Lynn Redgrave

Lynn Redgrave was born in London into a family of actors. She made her stage debut in 1962 as Helena in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" and went on to become a founding member of The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain. Her film debut came a year later in Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones and in 1966 the title role in Georgy Girl brought her international fame, an Oscar® nomination and the Golden Globe and New York Film Critics awards. For Gods and Monsters she won the Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress and was again nominated for an Oscar®. Other notable films include Shine (BAFTA and SAG nominations), Girl with Green Eyes, The Virgin Soldiers, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, Getting It Right and The Next Best Thing. More recent films include How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog, Deeply, Unconditional Love and the 2003 releases My Kingdom (opposite the late Richard Harris), David Cronenberg’s Spider (with Ralph Fiennes), Anita and Me and the animated Wild Thornberrys. She has twice been nominated for an Emmy and her many television credits include Hallmark Hall of Fame’s My Sister’s Keeper, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (with her sister Vanessa), Different and Varien’s War. In London’s West End she played Masha in The Three Sisters (also with Vanessa) and in 2001 appeared as Dottie Otley in Noises Off. Her numerous Broadway credits include "Black Comedy", "My Fat Friend", "Mrs. Warren’s Profession" (Tony nomination), "Aren’t We All", "Moon Over Buffalo" and "Strike Up the Band". Her one-woman play "Shakespeare for My Father" brought her a second Tony nomination and, after the Broadway run, Redgrave toured nationally and worldwide. Last summer, she played Joanne in "Sondheim’s Company" at The Kennedy Center, and has recently completed a six-month run in the New York production of "Talking Heads", for which she received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, an Obie and the Outer Critics Circle Award.