Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa was most recently seen starring in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut Coriolanus, which was released in January. She has recently completed filming the comedic-drama Song for Marion, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. Her many film credits include Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment; A Man For All Seasons; Blow-Up; Camelot; Isadora; Mary, Queen of Scots; Julia; The Bostonians; Wetherby; Prick Up Your Ears; Howard's End; A Month By The Lake; Mrs. Dalloway; Cradle Will Rock; Atonement; Evening; Cars 2; Miral; Letters to Juliet; The Whistleblower and Anonymous.
Her television credits include If These Walls Could Talk 2; The Fever; The Day of the Triffids; Playing for Time; Nip/Tuck and Call The Midwife.
Vanessa recently starred opposite James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines in Driving Miss Daisy at the Wyndham’s Theatre. For her performance she won Best Actress at the 2012 What's On Stage Awards. The play previously enjoyed a record breaking sell-out run on Broadway and Vanessa received a Tony Award nomination.
Vanessa's Broadway credits include the landmark 2003 production of Long Day's Journey Into Night and acclaimed revivals of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending and Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea. In her native England, her scores of major roles on the stage most recently include recreating The Year of Magical Thinking at the National Theatre; Lady Windermere's Fan at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; The Tempest for the RSC at Shakespeare's Globe and The Cherry Orchard at the Royal National Theatre.
Redgrave worked with UNICEF-UK as a Special Representative from 1993-1995, and has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 1995. Her continued work with UNICEF led to her involvement with UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in many countries, and with UNRWA (United Nations Relief Works Agency). She is a member and supporter of Memorial and Za Prava Cheloveka, the two principal Russian human rights foundations, and is also a supporter of Amnesty International and Liberty, which together comprise the leading human rights organisations in Britain.