Vanessa Redgrave
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Nip/Tuck
Dr.Erica Noughton
2003
Series
Nip/Tuck
Dr. Erica Noughton
2003
Series
Call the Midwife
Jennifer Worth (voice)
2012
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
American Playhouse
Sarah Cloyce
1982
Series
Screen Two
Dr. Angela Bead
1985
Film '72
Self
1971
Film
Cars 2
The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
2011
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Film
Mission: Impossible
Max
1996
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Cold Storage
Mary Rooney
2026
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Evil Queen
1982
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Film
Deep Impact
Robin Lerner
1998
Series
Today
Self
1952
Film
Atonement
Briony Tallis (Age 77)
2007
Series
Playhouse Presents
Elderly Woman
2012
Sunday-Night Play
Monica Claverton-Ferry
1960
Sabine Christiansen
Self
1998
Film
Girl, Interrupted
Dr. Wick
1999
Film
Letters to Juliet
Claire
2010
Film
The Butler
Annabeth Westfall
2013
Seitenblicke
self
1987
Film
The Devils
Sister Jeanne des Anges
1971
Film
Murder on the Orient Express
Mary Debenham
1974
Series
One Pair of Eyes
1967
Film
The Pledge
Annalise Hansen
2001
Series
Theatre Night
Caroline Lester
1957
Series
Political Animals
Diane Nash
2012
Film
Blow-Up
Jane
1966
Film
The House of the Spirits
Nivea del Valle
1993
Film
Foxcatcher
Jean du Pont
2014
Film
Howards End
Ruth Wilcox
1992
Film
Anonymous
Queen Elizabeth I
2011
Film
Finding You
Cathleen Sweeney
2021
Series
Black Box
Dr. Hartramph
2014
Film
The Trojan Women
Andromache
1971
Film
A Man for All Seasons
Anne Boleyn
1966
Series
The Day of the Triffids
Durrant
2009
Film
The Whistleblower
Madeleine Rees
2010
Series
Man in an Orange Shirt
Flora Berryman
2017
Film
Wilde
Lady Speranza Wilde
1997
Film
Coriolanus
Volumnia
2011
Film
The Secret Scripture
Old Roseanne McNulty
2017
Series
Peter the Great
Sophia
1986
Film
Restraint
Sky News Reader #2
2008
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Countess Wilhelmina
2001
Film
The Thief Lord
Sister Antonia
2006
Film
Cradle Will Rock
Countess Constance La Grave
1999
Film
The White Countess
Princess Vera Belinskya
2005
Film
Camelot
Guenevere
1967
Series
Byron
Lady Melbourne
2003
Series
Shakespeare Uncovered
Herself
2012
Film
Mother's Boys
Lydia
1993
Film
The Estate
2025
Film
Julia
Julia
1977
Film
Little Odessa
Irina Shapira
1994
Film
Song for Marion
Marion
2012
Film
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Elsa Lübing
1997
Film
Yanks
Helen
1979
Film
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots
1971
Film
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Jeanne McDougall
2017
Film
Mrs Lowry & Son
Elizabeth Lowry
2019
Series
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
Film
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Edith Tree
2000
Film
Georgetown
Elsa Brecht
2019
Film
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
1996
Film
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Mrs Clarissa Morris
1968
Film
Bear Island
Heddi Lindquist
1979
Film
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Lola Deveraux
1976
Film
Evening
Ann Lord
2007
Film
The Gathering Storm
Clemmie Churchill
2002
Film
Venus
Valerie
2006
Film
Good Boy!
