About
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...
Known for
Nip/TuckSeries • 2003
ArenaSeries • 1975
Call the MidwifeSeries • 2012
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Cars 2Movie • 2011
Mission: ImpossibleMovie • 1996
Faerie Tale TheatreSeries • 1982
Playhouse PresentsSeries • 2012
Cold StorageMovie • 2026
Deep ImpactMovie • 1998
AtonementMovie • 2007
The DevilsMovie • 1971
The ButlerMovie • 2013
Girl, InterruptedMovie • 1999
Letters to JulietMovie • 2010
Murder on the Orient ExpressMovie • 1974
Finding YouMovie • 2021
Black BoxSeries • 2014
A Man for All SeasonsMovie • 1966
The House of the SpiritsMovie • 1993
FoxcatcherMovie • 2014
The Day of the TriffidsSeries • 2009
Film Stars Don't Die in LiverpoolMovie • 2017