Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vanessa Redgrave CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress of stage, screen and television. A member of the Redgrave family of actors, she is the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave, sister of Lynn Redgrave and is the mother of Hollywood actresses Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson. She rose to stardom in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London''s West End and Broadway, winning both the Tony and Olivier Awards. On screen, she has starred in more than 80 films; including Mary, Queen of Scots, Isadora, Mission: Impossible and Mrs Dalloway.