Vanessa Redgrave
Known for
Acting
Born
January 30, 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Greenwich, London, England, UK
Biography
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 S...
Best known work
Mission: Impossible
1996
Cars 2
2011
Atonement
2007
Girl, Interrupted
1999
Deep Impact
1998
The Butler
2013
Letters to Juliet
2010
Foxcatcher
2014
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
Blow-Up
1966Filmography
TBA
The Boy at the Back of the Classas Queen
TBA
TBA
The Turning Dooras (voice)
2026
The Crystal Planetas The Matriarch (voice)
2026
Cold Storageas Mary Rooney
2025
The EstateExecutive Producer
2025
Common Wealthas Self
2024
Merchant Ivoryas Self
2023
2022
The Ghost of Richard Harrisas Self
2022
The Lost Girlsas Great Nana
2021
Alice, Through the Lookingas Narrator
2021
2021
Finding Youas Cathleen Sweeney
2020
2020
Entree Des Artistsas Henry's Grandmother
2019
Mrs Lowry & Sonas Elizabeth Lowry
2019
Georgetownas Elsa Brecht
2019
The Aspern Papersas Juliana Bordereau
2018
Nothing Like a Dameas Self (archive footage)
2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpoolas Jeanne McDougall
2017
Sea Sorrowas Self, Director, Screenplay
2017
2017
2017
The Secret Scriptureas Old Roseanne McNulty