Highest rated as cast or director
Call the Midwife
Since 2012 · 15 Seasons
Atonement
2007
Howards End
1992
Blow-Up
1966
Foxcatcher
2014
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.
Acted in 145
2020s
- 2026
The Crystal Planet
The Matriarch (voice)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
The Aspern Papers
Juliana Bordereau
- 2017
Man in an Orange Shirt
Flora Berryman · 2 episodes
- 2016
Almeida Theatre Live: Richard III
Queen Margaret
- 2015
The Go-Between
Older Marian
- 2014
The Wound and the Gift
Movie
- 2013
The Thirteenth Tale
Vida Winter
- 2012
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh
Rosalind Leigh
- 2011
- 2010
Miral
Bertha Spafford
2000s
- 2009
God, Smell and Her
Movie
- 2008
Ein Job
Hannah Silbergrau
- 2007
The Shell Seekers
Penelope Keeling
The Riddle
Roberta Elliot
- 2006
Venus
Valerie
The Thief Lord
Sister Antonia
- 2005
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
Miss Sangorski
Short Order
Marianne
- 2004
- 2003
Byron
Lady Melbourne
Byron
Lady Melbourne · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
(voice)
- 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Vicky's Mother
Uninvited
Mrs. Rutterburn
Mirka
Kalsan
1961
Edith Tree
If These Walls Could Talk 2
Edith Tree
1990s
- 1999
- 1998
Déjà Vu
Skelly
- 1997
Bella Mafia
Graziella Luciano
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
- 1996
The Willows in Winter
Grandmother / Narrator
Two Mothers for Zachary
Nancy Shaffell
- 1995
The Wind in the Willows
Grandmother / Narrator (voice)
Down Came a Blackbird
Anna Lenke
- 1994
Great Moments in Aviation
Dr. Angela Bead
Sparrow
Suor Agata
- 1993
They
Florence Latimer
A Wall of Silence
Kate Benson
- 1992
- 1991
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Miss Amelia
Young Catherine
Empress Elizabeth · 2 episodes
- 1990
Breath of Life
Suor Crocifissa
Orpheus Descending
Lady Torrance
Stalin's Funeral
English journalist
Romeo.Juliet
Mother Capulet (voice)
1980s
- 1988
A Man for All Seasons
Lady Alice More
- 1987
Comrades
Mrs. Carlyle
- 1986
Second Serve
Renee Richards
- 1985
Wetherby
Jean Travers
Steaming
Nancy
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Sarah Cloyce
Three Sovereigns for Sarah
Sarah Cloyce · 3 episodes
- 1984
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Evil Queen
The Bostonians
Olive Chancellor
- 1983
Wagner
Cosima von Bulow · 10 episodes
- 1982
My Body, My Child
Leenie Cabrezi
- 1980
Playing for Time
Fania Fenelon
The Fifth War
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Bear Island
Heddi Lindquist
Yanks
Helen
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Lola Deveraux
- 1975
Out of Season
Ann
- 1974
- 1973
A Picture of Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield · 6 episodes
- 1972
Right to Work March
Movie
- 1971
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots
Vacation
Immacolata Meneghelli
- 1970
Dropout
Mary
1960s
- 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Sylvia Pankhurst
- 1968
The Sea Gull
Nina
Isadora
Isadora Duncan
Red and Blue
Jacky
Red, White, and Zero
Jacky
- 1967
One Pair of Eyes
TV
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Sheila
- 1966
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
Leonie Delt
1950s
- 1958
Behind the Mask
Pamela Benson-Gray
- 1957
Theatre Night
Caroline Lester · 1 episode
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Sally · 1 episode
No release date
All That I Am
Movie
Produced 3
2020s
- 2025
2000s
- 2004
1970s
- 1978
The Palestinian
Producer
Directed 1
2010s
- 2017
Sea Sorrow
Director
Wrote 1
2010s
- 2017
Sea Sorrow
Screenplay
Appearances41
2020s
- 2025
Common Wealth
Self
- 2024
- 2022
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
- 2021
Alice, Through the Looking
Narrator
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Self
- 2020
Katherine Jenkins Christmas Spectacular
Self
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
Sea Sorrow
Self
- 2016
Electric Burma: The Concert for Aung San Suu Kyi - Words I Never Said
Self
- 2014
Once Upon a Time... Little Odessa
Self
- 2012
Shakespeare Uncovered
Herself · 1 episode
- 2010
Robinson in Ruins
Narrator
2000s
- 2007
Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
Narrator
- 2006
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
Self
- 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
- 2003
Thank You, Doctor Rey
herself
- 2002
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Self
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
- 2000
Exile in Buyukada
Narrator
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
Michael Redgrave: My Father
Self
- 1996
Looking for Richard
Self - Interviewee
- 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 episode
- 1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 2 episodes
1980s
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
The Palestinian
Self
- 1970
The Body
Narrator
A Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third
Herself
1960s
- 1969
No Arks
Narrator
- 1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
- 1961
A Sunday in September
Self
Circus at Clopton Hall
Narrator
1950s
- 1956
- 1953
- 1952
