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Cordelia Richards(I)

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Cordelia Richards is an actress/writer born and raised in Manhattan, where she completed the Professional Workshop at the Circle In the Square Theater on Broadway after receiving her BA in Theater Arts from Brown University.

She began her professional career immediately afterward and worked steadily in the Off Broadway Theater with new and established living playwrights such as Romulus Linney, Jon Robin Baitz, and Israel Horovitz, and with directors Joe Mantello, Kevin Dowling, Stephen Zuckerman and Dan Sullivan among others. She also began her work in episodic television in New York, guest starring in such shows as NYPD Blue, Law and Order and New York News (directed by Michael Apted).

She continued her work in television in Los Angeles, on such shows as The Defenders, the Practice, Family Law, Close to Home, the Client, Strong Medicine, the Pretender, Dragnet, and several Movies of the Week, with directors Jack Bender, James Frawley, and Tim Busfield, to name a few.

In Los Angeles, she also began her film career, on such films as Erin Brockovich with Director Stephen Soderbergh, Practical Magic, directed by Griffin Dunne (starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman), and Original Sin, directed by Michael Kristofer (starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas).

While living in Los Angeles Cordelia met and married her husband Chris Richter, and took time from her career to devote herself to raising their daughter. She recently returned to acting in the short film Felly (2015), written and directed by Alev Aydin.
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    Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic (1998)
    Practical Magic
    6.4
    • Nan
    • 1998
    Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001)
    Original Sin
    6.0
    • Emily Russell
    • 2001
    Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)
    Erin Brockovich
    7.5
    • Rita Daniels
    • 2000
    NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Nicole 'Nikki' Bass
    • Georgia Savino

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    • Felly (2015)
      Felly
      9.1
      Short
      • Marion Beale
      • 2015
    • Jim Belushi, Jerry O'Connell, and Natalie Cohen in The Defenders (2010)
      The Defenders
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Lawyer #3
      • 2010
    • World on Fire (2005)
      World on Fire
      7.6
      • Julia
      • 2005
    • Kimberly Elise and Jennifer Finnigan in Close to Home (2005)
      Close to Home
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Mary Flynn
      • 2005
    • Ethan Embry and Ed O'Neill in Dragnet (2003)
      Dragnet
      7.1
      TV Series
      • 2003
    • Patricia Richardson and Rosa Blasi in Strong Medicine (2000)
      Strong Medicine
      6.8
      TV Series
      • 2002
    • Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie in Original Sin (2001)
      Original Sin
      6.0
      • Emily Russell
      • 2001
    • NYPD Blue (1993)
      NYPD Blue
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Nicole 'Nikki' Bass
      • Georgia Savino
      • 1994–2001
    • American Tragedy (2000)
      American Tragedy
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Jo-Ellan Dimitrius
      • 2000
    • Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)
      Erin Brockovich
      7.5
      • Rita Daniels
      • 2000
    • Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris, and Kelli Williams in The Practice (1997)
      The Practice
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Dr. Emily McCann
      • 1999
    • Vengeance Unlimited (1998)
      Vengeance Unlimited
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Ellie Stenzma
      • Ellie Stensma
      • 1998–1999
    • Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in Practical Magic (1998)
      Practical Magic
      6.4
      • Nan
      • 1998
    • The Velocity of Gary (1998)
      The Velocity of Gary
      4.8
      • Jana Roberts
      • 1998
    • Missy Crider and Kenny Johnson in Sins of the Mind (1997)
      Sins of the Mind
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • 1997

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