie as saying Neeson left Toronto to be at his wife's side.
(With files from the Associated Press)
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By The Canadian Press
MONTREAL - Published reports say Tony-award-winning actress Natasha Richardson was taken to a Montreal hospital after suffering head injuries during a skiing accident on Monday.
IrishCentral.com and People.com report Richardson, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and wife of Liam Neeson, was in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury.
People reported the 45-year-old British actress was first brought to Centre Hospitalier Laurentien near Mont Tremblant, a busy ski area in the Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal.
Reports say she was then transferred to Montreal's Sacre Coeur hospital.
A family member confirmed Richardson had had a skiing accident.
"We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," said Kika Markham, who is married to Richardson's uncle, Corin Redgrave. "We are very concerned."
The Canadian Press was told initially that someone with the same name as Richardson was registered at Sacre Coeur, but employees later said they had no records of a Natasha Richardson at the hospital.
A representative for Neeson said he had no information on the reports, and agents for both Richardson and Redgrave could not immediately be reached for comment.
Richardson, an acclaimed actress of both screen and stage, was born in London to Redgrave and British director Tony Richardson.
Her training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama initially led to a career in regional theatre, then later to film and television roles.
Richardson won a Tony award in 1998 for her turn in "Cabaret." Film credits include "The Parent Trap," "The Handmaid's Tale" and "Evening."
Richardson and Redgrave are reportedly slated to star in a 2010 Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music."
Richardson has been married to "Schindler's List" star Neeson since 1994. The couple have two sons.
Neeson was reportedly in Toronto at the time of Richardson's accident filming the movie "Chloe" with Julianne Moore.
AccessHollywood.com quoted an official with the movie as saying Neeson left Toronto to be at his wife's side.
(With files from the Associated Press)