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The Academy Honours Vanessa Redgrave with the EUROPEAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT award

On the occasion of this year’s 36th European Film Awards and in recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting the actress Dame Vanessa Redgrave with the EUROPEAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT award for her outstanding body of work.

Born in London, Vanessa Redgrave comes from a family of actors, a tradition that was started by her grandfather Roy Redgrave (1873–1922). Both of her parents and both of her siblings were also actors, as are both of her daughters with director Tony Richardson, Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson. Her son with Franco Nero, Carlo, is also a filmmaker. Trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, Vanessa Redgrave soon joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where she rose to fame in 1961 playing Rosalind in Shakespeare’s comedy “As You Like It”.

In the film world, her first part as lead actress in MORGAN: A SUITABLE CASE FOR TREATMENT (1966) by 

Vanessa Redgrave

British actress (born 1937)

Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress. In her career spanning over six decades, she has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards and an Olivier Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She has also received various honorary awards, including the BAFTA Fellowship Award, the Golden Lion Honorary Award, and an induction into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.[1][2]

Redgrave made her acting debut on stage with the production of A Touch of Sun in 1958. She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespearean comedyAs You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has since starred in numerous productions on the West End and on Broadway. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers (1984), and received nominations for A Touch of the Poet (1988), John Gabriel Borkman (1997), and The Inheritance (2019). She also won the Tony Award f

Vanessa Redgrave

Dame Vanessa RedgraveDBE (Blackheath, London, England, 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist.

Life and career

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Born in a theatrical family, her father was actor Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985). Her mother was actress Rachel Kempson (1910-2003). Her brother Corin Redgrave (1939-2010) and sister Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010) were both actors. She began her career in theatre in 1958 with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She made her movie debut in 1966 in Morgan, a Suitable Case for Treatment, followed by Blowup.

In 1967, she appeared in the musical Camelot, opposite Richard Harris. Other notable movies have included; The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Isadora (1969), The Devils (1970), The Trojan Women (1971), Mary Queen of Scots (1972), Murder on the Orient-Express (1974), Julia (1977), for which she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress, Agatha (1979), The Bostonians (1984), Wetherby (1985), Howard Ends (1992), Mrs Dalloway (1997), Deep Impact (1998), etc.

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