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Vanessa Redgrave

Acting

6.7 Popularity Jan 30, 1937 (88 years old) Greenwich, London, England, UK

Vanessa Redgrave CBE 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 198...

Biography

Vanessa Redgrave CBE 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 193

2024
Merchant Ivory Movie

as Self

2023
2022
The Lost Girls Movie

as Great Nana

2021
2021
Finding You Movie

as Cathleen Sweeney

2020
Entree Des Artists Movie

as Henry's Grandmother

2019
Mrs Lowry & Son Movie

as Elizabeth Lowry

2019
Georgetown Movie

as Elsa Brecht

2019
The Aspern Papers Movie

as Juliana Bordereau

2018
Nothing Like a Dame Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Movie

as Jeanne McDougall

2017
Sea Sorrow Movie

as Self

2017
Sea Sorrow Movie

Director

2017
Sea Sorrow Movie

Screenplay

2017
Man in an Orange Shirt TV

as Flora Berryman

2017
The Secret Scripture Movie

as Old Roseanne McNulty

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday January 30, 1937 (88 years old)
Place of Birth Greenwich, London, England, UK
Also Known As Vanessa Redgreiv, 바네사 레드그레이브, Ванесса Редгрейв
Years Active 1944 - 2024
Popularity 6.7
Career Stats
193 Total Credits
153 Movie Roles
35 TV Roles
11 Photos