Vanessa Redgrave

Dame Vanessa Redgrave DBE (Blackheath, London, England, 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist.

Vanessa Redgrave DBE
Redgrave at the Berlin Film Festival, 2011
Born	(1937-01-30) 30 January 1937 (age 88) Greenwich, London, England
Occupations	Actress political activist
Years active	1956–present
Spouse(s)	Tony Richardson (m. 1962–1967, divorced) Franco Nero (m. 2006–present)
Children	Natasha Richardson Joely Richardson Carlo Gabriel Nero
Parent(s)	Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson
Relatives	Corin Redgrave (brother) Lynn Redgrave (sister) Jemma Redgrave (niece)

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	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	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress tied with Lynn Redgrave for Georgy Girl Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1968	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Mrs. Clarissa Morris
1968	The Sea Gull	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	A Quiet Place in the Country	Flavia
1970	Dropout	Mary
1970	A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third		Swedish: En mor med två barn väntandes sitt tredje Bo Widerberg short film
1971	Mary, Queen of Scots	Mary, Queen of Scots	David di Donatello Special Award Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1971	The Devils	Sister Jeanne
1971	Vacation	Immacolata Meneghelli	Italian: La vacanza
1971	The Trojan Women	Andromache
1973	A Picture of Katherine Mansfield	Katherine Mansfield	Television film
1974	Murder on the Orient Express	Mary Debenham
1975	Out of Season	Ann
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Lola Deveraux
1977	Julia	Julia	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
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	The Bostonians	Olive Chancellor	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
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	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1987	Prick Up Your Ears	Peggy Ramsay	New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
1988	Consuming Passions	Mrs. Garza
1988	A Man for All Seasons	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	Italian: Diceria dell'untore
1990	Pokhorony Stalina	English journalist
1990	Orpheus Descending	Lady Torrance	Television film
1991	The Ballad of the Sad Cafe	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	A Wall of Silence	Kate Benson	Spanish: Un Muro de Silencio
1993	The House of the Spirits	Nivea del Valle
1993	Sparrow	Sister Agata	Italian: Storia di una capinera
1993	Great Moments in Aviation	Dr. Angela Bead
1993	They	Florence Latimer	Television film Also released as Children of the Mist
1994	Mother's Boys	Lydia Madigan
1994	Little Odessa	Irina Shapira	Volpi Cup
1995	A Month by the Lake	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")	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film L.A. Outfest Screen Idol Award – Female Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2000	Mirka	Kalsan
2000	A Rumor of Angels	Maddy Bennett
2001	The Pledge	Annalise Hansen
2001	Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story	Countess Wilhelmina/Narrator
2002	The Gathering Storm	Clementine Churchill	Television film Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actress Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2002	Crime and Punishment	Rodian's Mother
2002	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself	Documentary
2002	The Locket	Esther Huish	Television film
2003	Byron	Lady Melbourne	Television film
2003	Good Boy!	The Greater Dane
2004	The Fever	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	The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam	The Heiress
2005	Short Order	Marianne
2005	The White Countess	Vera Belinskya
2006	The Thief Lord	Sister Antonia
2006	Venus	Valerie	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006	The Shell Seekers	Penelope Keeling	Television film
2007	The Riddle	Roberta Elliot
2007	How About You	Georgia Platts
2007	Evening	Ann Lord
2007	Atonement	Older Briony Tallis	London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
2008	Restraint	Sky News Reader
2008	Ein Job	Hannah Silbergrau	Television film
2008	Gud, lukt och henne
2009	Eva	Eva
2009	The Day of the Triffids	Durrant	Television miniseries
2010	Letters to Juliet	Claire Smith-Wyman	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010	The Whistleblower	Madeleine Rees
2010	Miral	Bertha Spafford
2010	Animals United	Winnie	Voice Only (English Version)
2011	Coriolanus	Volumnia	BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - London Film Critics Circle for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - London Film Critics Circle for British Actress of the Year (also for Anonymous) Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated - Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress (runner-up)
2011	Cars 2	Mama Topolino/Queen	Voice Only
2011	Anonymous	Queen Elizabeth I	Nominated - London Film Critics Circle for British Actress of the Year (also for Coriolanus)
2012	Song for Marion	Marion	Filming[1]