List of Vanessa Redgrave performances
Vanessa Redgrave is an English actress whose career has spanned over six decades. She began her career in theater before making her feature film debut in Behind the Mask (1958), before starring in the Italian thriller Blowup (1966), and the comedy Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (also 1966), the latter of which earned her her first Academy Award nomination (in the category of Best Actress),[1] as well as a BAFTA nomination. Redgrave subsequently starred in the musical Camelot (1967), before portraying American dancer Isadora Duncan in the biopic Isadora (1968), which earned her a second Academy Award nomination.[2] Her portrayal of the title character in 1971's Mary, Queen of Scots earned Redgrave a third Academy Award nomination.[3] The same year, she appeared in Ken Russell's controversial historical drama-horror film The Devils.
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Redgrave garnered widespread praise for her leading role in the drama Julia (1977), opposite Jane Fonda, for which she won her first Academy Award, in the category of Best Supporting Actress,[4] as well as a Golden Globe award. She followed this with the title character of Agatha (1979), a biopic of writer Agatha Christie, before starring in The Bostonians (1984), a James Ivory-directed adaptation of the 1886 novel of the same name by American writer Henry James; this role earned Redgrave her fifth Academy Award nomination.[5] She subsequently starred as the transgender tennis player Renée Richards in the television film Second Serve (1986), which earned her her seventh Golden Globe nomination.
In 1990, Redgrave starred in a film version of Tennessee Williams's Orpheus Descending, reprising the role she had played on Broadway, both under the direction of Peter Hall. She followed this with a lead role opposite her sister, Lynn, in a television film version of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane...?, and also appeared in a leading role in the independent drama The Ballad of the Sad Café (both 1991). She received a sixth Academy Award nomination for her role in Howards End (1992), an adaptation of the 1910 E. M. Forster novel of the same name. Through the 1990s, Redgrave appeared in a number of mainstream American films, including the thriller Mother's Boys (1993), Brian De Palma's action spy film Mission: Impossible (1996), Deep Impact (1998), and the period drama Girl, Interrupted (1999). She subsequently earned further acclaim for her role in the lesbian-themed anthology film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Film.
Redgrave continued to appear in supporting parts, including the Sean Penn-directed thriller The Pledge (2001), the television Lord Byron biopic Byron (2003), and the dramas Evening (2007) and Atonement (2007). From 2004 to 2009, Redgrave had a recurring guest role on the television series Nip/Tuck, portraying Dr. Erica Noughton. In the 2010s, she appeared in supporting roles in several critically acclaimed studio films, such as Lee Daniels's The Butler (2013), Foxcatcher (2014), and Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017).
Film
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1966 | A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley | Miniseries | [84] |
1983 | Wagner | Cosima Wagner | Miniseries | [85] |
1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Evil Queen | Episode: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" | [86] |
1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Sarah Cloyce | Three-part series for American Playhouse | [87] |
1986 | Peter the Great | Sophia | Miniseries | [85] |
1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Mrs. Prentiss | Episode: "London, May 1916" | [43] |
2004–2009 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Erica Noughton | 10 episodes | [88] |
2009 | The Day of the Triffids | Durrant | Miniseries | [76] |
2012 | Political Animals | Justice Diane Nash | Miniseries; 1 episode | [79] |
2012–present | Call the Midwife | Mature Jennifer Worth (voice) | Drama series | |
2014 | Black Box | Dr. Helen Hartramph | 13 episodes | |
2017 | Man in an Orange Shirt | Flora | Miniseries | |
2020 | Worzel Gummidge | Peg | Episode: "Saucy Nancy" | |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Venue | Ref. |
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1958 | A Touch of Sun | Caroline Lester | Saville Theatre | [6] |
1958 | Major Barbara | Sarah Undershaft | Royal Court Theatre | |
1959 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon | [89] |
1959 | Coriolanus | Valeria | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon | [90] |
1960 | Look on Tempests | Rose Sinclair | Comedy Theatre | |
1960 | The Tiger and the Horse | Stella | Queen's Theatre | [91] |
1961 | The Lady from the Sea | Boletta | Queen's Theatre | |
1961-62 | As You Like It | Rosalind | Royal Shakespeare Company Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Aldwych Theatre |
[92] |
1961-62 | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina | Royal Shakespeare Company Aldwych Theatre Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
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1962 | Cymbeline | Imogen | Royal Shakespeare Company Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
[93] |
1964 | The Seagull | Nina | Queen's Theatre | |
1966 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | Wyndham's Theatre | |
1969 | Daniel Deronda | Gwendolen Harleth | University Theatre, Manchester | |
1971 | Cato Street | Susan Thistlewood | The Young Vic | |
1972 | The Threepenny Opera | Polly Peachum | Prince of Wales Theatre | |
1972 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Shaw Theatre | |
1973 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Bankside Globe Theatre | |
1973 | Design for Living | Gilda | Phoenix Theatre | |
1974-75 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles | |
1976-79 | The Lady from the Sea | Ellida | Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester Roundhouse |
[94] |
1984 | The Aspern Papers | Miss Tina | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
1985 | The Seagull | Arkadina | Queen's Theatre | |
1986 | Ghosts | Mrs. Alving | The Young Vic Wyndham's Theatre |
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1986 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
1986 | The Taming of the Shrew | Katharina | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
1988 | A Touch of the Poet | Nora | The Young Vic Comedy Theatre |
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1988-89 | Orpheus Descending | Lady Torrance | Theatre Royal Haymarket Neil Simon Theatre, New York City |
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1989 | A Madhouse in Goa | Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith Apollo Theatre |
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1990 | Three Sisters | Olga | Queen's Theatre | |
1991 | When She Danced | Isadora Duncan | Globe Theatre | |
1992 | Heartbreak House | Hesione Hushabye | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
1994 | Vita & Virginia | Vita Sackville-West | Union Square Theatre, New York City | [95] |
1994 | Brecht in Exile | Bridge Lane Theatre, Battersea | ||
1996 | John Gabriel Borkman | Ella Rentheim | Royal National Theatre Lyttelton Theatre |
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1997 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | The Public Theater, New York City | [95] |
1999 | A Song at Twilight | Carlotta | Gielgud Theatre | |
2000 | The Tempest | Prospero | Shakespeare’s Globe | |
2000-01 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevskaya | Royal National Theatre Cottesloe Theatre |
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2002 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Mrs. Erlynne | Theatre Royal Haymarket | |
2003 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Mary Cavan Tyrone | Plymouth Theatre, New York City | [94] |
2005 | Hecuba | Hecuba | Royal Shakespeare Company Albery Theatre |
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2007-08 | The Year of Magical Thinking | Joan Didion | Booth Theatre, New York City Royal National Theatre Lyttelton Theatre |
[94] |
2010–11 | Driving Miss Daisy | Daisy Werthan | John Golden Theatre, New York City Wyndham's Theatre |
[94] |
2013 | The Revisionist | Maria | Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City | [95] |
2013 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | The Old Vic | [96] |
2016 | Richard III | Queen Margaret | Almeida Theatre | [97] |
2018–19 | The Inheritance | Margaret | The Young Vic Noël Coward Theatre |
[98] |
2022 | My Fair Lady | Mrs. Higgins | London Coliseum | [99] |
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