The Greater Dane (voice)
2003
Film
The Bostonians
Olive Chancellor
1984
Series
Wagner
Cosima von Bulow
1983
Film
Bella Mafia
Graziella Luciano
1997
Film
Nothing Like a Dame
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Esther Huish
1951
Film
Lulu on the Bridge
Catherine Moore
1998
Film
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sylvia Pankhurst
1969
Series
Young Catherine
Empress Elizabeth
1991
Film
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
1997
Film
Agatha
Agatha Christie
1979
Film
A Quiet Place in the Country
Flavia
1968
Film
Prick Up Your Ears
Peggy Ramsay
1987
Film
The Lost Girls
Great Nana
2022
Film
Miral
Bertha Spafford
2010
Film
A Month by the Lake
Miss Bentley
1995
Film
Vacation
Immacolata Meneghelli
1971
Film
Playing for Time
Fania Fenelon
1980
Film
They
Florence Latimer
1993
Film
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
1967
Film
The Fever
The woman
2004
Film
Stalin's Funeral
English journalist
1990
Film
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Self
2017
Film
Consuming Passions
Mrs. Garza
1988
Film
Sing Sing
la Regina
1983
Film
Isadora
Isadora Duncan
1968
Film
Romeo.Juliet
Mother Capulet (voice)
1990
Film
The Sea Gull
Nina
1968
Film
Second Serve
Renee Richards
1986
Series
Armchair Theatre
Sally
1956
Film
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Film
Crime and Punishment
Rodion's mother
2002
Film
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Queen Margaret
2016
Film
The Palestinian
Self
1977
Film
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
Rosalind Leigh
2012
Film
Sparrow
Suor Agata
1994
Film
The Thirteenth Tale
Vida Winter
2013
Film
The Locket
Esther Huish
2002
Film
The Crystal Planet
The Matriarch (voice)
2026
Film
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
2007
Film
The Wind in the Willows
Grandmother / Narrator (voice)
1995
Film
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Leonie Delt
1966
Film
The Aspern Papers
Juliana Bordereau
2019
Film
Orpheus Descending
Lady Torrance
1990
Series
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield
1973
Film
How About You...
Georgia Platts
2007
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Miss Amelia
1991
Film
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024
Film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Blanche Hudson
1991
Film
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
Film
A Rumor of Angels
Maddy Bennett
2000
Film
Comrades
Mrs. Carlyle
1987
Film
Thank You, Doctor Rey
herself
2003
Series
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Sarah Cloyce
1985
Film
The Willows in Winter
Grandmother / Narrator
1996
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Vicky's Mother
2000
Maggie
Maggie
1964
Film
Short Order
Marianne
2005
Film
Wetherby
Jean Travers
1985
Film
The Go-Between
Older Marian
2015
Film
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Miss Sangorski
2005
Film
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Evil Queen
1984
Film
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
2006
Film
Behind the Mask
Pamela Benson-Gray
1958
Film
On Our Way
2023
Film
Byron
Lady Melbourne
2003
Film
Great Moments in Aviation
Dr. Angela Bead
1994
Film
Last Will. & Testament
2012
Film
My Body, My Child
Leenie Cabrezi
1982
Film
Dropout
Mary
1970
Film
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
2005
Film
Déjà Vu
Skelly
1998
Film
A Man for All Seasons
Lady Alice More
1988
Film
Two Mothers for Zachary
Nancy Shaffell
1996
Film
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Sheila
1967
Film
1961
Edith Tree
2000
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Queen
Film
Sea Sorrow
Self
2017
Film
Red and Blue
Jacky
1968
Film
Out of Season
Ann
1975
Film
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Sarah Cloyce
1985
Film
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
2020
Film
Michael Redgrave: My Father
Self
1997
Film
Red, White, and Zero
Jacky
1968
Film
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
Narrator
2007
Film
A Wall of Silence
Kate Benson
1993
Film
Mirka
Kalsan
2000
Film
Uninvited
Mrs. Rutterburn
2000
Film
The Riddle
Roberta Elliot
2007
Film
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Self
2021
Film
Circus at Clopton Hall
Narrator
1961
Film
Steaming
Nancy
1985
Film
Right to Work March
1972
Film
Alice, Through the Looking
Narrator
2021
Film
The Fifth War
1980
Film
Down Came a Blackbird
Anna Lenke
1995
Film
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Self
2016
As You Like It
Rosalind
1963
Film
The Body
Narrator
1970
Film
Exile in Buyukada
Narrator
2000
Film
All That I Am
Film
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
(voice)
2001
Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein
Self
1997
Film
Ein Job
Hannah Silbergrau
2008
Film
God, Smell and Her
2009
Entree Des Artists
Henry's Grandmother
2020
Film
Breath of Life
Suor Crocifissa
1990
Film
Common Wealth
Self
2025
Film
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Self
2002
Film
The Wound and the Gift
2014
Film
A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third
Herself
1970
Film
A Sunday in September
Self
1961
Film
Robinson in Ruins
Narrator
2010
Film
No Arks
Narrator
1969