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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Acting

Born: January 30, 1937Greenwich, London, England, UK

Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and political activist. Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London's West End and on Broadway, winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers, and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Long Day's Journey into Night. She also received Tony nominations for The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy. On screen she has starred in scores of films and is a six-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the title role in the film Julia (1977). Her other nominations were for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Isadora (1968), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), The Bostonians (1984), and Howards End (1992). Among her other films are A Man for All Seasons (1966), Blowup (1966), Camelot (1967), The Devils (1971), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), Mission: Impossible (1996), Atonement (2007), Coriolanus (2011), and The Butler (2013). Redgrave was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as "the greatest living actress of our times", and has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, BAFTA, Olivier, Cannes, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild awards.

Known For
Filmography
Cold Storage

Cold Storage

Ma Rooney

2026
The Estate

The Estate

2025
Common Wealth

Common Wealth

Self

2025
Merchant Ivory

Merchant Ivory

Self

2024
On Our Way

On Our Way

2023
The Ghost of Richard Harris

The Ghost of Richard Harris

Self

2022
The Lost Girls

The Lost Girls

Great Nana

2022
Alice, Through the Looking

Alice, Through the Looking

Narrator

2021
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

Alida Valli: In Her Own Words

Self

2021
Finding You

Finding You

Cathleen Sweeney

2021
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular

Self

2020

Entree Des Artists

Henry's Grandmother

2020
Mrs Lowry & Son

Mrs Lowry & Son

Elizabeth Lowry

2019
Georgetown

Georgetown

Elsa Brecht

2019
The Aspern Papers

The Aspern Papers

Juliana Bordereau

2019
Nothing Like a Dame

Nothing Like a Dame

Self (archive footage)

2018
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Jeanne McDougall

2017
Sea Sorrow

Sea Sorrow

Self

2017
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Self

2017
The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture

Old Roseanne McNulty

2017
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said

Self

2016
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III

Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III

Queen Margaret

2016
The Go-Between

The Go-Between

Older Marian

2015
Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher

Jean du Pont

2014
The Wound and the Gift

The Wound and the Gift

2014
The Thirteenth Tale

The Thirteenth Tale

Vida Winter

2013
The Butler

The Butler

Annabeth Westfall

2013
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh

Rosalind Leigh

2012
Last Will. & Testament

Last Will. & Testament

2012
Song for Marion

Song for Marion

Marion

2012
Anonymous

Anonymous

Queen Elizabeth I

2011
Cars 2

Cars 2

The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)

2011
Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Volumnia

2011
Robinson in Ruins

Robinson in Ruins

Narrator

2010
Miral

Miral

Bertha Spafford

2010
The Whistleblower

The Whistleblower

Madeleine Rees

2010
Letters to Juliet

Letters to Juliet

Claire

2010
God, Smell and Her

God, Smell and Her

2009
Ein Job

Ein Job

Hannah Silbergrau

2008
Restraint

Restraint

Sky News Reader #2

2008
How About You...

How About You...

Georgia Platts

2007
The Shell Seekers

The Shell Seekers

Penelope Keeling

2007
The Riddle

The Riddle

Roberta Elliot

2007
The Fever

The Fever

The woman

2007
Evening

Evening

Ann Lord

2007
Atonement

Atonement

Briony Tallis (Age 77)

2007
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms

Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms

Narrator

2007
Venus

Venus

Valerie

2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

Self

2006
The Thief Lord

The Thief Lord

Sister Antonia

2006
The White Countess

The White Countess

Princess Vera Belinskya

2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

Self

2005
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

Miss Sangorski

2005
Short Order

Short Order

Marianne

2005
Thank You, Doctor Rey

Thank You, Doctor Rey

herself

2004
Good Boy!

Good Boy!

