In pictures: Natasha Richardson dies aged 45

2009: Natasha Richardson in New York Photograph: Larry Busacca/Getty Images

Vanessa Redgrave and her husband, film director Tony Richardson, with their first child, week-old daughter Natasha in 1963 Photograph: /PA

1968: Vanessa Redgrave and her two daughters, Natasha Richardson (right) and Joely Richardson Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

1985: Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson in The Seagull Photograph: Peter Brooker/Rex Features

1986: Timothy Spall as Dr Polidori, Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron and Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley in Gothic Photograph: Ronald Grant

1987: Natasha Richardson in High Society at The Victoria Palace Theatre Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features

1988: Natasha Richardson as Patty Hearst Photograph: Ronald Grant

1990: Natasha Richardson in The Handmaid's Tale Photograph: Ronald Grant

1994, St Tropez, France: Natasha Richardson on holiday with her husband, actor Liam Neeson Photograph: James Andanson/CORBIS

1994: Natasha Richardson, Jodie Foster and Liam Neeson in Nell Photograph: 20th Century Fox/Allstar

1998: Natasha Richardson winning a Tony award for her starring role in the Broadway production of Cabaret, directed by Sam Mendes Photograph: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

2005: Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson starring in The White Countess, directed By James Ivory Photograph: Merchant-ivory/Allstar

2005: Natasha Richardson and John C Reilly in a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway Photograph: Joan Marcus/AP

2007: Natasha Richardson co-starring with her mother Vanessa Redgrave in Evening Photograph: Focus Features/Allstar