Natasha Richardson Is Laid to Rest all in Upstate

Born in the shadow of her Oscar-winning mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and married for 14 years to Oscar-nominated Irish actor Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson once joked to PEOPLE, "I've spent half my life trying to get away from being Vanessa Redgrave's daughter, and now I've got to get away from being Liam Neeson's wife."


Richardson was also an accomplished cook who she recently appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef and made family time a priority, despite a career that thrust her in the spotlight. As Neeson told PEOPLE in 2004, "Sitting down to eat in our house, talking about the day, is very important."

Her family announced her death Wednesday after a ski accident that resulted in severe brain trauma.
Richardson was also an accomplished cook who she recently appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef and made family time a priority, despite a career that thrust her in the spotlight. As Neeson told PEOPLE in 2004, "Sitting down to eat in our house, talking about the day, is very important."