Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson had a love story worthy of a Hollywood movie before the actress' untimely death in 2009. Neeson and Richardson met on Broadway while the Parent Trap star was married to another man. Their connection, however, was undeniable. "She was a radiant beauty," Neeson told Anderson Cooper in 2014 during a 60 Minutes interview of starring alongside Richardson in 1993's Anna Christie. "Yeah, cascading hair. I remember. There was - that was very, very attractive." Once Richardson divorced her first husband, she and Neeson got together, tying the knot in 1994. The twosome welcomed two children soon after they got married, but their love story was cut short when Richardson died in March 2009 following a fatal ski accident. Liam Neeson's Sweetest Quotes About His Late Wife Natasha Richardson "They say the hardest thing in the world is losing someone you love," Neeson said via a Facebook post in 2016. "My wife died unexpectedly. She brought me so much joy. She was my everything." Scroll down to relive Neeson and Richardson's relationship from the start - and see what the Taken star has said since he lost his wife: January 1993 Tom Wargacki/WireImage Neeson and Richardson met while working together on Broadway's Anna Christie. Richardson played the title role of Anna Christopherson in the play for two years in London before the show moved to New York and added Neeson as an Irish sailor. "I'd never had that kind of an explosive chemistry situation with an actor, or actress," Neeson recalled of his connection on stage with Richardson during a 60 Minutes interview in February 2014. "She and I were like [Fred] Astaire and [Ginger] Rogers. We had just this wonderful kind of dance - free dance on stage every night." Liam Neeson's Dating History: Natasha Richardson, Pamela Anderson and More April 1993 Richardson filed for divorce from Robert Fox one month after closing night for Anna Christie. The pair were married four years. Richardson later told the New York Daily News that she fell in love with Neeson while her "marriage [was] falling apart." While she called it "bad timing," the actress confessed, "What can I say? Obviously, I fell very much in love with him." (The interview was released after her death in 2009.) May 1993 SGranitz/WireImage When Richardson turned 30, Neeson reportedly sent her a birthday card that read, "You're catching up with me," according to the New York Daily News. He reportedly signed it, "Lots of love, Oskar," as he was filming Schindler's List in Poland at the time. June 1993 Robin Platzer/Getty Images The pair made their red carpet debut at the 1993 Tony Awards. Richardson was nominated for Best Lead Actress, while Neeson was up for Best Lead Actor for their performances in Anna Christie. July 1994 Although Neeson later revealed that Richardson threatened not to marry him if he played James Bond, the duo did tie the knot. The actors said "I do" at their home in upstate New York where they had a farmhouse. "Behind my back, Natasha had been taking singing lessons to sing it to me," Neeson said during a January 2016 episode of SiriusXM's My Favorite Song With John Benjamin Hickey of Richardson's surprise wedding performance of Van Morrison's "Crazy Love." He recalled, "After the ceremony, we were all going in to start the night's festivities and she grabbed the microphone, and she sang me this. I was like, 'Wow.'" December 1994 20th Century Fox Film Corp/Everett Collection The newlyweds costarred in their first movie together, Nell, after Richardson decided to try out for a part in hopes of being closer to her husband on set in North Carolina. "It was difficult to kind of go, 'Bye, honey! Have fun with the other girls!'" she recalled of the casting via New York Daily News. "I thought I would do anything to play this part." June 1995 Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty Images Richardson and Neeson welcomed their first child, son Michéal, on June 22. Michéal later changed his last name to Richardson to honor his late mother. August 1996 Steve Starr/Corbis via Getty Images The couple expanded their family with the birth of son Daniel on August 27. "This was a bit unexpected," Richardson told The Buffalo News at the time of her back-to-back pregnancies. "We wanted more children, just not so close together. I mean, I had just gotten my body and my professional life back in shape when this happened." She recalled, "As a woman and a mother, I thought, 'Great!' As an actress, I screamed, 'Help!' Of course, now I'm just reveling in it. And I love the idea that the children will be so close in age." June 2002 Scott Gries/ImageDirect The pair turned heads as they attended the 56th Annual Tony Awards and presented the award for Best Leading Actress together in New York City. April 2005 Brad Barket/Getty Images Richardson and Neeson got cozy at Studio 54's opening of A Streetcar Named Desire. May 2005 Michael Loccisano/FilmMagic The lovebirds shared a kiss while attending the Metropoli