Joely Richardson will survive 'The Tudors'

Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.

Joely Richardson has been cast as the luckiest of Henry VIII's wives -- the last one -- Catherine Parr for five episodes of the Showtime's "The Tudors" during its fourth and final season.

Richardson is the third "Nip/Tuck" actor to get a new gig this week. Kelly Carlson and John Schneider have signed on for The CW dramas "Melrose Place" and "90210," respectively.

Henry's (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) other five wives have been played by Maria Doyle Kennedy (Catherine of Aragon), Natalie Dormer (Anne Boleyn), Anita Briem and Annabelle Wallis (Jane Seymour), Joss Stone (Anne of Cleves) and Tamzin Merchant (Catherine Howard).

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