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 als
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.
Born
Jan 30, 1937
Greenwich, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Movies
155 acting
6 crew
Popularity
3.1
Known For
Cars 2
2011
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
Mission: Impossible
1996
as Max
Atonement
2007
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
Cold Storage
2026
as Mary Rooney
Deep Impact
1998
as Robin Lerner
Girl, Interrupted
1999
as Dr. Wick
Letters to Juliet
2010
as Claire
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Mary Debenham
The Butler
2013
as Annabeth Westfall
The House of the Spirits
1993
as Nivea del Valle
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