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It has long been known that actress Vanessa Redgrave is the epitome of badassery. Actor, mother, political and human rights activist - she's done it all and done it well. She has received all sorts of awards and honors for her work.
She has appeared in hundreds of productions, the first few to garner attention being Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966). She then appeared in the musical Camelot (1968) as Guinevere and Isadora (1968), as the American expatriate communist dancer Isadora Duncan. She continued kicking ass into the seventies, like in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). She received considerable attention and critical praise for her performance in Julia (1977), in which she portrayed an anti-fascist xxxish student in Vienna. At the same time, she narrated a documentary called The Palestinian, which angered many in the industry. Her performance in Julia won her the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. If she wasn't so extremely talented, her gutsy and controversial acceptance speech could have been a kiss of death for her career. Here is the text in full:
Despite this incident, she managed to kick ass even into the eighties. In 1980, she appeared on television as a female prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp in Playing for Time (1980), and the role won her the 1981 Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special. Then she starred in the Merchant-Ivory film The Bostonians (1984). She played Sophia in a television miniseries about Peter the Great (1986) as well as a transsexual tennis player in the television film Second Serve (1986).
She's still kicked lots of ass since turning fifty. She appeared in the critically revered Merchant-Ivory production Howard's End and Mrs. Dalloway, an adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel. She was even in Girl, Interrupted for crying out loud. She's also involved in theatre. She won a 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in a revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. In the year 2000, she received acclaim and accolades for her performance in the television film If These Walls Could Talk 2, where she played an elderly lesbian. She has also appeared on television's Nip/Tuck, alongside her daughter, Joely Richardson. Her other daughter, by the way, is Natasha Richardson (who looks a lot like her) - you may know her best as the mother from The Parent Trap (1998). One of Redgrave's latest performances was in the British wartime romance film Atonement, in which she portrayed the older Briony. She didn't have much screentime, but still managed to kick ass somehow.
Vanessa Redgrave's Mantle
- Tommy Award Most Badass Actress (1937-)
- Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for Julia (1977)
- Cannes Film Festival Award Best Actress for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
- Cannes Film Festival Award Best Actress for Isadora (1968)
- Emmy Award Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special for Playing for Time (1980)
- Emmy Award Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress for Julia (1977)
- Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress in a Series/Miniseries/TV Movie for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Screen Actors Guild Award Best Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Tony Award Best Actress in a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night (2003)
She has appeared in hundreds of productions, the first few to garner attention being Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966) and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup (1966). She then appeared in the musical Camelot (1968) as Guinevere and Isadora (1968), as the American expatriate communist dancer Isadora Duncan. She continued kicking ass into the seventies, like in Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). She received considerable attention and critical praise for her performance in Julia (1977), in which she portrayed an anti-fascist xxxish student in Vienna. At the same time, she narrated a documentary called The Palestinian, which angered many in the industry. Her performance in Julia won her the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. If she wasn't so extremely talented, her gutsy and controversial acceptance speech could have been a kiss of death for her career. Here is the text in full:
Originally posted by Vanessa Redgrave
She's still kicked lots of ass since turning fifty. She appeared in the critically revered Merchant-Ivory production Howard's End and Mrs. Dalloway, an adaptation of the Virginia Woolf novel. She was even in Girl, Interrupted for crying out loud. She's also involved in theatre. She won a 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in a revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. In the year 2000, she received acclaim and accolades for her performance in the television film If These Walls Could Talk 2, where she played an elderly lesbian. She has also appeared on television's Nip/Tuck, alongside her daughter, Joely Richardson. Her other daughter, by the way, is Natasha Richardson (who looks a lot like her) - you may know her best as the mother from The Parent Trap (1998). One of Redgrave's latest performances was in the British wartime romance film Atonement, in which she portrayed the older Briony. She didn't have much screentime, but still managed to kick ass somehow.
Vanessa Redgrave's Mantle
- Tommy Award Most Badass Actress (1937-)
- Academy Award Best Supporting Actress for Julia (1977)
- Cannes Film Festival Award Best Actress for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
- Cannes Film Festival Award Best Actress for Isadora (1968)
- Emmy Award Best Actress in a Miniseries or Special for Playing for Time (1980)
- Emmy Award Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Special for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress for Julia (1977)
- Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress in a Series/Miniseries/TV Movie for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Screen Actors Guild Award Best Actress in a TV Miniseries or Movie for If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)
- Tony Award Best Actress in a Play for Long Day's Journey Into Night (2003)
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