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Director
Vanessa Redgrave
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 13333
IMDb ID: nm0000603
Known for: Acting
Born: January 30, 1937
Age: 89
Place of birth: Greenwich, London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.42
Wikidata: Q347879
Also known as
Vanessa Redgreiv • 바네사 레드그레이브 • Ванесса Редгрейв
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)
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 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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Vanessa Redgrave.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Vanessa Redgrave.
7.6
Atonement
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
2007 Movie
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Wick
1999 Movie
7.5
The Devils
as Sister Jeanne des Anges
1971 Movie
7.3
A Man for All Seasons
as Anne Boleyn
1966 Movie
7.3
The Butler
as Annabeth Westfall
2013 Movie
7.3
Blow-Up
as Jane
1966 Movie
7.3
The Secret Scripture
as Old Roseanne McNulty
2017 Movie
7.1
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mary Debenham
1974 Movie
7.0
Mission: Impossible
as Max
1996 Movie
7.0
Letters to Juliet
as Claire
2010 Movie
7.0
Howards End
as Ruth Wilcox
1992 Movie
6.9
The House of the Spirits
as Nivea del Valle
1993 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Vanessa Redgrave.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Vanessa Redgrave.
6.0
Cold Storage
as Ma Rooney
2026 Movie
6.2
Cars 2
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
2011 Movie
7.0
Mission: Impossible
as Max
1996 Movie
7.6
Atonement
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
2007 Movie
5.9
Georgetown
as Elsa Brecht
2019 Movie
6.2
Deep Impact
as Robin Lerner
1998 Movie
5.7
Miral
as Bertha Spafford
2010 Movie
8.0
Consuming Passions
as Mrs. Garza
1988 Movie
7.3
The Butler
as Annabeth Westfall
2013 Movie
7.0
Letters to Juliet
as Claire
2010 Movie
5.5
Good Boy!
as The Greater Dane (voice)
2003 Movie
7.6
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Wick
1999 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Vanessa Redgrave.
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Jennifer Worth (voice) • 117 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 3 eps
1944 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Dr.Erica Noughton • 7 eps
2003 Series
5.3
Wetten, dass..?
as Self • 1 eps
1981 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 4 eps
1953 Series
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 1 eps
1979 Series
4.5
Intimate Portrait
as Self • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self • 1 eps
1967 Series
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Evil Queen • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.6
Today
as Self • 1 eps
1952 Series
6.4
Black Box
as Dr. Hartramph • 13 eps
2014 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Vanessa Redgrave.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Vanessa Redgrave.
6.0
Cold Storage
as Ma Rooney
2026 Movie
The Estate
2025 Movie
Common Wealth
as Self
2025 Movie
7.7
Merchant Ivory
as Self
2024 Movie
3.5
On Our Way
2023 Movie
7.5
The Ghost of Richard Harris
as Self
2022 Movie
5.1
The Lost Girls
as Great Nana
2022 Movie
Alice, Through the Looking
as Narrator
2021 Movie
9.2
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
as Self
2021 Movie
6.9
Finding You
as Cathleen Sweeney
2021 Movie
8.5
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
as Self
2020 Movie
6.4
Mrs Lowry & Son
as Elizabeth Lowry
2019 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Vanessa Redgrave.
7.5
Man in an Orange Shirt
as Flora Berryman • 2 eps
2017 Series
6.4
Black Box
as Dr. Hartramph • 13 eps
2014 Series
7.1
Political Animals
as Diane Nash • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Shakespeare Uncovered
as Herself • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.0
Playhouse Presents
1 eps
2012 Series
7.5
Call the Midwife
as Jennifer Worth (voice) • 117 eps
2012 Series
5.9
The Day of the Triffids
as Durrant • 2 eps
2009 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Dr.Erica Noughton • 7 eps
2003 Series
5.0
Byron
as Lady Melbourne • 2 eps
2003 Series
6.8
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Countess Wilhelmina • 2 eps
2001 Series
6.2
The Early Show
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series