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Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Acting Born Jan 30, 1937 · Greenwich, London, England, UK

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...

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Mission: Impossible
7.0
movie
Mission: Impossible
as Max
1996
Cars 2
6.2
movie
Cars 2
as The Queen / Mama Topolino (voice)
2011
Atonement
7.6
movie
Atonement
as Briony Tallis (Age 77)
2007
Girl, Interrupted
7.6
movie
Girl, Interrupted
as Dr. Wick
1999
Deep Impact
6.2
movie
Deep Impact
as Robin Lerner
1998
The Butler
7.3
movie
The Butler
as Annabeth Westfall
2013
Letters to Juliet
7.0
movie
Letters to Juliet
as Claire
2010
Foxcatcher
6.7
movie
Foxcatcher
as Jean du Pont
2014
Murder on the Orient Express
7.1
movie
Murder on the Orient Express
as Mary Debenham
1974
Blow-Up
7.3
movie
Blow-Up
as Jane
1966
The Pledge
6.6
movie
The Pledge
as Annalise Hansen
2001
Anonymous
6.4
movie
Anonymous
as Queen Elizabeth I
2011