Actress Natasha Richardson was in a Montreal hospital Tuesday after suffering a serious head injury in a skiing accident, People magazine reported.
Richardson, 45, was rushed to a hospital near the Mont Tremblant ski area following Monday's accident before being transferred to Montreal, the US celebrity magazine reported.
British-born Richardson is the wife of Irish actor Liam Neeson, 56, and the daughter of British stage and screen legend Vanessa Redgrave, 72.
"We know that she has had an accident but we really do not know any more details," Kika Markham, Richardson's aunt, told the British media. "We are very concerned."
Markham, who is married to Corin Redgrave, the brother of Vanessa, said the family wanted to be left alone, adding her husband "has had heart problems."
The website IrishCentral.com, which first broke the story, quoted a hospital insider as saying that Richardson had suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Neeson, who was in Toronto on a movie set, flew out to be next to his wife, a publicist for the film "Chloe" told local media.
Richardson has been married to Neeson since 1994 and they have two sons.
In 1998 she won a Tony award in 1998 for her role in the musical "Cabaret." She also appeared in the films "The Parent Trap," "Maid in Manhattan" and "Evening."
The Redgraves are one of Britain's most famous stage and screen dynasties.
Vanessa, Corin and their sister Lynn are the children of Rachel Kempson and Michael Redgrave, who played in such British classics as the 1938 "The Lady Vanishes" and 1969 "Goodbye, Mr Chips."
Natasha Richardson's sister Joely is also an actress, who is currently starring in the television drama Nip/Tuck.
Source: AFP European Edition
