Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave is a British actress who is considered one of the greatest of her generation and the matriarch of one of acting's most distinguished families. Born in London in 1937, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Julia in 1978 and has received six Academy Award nominations in total. Her career spans over six decades of film, television, and theatre. She was appointed a CBE and later a DBE.