The Greater Dane (voice)

2003
Byron

Byron

Lady Melbourne

2003
The Locket

The Locket

Esther Huish

2002
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

Self

2002
Searching for Debra Winger

Searching for Debra Winger

Self

2002
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Rodion's mother

2002
The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm

Clemmie Churchill

2002
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

(voice)

2001
The Pledge

The Pledge

Annalise Hansen

2001
A Rumor of Angels

A Rumor of Angels

Maddy Bennett

2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song

Vicky's Mother

2000
Uninvited

Uninvited

Mrs. Rutterburn

2000
Mirka

Mirka

Kalsan

2000
If These Walls Could Talk 2

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Edith Tree

2000
1961

1961

Edith Tree

2000
Exile in Buyukada

Exile in Buyukada

Narrator

2000
Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

Dr. Wick

1999
Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

Countess Constance La Grave

1999
Lulu on the Bridge

Lulu on the Bridge

Catherine Moore

1998
Deep Impact

Deep Impact

Robin Lerner

1998
Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu

Skelly

1998
Bella Mafia

Bella Mafia

Graziella Luciano

1997

Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein

Self

1997
Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway

1997
Wilde

Wilde

Lady Speranza Wilde

1997
Michael Redgrave: My Father

Michael Redgrave: My Father

Self

1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Elsa Lübing

1997
The Willows in Winter

The Willows in Winter

Grandmother / Narrator

1996
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

Self - Interviewee

1996
Two Mothers for Zachary

Two Mothers for Zachary

Nancy Shaffell

1996
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Max

1996
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows

Grandmother / Narrator

1995
Down Came a Blackbird

Down Came a Blackbird

Anna Lenke

1995
A Month by the Lake

A Month by the Lake

Miss Bentley

1995
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

Irina Shapira

1994
Great Moments in Aviation

Great Moments in Aviation

Dr. Angela Bead

1994
Sparrow

Sparrow

Suor Agata

1994
They

They

Florence Latimer

1993
The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

Nivea del Valle

1993
Mother's Boys

Mother's Boys

Lydia

1993
A Wall of Silence

A Wall of Silence

Kate Benson

1993
Howards End

Howards End

Ruth Wilcox

1992
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Miss Amelia

1991
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Blanche Hudson

1991
Breath of Life

Breath of Life

Suor Crocifissa

1990
Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending

Lady Torrance

1990
Stalin's Funeral

Stalin's Funeral

English journalist

1990
Romeo.Juliet

Romeo.Juliet

Mother Capulet (voice)

1990
A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

Lady Alice More

1988
Consuming Passions

Consuming Passions

Mrs. Garza

1988
Comrades

Comrades

Mrs. Carlyle

1987
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

Peggy Ramsay

1987
Second Serve

Second Serve

Renee Richards

1986
Wetherby

Wetherby

Jean Travers

1985
Steaming

Steaming

Nancy

1985
Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

Sarah Cloyce

1985
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

The Evil Queen

1984
The Bostonians

The Bostonians

Olive Chancellor

1984
Sing Sing

Sing Sing

la Regina

1983
My Body, My Child

My Body, My Child

Leenie Cabrezi

1982
Playing for Time

Playing for Time

Fania Fenelon

1980
The Fifth War

The Fifth War

1980
Bear Island

Bear Island

Heddi Lindquist

1979
Yanks

Yanks

Helen

1979
Agatha

Agatha

Agatha Christie

1979
Julia

Julia

Julia

1977
The Palestinian

The Palestinian

Self

1977
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Lola Deveraux

1976
Out of Season

Out of Season

Ann

1975
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

Mary Debenham

1974
Right to Work March

Right to Work March

1972
Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots

1971
Vacation

Vacation

Immacolata Meneghelli

1971
The Devils

The Devils

Sister Jeanne des Anges

1971
The Trojan Women

The Trojan Women

Andromache

1971
Dropout

Dropout

Mary

1970
The Body

The Body

Narrator

1970
A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third

A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third

Herself

1970
No Arks

No Arks

Narrator

1969
Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War

Sylvia Pankhurst

1969
The Sea Gull

The Sea Gull

Nina

1968
A Quiet Place in the Country

A Quiet Place in the Country

Flavia

1968
Isadora

Isadora

Isadora Duncan

1968
Red and Blue

Red and Blue

Jacky

1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Mrs Clarissa Morris

1968
Red, White, and Zero

Red, White, and Zero

Jacky

1968
Camelot

Camelot

Guenevere

1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Self

1967
The Sailor from Gibraltar

The Sailor from Gibraltar

Sheila

1967
Blow-Up

Blow-Up

Jane

1966
A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

Anne Boleyn

1966
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Leonie Delt

1966

Maggie

Maggie

1964

As You Like It

Rosalind

1963
A Sunday in September

A Sunday in September

Self

1961
Circus at Clopton Hall

Circus at Clopton Hall

Narrator

1961
Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

Pamela Benson-Gray

1958