Vanessa Redgrave

**Dame Vanessa Redgrave** <small></small> (Blackheath, London, England, 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist.

## Life and career

Born in a theatrical family, her father was actor Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985). Her mother was actress Rachel Kempson (1910-2003). Her brother Corin Redgrave (1939-2010) and sister Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010) were both actors. She began her career in theatre in 1958 with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She made her movie debut in 1966 in _Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment_, followed by _Blowup_.

In 1967, she appeared in the musical _Camelot_, opposite Richard Harris. Other notable movies have included; _The Charge of the Light Brigade_ (1968), _Isadora_ (1969), _The Devils_ (1970), _The Trojan Women_ (1971), _Mary Queen of Scots_ (1972), _Murder on the Orient-Express_ (1974), _Julia_ (1977), for which she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress, _Agatha_ (1979), _The Bostonians_ (1984), _Wetherby_ (1985), _Howard Ends_ (1992), _Mrs Dalloway_ (1997), _Deep Impact_ (1998), etc.

On television, she appeared in _Playing for Time_ in 1980, which won her an Emmy Award for best actress, as well as in the teleseries _Peter The Great_ (1986) and _Young Catherine_ (1991).

In 2010 she received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, a lifetime achievement award.

Redgrave was married to movie director Tony Richardson from 1962 until 1967, with whom she had two daughters: actresses Natasha Richardson (1963-2009) and Joely Richardson (b. 1965). She has a son, Carlo Gabriel Nero (b. 1969) with Italian actor Franco Nero, whom she married in 2006.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1958|_Behind the Mask_|Pamela Gray|||
|1966|_Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment_|Leonie Delt|Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||
|1966|_A Man For All Seasons_|Anne Boleyn|||
|1966|_Blowup_|Unnamed|||
|1967|_Camelot_|Guinevere|||
|1968|__|Mrs. Clarissa Morris|||
|1968|__|Nina|||
|1968|_Isadora_|Isadora Duncan|Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama||
|1969|_Oh! What a Lovely War_|Sylvia Pankhurst|||
|1969|__|Flavia|||
|1970|_Dropout_|Mary|||
|1970|__||||
|1971|_Mary, Queen of Scots_|Mary, Queen of Scots|||
|1971|__|Sister Jeanne|||
|1971|_Vacation_|Immacolata Meneghelli|||
|1971|__|Andromache|||
|1973|__|Katherine Mansfield|Television film||
|1974|_Murder on the Orient Express_|Mary Debenham|||
|1975|_Out of Season_|Ann|||
|1976|__|Lola Deveraux|||
|1977|_Julia_|Julia|||
|1979|_Agatha_|Agatha Christie|||
|1979|_Yanks_|Helen|||
|1979|_Bear Island_|Heddi Lindguist|||
|1981|_Playing for Time_|Fania Fenelon|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie||
|1982|_My Body, My Child_|Leenie Cabrezi|Television film||
|1983|_Sing Sing_|Queen|||
|1983|_Wagner_|Cosima Wagner|Had a limited theatrical release; better known as a television mini-series; 2011 re-released as a feature film on DVD||
|1984|__|Olive Chancellor|||
|1985|_Wetherby_|Jean Travers|National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress||
|1985|_Three Sovereigns for Sarah_|Sarah Cloyce|||
|1985|_Steaming_|Nancy|||
|1986|_Comrades_|Mrs. Carlyle|||
|1986|_Peter the Great_|Sophia|Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie||
|1986|_Second Serve_|Richard Radley / Renee Richards|||
|1987|_Prick Up Your Ears_|Peggy Ramsay|||
|1988|_Consuming Passions_|Mrs. Garza|||
|1988|__|Lady Alice More|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film||
|1990|_Romeo.Juliet_|Mother Capulet|||
