Vanessa Redgrave
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.
Filmography
The Crystal Planet
as The Matriarch (voice)
The Crystal Planet
as The Matriarch (voice)
Cold Storage
as Mary Rooney
Cold Storage
as Mary Rooney
The Estate
The Estate
Common Wealth
as Self
Common Wealth
as Self
Merchant Ivory
as Self
Merchant Ivory
as Self
On Our Way
On Our Way
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
The Lost Girls
as Great Nana
The Lost Girls
as Great Nana
Alice, Through the Looking
as Narrator
Alice, Through the Looking
as Narrator
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as Self
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as Self
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandmother
Entree Des Artists
as Henry's Grandmother
Mrs Lowry & Son
as Elizabeth Lowry
Mrs Lowry & Son
as Elizabeth Lowry
Georgetown
as Elsa Brecht
Georgetown
as Elsa Brecht
The Aspern Papers
as Juliana Bordereau
The Aspern Papers
as Juliana Bordereau
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self (archive footage)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Jeanne McDougall
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
as Jeanne McDougall
Sea Sorrow
as Self
Sea Sorrow
as Self
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
as Self
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
as Self
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Self
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
as Self
The Go-Between
as Older Marian
The Go-Between
as Older Marian
The Butler
as Annabeth Westfall
The Butler
as Annabeth Westfall
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
as Rosalind Leigh
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
as Rosalind Leigh
Last Will. & Testament
Last Will. & Testament
Song for Marion
as Marion
Song for Marion
as Marion
Anonymous
as Queen Elizabeth I
Anonymous
as Queen Elizabeth I
Cars 2
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
Cars 2
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
Miral
as Bertha Spafford
Miral
as Bertha Spafford
The Whistleblower
as Madeleine Rees
The Whistleblower
as Madeleine Rees
God, Smell and Her
God, Smell and Her
Ein Job
as Hannah Silbergrau
Ein Job
as Hannah Silbergrau
Restraint
as Sky News Reader #2
Restraint
as Sky News Reader #2
The Shell Seekers
as Penelope Keeling
The Shell Seekers
as Penelope Keeling
The Riddle
as Roberta Elliot
The Riddle
as Roberta Elliot
Atonement
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
Atonement
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
Venus
as Valerie
Venus
as Valerie
The Thief Lord
as Sister Antonia
The Thief Lord
as Sister Antonia
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
as Miss Sangorski
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
as Miss Sangorski
Good Boy!
as The Greater Dane (voice)
Good Boy!
as The Greater Dane (voice)
Byron
as Lady Melbourne
Byron
as Lady Melbourne
The Locket
as Esther Huish
The Locket
as Esther Huish
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
Crime and Punishment
as Rodion's mother
Crime and Punishment
as Rodion's mother
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
as (voice)
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
as (voice)
A Rumor of Angels
as Maddy Bennett
A Rumor of Angels
as Maddy Bennett
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Vicky's Mother
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
as Vicky's Mother
Uninvited
as Mrs. Rutterburn
Uninvited
as Mrs. Rutterburn
Mirka
as Kalsan
Mirka
as Kalsan
1961
as Edith Tree
1961
as Edith Tree
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Edith Tree
If These Walls Could Talk 2
as Edith Tree
Exile in Buyukada
as Narrator
Exile in Buyukada
as Narrator
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Wick
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Wick
Cradle Will Rock
as Countess Constance La Grave
Cradle Will Rock
as Countess Constance La Grave
Deep Impact
as Robin Lerner
Deep Impact
as Robin Lerner
Déjà Vu
as Skelly
Déjà Vu
as Skelly
Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein
as Self
Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein
as Self
Wilde
as Lady Speranza Wilde
Wilde
as Lady Speranza Wilde
Mrs. Dalloway
as Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
as Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Elsa Lübing
Smilla's Sense of Snow
as Elsa Lübing
The Willows in Winter
as Grandmother / Narrator
The Willows in Winter
as Grandmother / Narrator
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
Two Mothers for Zachary
as Nancy Shaffell
Two Mothers for Zachary
as Nancy Shaffell
Mission: Impossible
as Max
Mission: Impossible
as Max
Down Came a Blackbird
as Anna Lenke
Down Came a Blackbird
as Anna Lenke
Little Odessa
as Irina Shapira
Little Odessa
as Irina Shapira
Sparrow
as Suor Agata
Sparrow
as Suor Agata
The House of the Spirits
as Nivea del Valle
The House of the Spirits
as Nivea del Valle
A Wall of Silence
as Kate Benson
A Wall of Silence
as Kate Benson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Blanche Hudson
Breath of Life
as Suor Crocifissa
Breath of Life
as Suor Crocifissa
Romeo.Juliet
as Mother Capulet (voice)
Romeo.Juliet
as Mother Capulet (voice)
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Garza
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Garza
Comrades
as Mrs. Carlyle
Comrades
as Mrs. Carlyle
Prick Up Your Ears
as Peggy Ramsay
Prick Up Your Ears
as Peggy Ramsay
Second Serve
as Renee Richards
Second Serve
as Renee Richards
Wetherby
as Jean Travers
Wetherby
as Jean Travers
Steaming
as Nancy
Steaming
as Nancy
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Sarah Cloyce
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
as Sarah Cloyce
Sing Sing
as la Regina
Sing Sing
as la Regina
Playing for Time
as Fania Fenelon
Playing for Time
as Fania Fenelon
Yanks
as Helen
Yanks
as Helen
Agatha
as Agatha Christie
Agatha
as Agatha Christie
Julia
as Julia
Julia
as Julia
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Lola Deveraux
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Lola Deveraux
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mary Debenham
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mary Debenham
The Trojan Women
as Andromache
The Trojan Women
as Andromache
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Sylvia Pankhurst
The Sea Gull
as Nina
The Sea Gull
as Nina
Isadora
as Isadora Duncan
Isadora
as Isadora Duncan
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Mrs Clarissa Morris
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Mrs Clarissa Morris
Camelot
as Guenevere
Camelot
as Guenevere
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Sheila
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Sheila
Blow-Up
as Jane
Blow-Up
as Jane
A Man for All Seasons
as Anne Boleyn
A Man for All Seasons
as Anne Boleyn
As You Like It
as Rosalind
As You Like It
as Rosalind
The Boy at the Back of the Class
as Queen
The Boy at the Back of the Class
as Queen