Photo by Tomo Kikuchi/Sony Pictures ClassicsNATASHA RICHARDSON: 1963-2009

Take a look back at the celebrated film career of award-winning actress Natasha Richardson, who died tragically on Wednesday, March 18, after suffering a head injury while skiing. Click through to see her career highlights.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageGOTHIC - 1987

Although she made her feature film debut as Mary Shelley in the creepy drama Gothic, Richardson's first screen appearance came at age 4 when she appeared as a flower girl in The Charge of the Light Brigade, directed by her father Tony Richardson.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImagePATTY HEARST - 1988

In her breakout screen role, Richardson played the title role of heiress Patty Hearst. Part of a famous family herself, Richardson became so immersed in the role that she donned a blindfold between scenes to better identify with her real-life counterpart.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE COMFORT OF STRANGERS - 1991

In The Comfort of Strangers, Richardson held her own opposite Academy Award winners Christopher Walken and Helen Mirren.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE HANDMAID'S TALE - 1990

For her work in The Handmaid's Tale and The Comfort of Strangers, Richardson earned The London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress of 1990.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageWIDOW'S PEAK - 1994

For the comedic murder mystery Widow's Peak, Richardson received the Best Actress Award at the 1994 Karlovy Vary Festival.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageNELL - 1994

In Nell, Richardson shared the screen with future husband Liam Neeson. They wed in 1994 and had two children, Micheal and Daniel.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageTHE PARENT TRAP - 1998

In Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Richardson played mother to not one, but two young Lindsay Lohans as twins scheming to get their parents back together.

Photo by Laurie Sparham/Miramax Films, Getty ImagesBLOW DRY - 2001

Richardson displayed her versatility in Blow Dry, a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of competitive hairdressers in a small English town.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageWAKING UP IN RENO - 2002

In the independent romantic comedy Waking Up in Reno, Richardson starred alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron and Patrick Swayze as two trashy couples traveling to Reno to see a monster truck show.

Photo by The Kobal Collection, WireImageMAID IN MANHATTAN - 2002

In her highest grossing film, the Jennifer Lopez vehicle Maid In Manhattan, Richardson memorably starred opposite Ralph Fiennes as an obnoxious blue-blooded New York socialite.

Photo by Tomo Kikuchi/Sony Pictures ClassicsTHE WHITE COUNTESS - 2005

In the final Merchant-Ivory production The White Countess, Richardson starred in her second collaboration with Ralph Fiennes. They would remain close friends, with Ralph a regular guest at Natasha's dinner table. Food was the actress' other passion; she even guest starred on TV's "Top Chef."

Photo by Paramount ClassicsASYLUM - 2005

In Asylum, Richardson served as executive producer, as well as lead actress, playing a bored 1950s housewife who falls in love with an asylum patient.

Photo by Gene Page/Focus FeauresEVENING - 2007

In Evening, her second-to-last film role, Richardson starred alongside real-life mother Vanessa Redgrave as her daughter.