Sustaining early roles within computer software like Double Trouble and The Equalizer, Richardson also appeared inside microscopic roles in the films C.H.U.D. and You Better Watch Out, before finding her break-out part in 1991 as Jill Taylor in Home Improvement.

Although considered every now & again distraught and tightly-wound as a character, Jill Taylor was seen by critics as a fair representation of motherhood, on a whole additional balanced than the common sitcom representation. Even Jane Kaczmarek's role on Malcolm in the Middle could be seen as a more extreme offset of this character nature and severity. Richardson received quartet Emmy nominations and ii Golden Globe nominations in this role.

When Front yard Improvement, Richardson appeared inside many guest television roles, too when manufactured-for-TV film, & won an Independent Spirit nomination in 1997 for her first starring film role, around ''Ulee's Gold. Since 2002, Richardson has had the revenant role on the Lifetime medical drama program Strong Medicine'' as Dr. Andy Campbell.

She is divorced from either Roy Baker, with triplet babies.