Vanessa Redgrave

 

Vanessa Redgrave's distinguished film career includes innumerable achievements and awards including an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Fred Zinnemann's "JULIA"; an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Merchant/Ivory's "HOWARD'S END"; a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the National Film Critics Award for Best Actress in Merchant/Ivory's "THE BOSTONIANS"; a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in John Irvin's "A MONTH BY THE LAKE"; the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in Karel Reisz's "MORGAN" and "ISADORA"; the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in Stephen Frears' "PRICK UP YOUR EARS"; and a Nomination for the Independent Spirit Award in James Gray's "LITTLE ODESSA." Other notable film work includes Fred Zinnemann's "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS"; Herbert Ross' "THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION"; Michelangelo Antonioni's "BLOW UP"; Ken Russell's "THE DEVILS"; Charles Jarott's "MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS"; Sidney Lumet's "THE SEAGULL" and "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS"; Michael Apted's "AGATHA"; John Schlesinger's "YANKS"; Joshua Logan's "CAMELOT"; Joseph Losey's "STEAMING"; Tony Richardson's "SAILOR FROM GIBRALTAR" and "CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"; Michael Cocayannis' "THE TROJAN WOMEN"; David Hare's "WETHERBY"; Simon Callow's "BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFÉ"; Bille Augusts' "HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS" and "SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW"; and Brian de Palma's "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE."

On television she has been honored with an Emmy Award and TV Times Award for her performance in "PLAYING FOR TIME"; an Emmy Award and Golden Globe nomination for "SECOND SERVE"; an ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress for "YOUNG CATHERINE"; and an ACE Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in "THEY."

In the theatre Ms. Redgrave received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance as Miss Tina in "THE ASPERN PAPERS." She has appeared in countless plays in England and the United States including seasons at Stratford-upon-Avon and as a member of The Royal Shakespeare Company. In recent years she has starred in "THE SEAGULL" at the Queens Theatre; in "ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA" (which she also directed) in London and New York; in Young Vic productions of "GHOSTS" and "TOUCH OF THE POET"; in Stephen Frear's "PRICK UP YOUR EARS"; Charlton Heston's production of "A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS"; Peter Hall's production of "ORPHEUS DESCENDING"; Robert Sturva's production of "THE THREE SISTERS," opposite her sister Lynn Redgrave; Trevor Nunn's production of "HEARTBREAK HOUSE"; Zoe Caldwell's Broadway and West End production of "VITA AND VIRGINIA"; and Richard Eyre's National Theatre production of "JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN."

"DÉJÀ VU" is the first time she has performed with her mother, Rachel Kempson.