Vanessa Redgrave

In 2008, Vanessa was featured in a show by photographer Simon Annand. The pictures included in the exhibition are of the 30 minutes before an actor steps on the stage in theatres. Vanessa's picture is showing her drinking tea.

Despite already having a C.B.E., Vanessa turned down the offer to receive the title of Dame in 1999.

Katharine Hepburn stated that after filming The Trojan Women with Vanessa, that Vanessa was her favourite actress'.

Vanessa had a child with the Italian actor Franco Nero, although they never married.

In 1971, Vanessa suffered a miscarriage. Had the child lived it would have been a boy.

Vanessa plays the mother of her daughters character, Joely Richardson, in Nip/Tuck.

In 1959, Vanessa became a member of the Stratford-Upon-Avon Theatre Company.

Vanessa is the only actress in Academy history to win the Best Supporting Actress award for playing the title character (in Julia).

Vanessa was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in 1967 alongside her sister Lynn Redgrave, but they both lost to Elizabeth Taylor.

Vanessa is the mother-in-law of the Oscar nominated actor Liam Neeson, as her daughter, Natasha, is married to him.

Vanessa was awarded a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1967, for her "services to drama".

Vanessa was married to fellow actor Tony Richardson from 1962 to 1967 and together they had two children.

Vanessa has run for the U.K. Parliament twice, as a member of the Workers' Revolutionary Party.

In 2000, Vanessa was awarded the Excellence in Media Award by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

Vanessa attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

Vanessa' father was Sir Michael Redgrave who was an Academy Award nominated film and television actor.