|1990|_Breath of Life_|Sister Crucifix|||
|1990|_Pokhorony Stalina_|English journalist|||
|1990|_Orpheus Descending_|Lady Torrance|Television film||
|1991|__|Miss Amelia|||
|1991|_Young Catherine_|Empress Elizabeth|Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie||
|1991|_What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?_|Blanche Hudson|Television film||
|1992|_Howards End_|Ruth Wilcox|Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress||
|1993|__|Kate Benson|||
|1993|__|Nivea del Valle|||
|1993|_Sparrow_|Sister Agata|||
|1993|_Great Moments in Aviation_|Dr. Angela Bead|||
|1993|_They_|Florence Latimer|||
|1994|_Mother's Boys_|Lydia Madigan|||
|1994|_Little Odessa_|Irina Shapira|Volpi Cup||
|1995|__|Miss Bentley|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||
|1995|_The Wind in the Willows_|Narrator|Television Film||
|1996|_Mission: Impossible_|Max|||
|1996|_Two Mothers for Zachary_|Nancy Shaffell|Television film||
|1997|_Smilla's Sense of Snow_|Elsa Lubing|||
|1997|_Wilde_|Lady Speranza Wilde|||
|1997|_Mrs. Dalloway_|Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway|||
|1997|_Déjà Vu_|Skelly|||
|1997|_Bella Mafia_|Graziella Luciano|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film||
|1998|_Deep Impact_|Robin Lerner|||
|1998|_Lulu on the Bridge_|Catherine Moore|||
|1999|_Cradle Will Rock_|Countess Constance LaGrange|||
|1999|_Uninvited_|Mrs. Ruttenburn|||
|1999|_Girl, Interrupted_|Dr. Sonia Wick|||
|2000|_If These Walls Could Talk 2_|Edith Tress (segment "1961")|||
|2000|_Mirka_|Kalsan|||
|2000|__|Maddy Bennett|||
|2001|__|Annalise Hansen|||
|2001|_Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story_|Countess Wilhelmina/Narrator|||
|2002|__|Clementine Churchill|Television film||
|2002|_Crime and Punishment_|Rodian's Mother|||
|2002|_Searching for Debra Winger_|Herself|Documentary||
|2002|__|Esther Huish|Television film||
|2003|_Byron_|Lady Melbourne|Television film||
|2003|_Good Boy!_||||
|2004|__|Woman|Also Executive Producer Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie||
|2004–2009|_Nip/Tuck_|Dr. Erica Noughton|Television series; 10 episodes||
|2005|__||||
|2005|_Short Order_|Marianne|||
|2005|__|Vera Belinskya|||
|2006|__|Sister Antonia|||
|2006|_Venus_|Valerie|Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress||
|2006|__|Penelope Keeling|Television film||
|2007|__|Roberta Elliot|||
|2007|_How About You_|Georgia Platts|||
|2007|_Evening_|Ann Lord|||
|2007|_Atonement_|Older Briony Tallis|||
|2008|_Restraint_|Sky News Reader|||
|2008|_Ein Job_|Hannah Silbergrau|Television film||
|2008|_Gud, lukt och henne_||||
|2009|_Eva_|Eva|||
|2009|__|Durrant|Television miniseries||
|2010|_Letters to Juliet_|Claire Smith-Wyman|||
|2010|__|Madeleine Rees|||
|2010|_Miral_|Bertha Spafford|||
|2010|_Animals United_|Winnie|Voice Only (English Version)||
|2011|_Coriolanus_|Volumnia|||
|2011|_Cars 2_|Mama Topolino/Queen|Voice Only||
|2011|_Anonymous_|Queen Elizabeth I|||
|2012|_Song for Marion_|Marion|_Filming_||

## Reference

- _The Illustrated Who's Who of the Cinema_, Lloyd, Fuller & Desser, Portland House, New York, 1987.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Vanessa Redgrave
- **honorific suffix**: <small></small>
- **image**: Vanessa Redgrave (2011).jpg
- **caption**: Redgrave at the Berlin Film Festival, 2011
- **birth place**: Greenwich, London, England
- **spouse**: Tony Richardson
(m. 1962–1967, divorced)
Franco Nero (m. 2006–present)
- **children**: Natasha Richardson
Joely Richardson
Carlo Gabriel Nero
- **parents**: Michael Redgrave
Rachel Kempson
- **relatives**: Corin Redgrave
(brother)
Lynn Redgrave
(sister)
Jemma Redgrave (niece)
- **years active**: 1956–present