# List of awards and nominations received by Vanessa Redgrave

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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actress Vanessa Redgrave. She has won several Major acting awards, including one Academy Award, one BAFTA TV Award, two Emmy Awards, one Olivier Award, and one Tony Award. Other significant wins include two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Drama Desk Awards. She received the lifetime achievement BAFTA Fellowship in 2010. Redgrave is one of the few actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting, which is competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award wins. She was the first actress to win all four Broadway and West End stage acting awards. Overall, in her career to date, she has won 42 awards from 97 nominations. In 1999, she was offered the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, but she declined it before accepting it in 2022.
In 2018, she received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

## Film and television awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1966 | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1968 | Isadora | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1977 | Julia | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 1992 | Howards End | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1966 | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | Best British Actress | Nominated |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2010 | — | BAFTA Fellowship | Honoured |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 1966 | — | Best Actress | Won |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Best Actress | Nominated |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1966 | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | Best Actress | Won |
| 1969 | Isadora | Best Actress | Won |
| 2017 | Sea Sorrow | Golden Camera | Nominated |
| 2017 | Sea Sorrow | Golden Eye | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | Atonement | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1966 | Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1967 | Camelot | Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1968 | Isadora | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated |
| 1977 | Julia | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Won |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Nominated |
| 1986 | Second Serve | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1988 | A Man for All Seasons | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 1995 | A Month by the Lake | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nominated |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Won |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1981 | Playing for Time | Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
| 1986 | Second Serve | Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1986 | Peter the Great | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated |
| 2007 | The Fever | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Nominated |
| 2013 | The Butler | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant & The Nightingale And The Rose | Nominated | |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Volpi Cup for Best Actress | Won |
| 2018 | — | Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement | Honoured |

### Miscellaneous award wins and nominations

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1969 | Isadora | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress | Won |
| 1972 | Mary, Queen of Scots |
| 1972 | Mary, Queen of Scots | David di Donatello Award for Best International Actress | Won |
| 1972 | Mary, Queen of Scots | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress | Runner-up |
| 1977 | Julia | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1977 | Julia | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| 1977 | Julia | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress | Runner-up |
| 1984 | The Bostonians | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress | Won |
| 1985 | Wetherby | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress | Won |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 1993 | Young Catherine / Howards End | Golden Kamera Award for Best International Actress | Won |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| 2007 | Atonement | London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nominated |

## Theatre awards
### Drama Desk Awards

| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Result |
| 1997 | Antony and Cleopatra | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nominated |
| 2003 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Won |
| 2007 | The Year of Magical Thinking | Outstanding Solo Performance | Won |
| 2013 | The Revisionist | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Nominated |

### Evening Standard Awards

| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Result |
| 1961 | As You Like It | Best Actress | Won |
| 1979 | The Lady from the Sea | Best Actress | Won |
| 1985 | The Seagull | Best Actress | Won |
| 1991 | When She Danced | Best Actress | Won |

### Olivier Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 1984 | The Aspern Papers | Best Actress in a Revival | Won |
| 1988 | A Touch of the Poet | Best Actress in a Revival | Nominated |
| 1997 | John Gabriel Borkman | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2019 | The Inheritance | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Nominated Work | Award | Result |
| 2003 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Best Actress in a Play | Won |
| 2007 | The Year of Magical Thinking | Best Actress in a Play | Nominated |
| 2011 | Driving Miss Daisy | Best Actress in a Play | Nominated |

## Honorary awards

| Year | Organisation | Award |
| 1988 | British Film Institute | BFI Fellowship |
| 1995 | Boston Film Festival | Film Excellence Award |
| 1999 | San Sebastian Film Festival | Donostia Award |
| 2001 | GLAAD Media Award | Excellence in Media Award |
| 2002 | Capri, Hollywood Film Festival | Capri Legend Award |
| 2003 | American Theatre Hall of Fame | Inductee |
| 2005 | Bratislava International Film Festival | Artistic Excellence Award |
| 2011 | Brunel University | Honorary Doctor of Letters |
| 2015 | International Antalya Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Golden Orange Award |
| 2015 | Evening Standard Theatre Award | Editor's Award |
| 2023 | European Film Academy | Lifetime Achievement Award |