Actress Richardson Seriously Injured in Quebec

After what seemed like a minor tumble at a Quebec ski resort, 45-year-old British actress Natasha Richardson was hospitalized in Montreal for possible brain damage. On Monday, Richardson was skiing on the "beginner's" hill at the Station Mont Tremblant, about 80 miles northwest of Montreal, and was training without a helmet and under the supervision of a professional instructor.

Richardson seemed fine after her fall and twice refused medical attention in order to rest in her hotel room. When her discomfort failed to improve, Richardson--who has been married to actor Liam Neeson since 1994--was admitted to Montreal's Hospital du Sacre-Coeur, before transferring to a hospital in New York on Tuesday. The condition of the mother of two has flucturated according to the source, some claiming that Richardson may even have suffered permanent brain damage.

Richardson is best-known for roles in movies like The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Nell (1994/ with Neeson), The Parent Trap (1998), and Maid in Manhattan (2002/ with Neeson), and won a 1998 Tony Award for her work in Broadway's Cabaret. Her mother is Oscar & Tony-winning legend Vanessa Redgrave, and her late father Tony Richardson is an Oscar-winning movie director and producer, who had succumb to AIDS in 1991. Neeson left the Toronto set of the Chloe movie he is in the middle of filming to be with his wife of 15 years.