The following is the filmography of actress Vanessa Redgrave. She has appeared in numerous films and television series and has received six Academy Award nominations, for Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Isadora (1968), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Julia (1977), The Bostonians (1984) and Howards End (1992). She has been active in film for more than 50 years.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Pamela Gray |
| 1966 | Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment | Leonie Delt |
| 1966 | A Man For All Seasons | Anne Boleyn |
| 1966 | Blowup | Jane |
| 1967 | Camelot | Guinevere |
| 1967 | The Sailor from Gibraltar | Sheila |
| 1968 | {{sortname>The|Charge of the Light Brigade|The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)}} | Mrs. Clarissa Morris |
| 1968 | {{sortname>A|Quiet Place in the Country}} | Flavia |
| 1968 | Isadora | Isadora Duncan |
| 1968 | {{sortname>The|Sea Gull}} | Nina |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Sylvia Pankhurst |
| 1970 | Dropout | Mary |
| 1970 | {{sortname>A|Mother with Two Children Expecting Her Third|nolink=1}} | En mor med två barn väntandes sitt tredje}} |
| 1971 | Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary, Queen of Scots |
| 1971 | {{sortname>The|Devils|The Devils (film)}} | Sister Jeanne |
| 1971 | Vacation | Immacolata Meneghelli | La vacanza}} |
| 1971 | {{sortname>The|Trojan Women|The Trojan Women (film)}} | Andromache |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mary Debenham |
| 1975 | Out of Season | Ann |
| 1976 | {{sortname>The|Seven-Per-Cent Solution|The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)}} | Lola Deveraux |
| 1977 | Julia | Julia |
| 1979 | Agatha | Agatha Christie |
| 1979 | Yanks | Helen |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Heddi Lindguist |
| 1980 | Playing for Time | Fania Fenelon |
| 1983 | Sing Sing | Queen |
| 1984 | {{sortname>The|Bostonians|The Bostonians (film)}} | Olive Chancellor |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Jean Travers |
| 1985 | Steaming | Nancy |
| 1986 | Comrades | Mrs. Carlyle |
| 1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Peggy Ramsay |
| 1988 | Consuming Passions | Mrs. Garza |
| 1988 | {{sortname>A|Man for All Seasons|A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)}} | Lady Alice More |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet | Mother Capulet |
| 1990 | Breath of Life | Sister Crucifix | Diceria dell'untore}} |
| 1990 | Pokhorony Stalina | English journalist |
| 1991 | {{sortname>The|Ballad of the Sad Cafe|The Ballad of the Sad Café (film)}} | Miss Amelia |
| 1992 | Howards End | Ruth Wilcox |
| 1993 | {{sortname>A|Wall of Silence}} | Kate Benson | Un Muro de Silencio}} |
| 1993 | {{sortname>The|House of the Spirits|The House of the Spirits (film)}} | Nivea del Valle |
| 1993 | Sparrow | Sister Agata | Storia di una capinera}} |
| 1993 | Great Moments in Aviation | Dr. Angela Bead |
| 1993 | They | Florence Latimer |
| 1994 | Mother's Boys | Lydia Madigan |
| 1994 | Little Odessa | Irina Shapira |
| 1995 | {{sortname>A|Month by the Lake}} | Miss Bentley |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible | Max |
| 1997 | Smilla's Sense of Snow | Elsa Lubing |
| 1997 | Wilde | Lady Speranza Wilde |
| 1997 | Mrs. Dalloway | Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway |
| 1997 | Déjà Vu | Skelly |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Graziella Luciano |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | Robin Lerner |
| 1998 | Lulu on the Bridge | Catherine Moore |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Countess Constance LaGrange |
| 1999 | Uninvited | Mrs. Ruttenburn |
| 1999 | Girl, Interrupted | Dr. Sonia Wick |
| 2000 | Mirka | Kalsan |
| 2000 | {{sortname>A|Rumor of Angels}} | Maddy Bennett |
| 2001 | {{sortname>The|Pledge|The Pledge (film)}} | Annalise Hansen |
| 2001 | The Real Story | Countess Wilhelmina/Narrator |
| 2002 | Crime and Punishment | Rodian's Mother |
| 2002 | Searching for Debra Winger | Herself | Documentary |
| 2003 | Good Boy! | The|Greater Dane|nolink=1}} | Voice role |
| 2004 | {{sortname>The|Fever|The Fever (2004 film)}} | Woman | Also executive producer |
| 2005 | {{sortname>The|Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam}} | The|Heiress|nolink=1}} |
| 2005 | Short Order | Marianne |
| 2005 | {{sortname>The|White Countess}} | Vera Belinskya |
| 2006 | {{sortname>The|Thief Lord|The Thief Lord (film)}} | Sister Antonia |
| 2006 | Venus | Valerie |
| 2007 | {{sortname>The|Riddle|The Riddle (film)}} | Roberta Elliot |
| 2007 | How About You | Georgia Platts |
| 2007 | Evening | Ann Lord |
| 2007 | Atonement | Older Briony Tallis |
| 2008 | Restraint | Sky News Reader |
| 2008 | Gud, lukt och henne |
| 2009 | Eva | Eva |
| 2010 | Letters to Juliet | Claire Smith-Wyman |
| 2010 | {{sortname>The|Whistleblower}} | Madeleine Rees |
| 2010 | Miral | Bertha Spafford |
| 2010 | Animals United | Winnie | Voice only (English Version) |
| 2011 | Coriolanus | Volumnia |
| 2011 | Cars 2 | Mama Topolino/Queen | Voice only |
| 2011 | Anonymous | Queen Elizabeth I |
| 2012 | Song for Marion | Marion |
| 2012 | The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh | Rosalind Leigh |
| 2013 | The Butler | Annabeth Westfall |
| 2014 | Foxcatcher | Jean du Pont |
| 2016 | The Secret Scripture | Old Roseanne McNulty |
| 2017 | Sea Sorrow | Director |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Jeanne McDougall |
| 2018 | The Aspern Papers | Juliana Bordereau | Post-production |
| TBA | Georgetown[1] | Elsa Brecht | Post-production |
| TBA | Mrs Lowry and Son | Elizabeth Lowry | Post-production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | | 1966 | A Farewell to Arms | Catherine Barkley | TV miniseries |
| 1973 | A Picture of Katherine Mansfield | Katherine Mansfield | TV film |
| 1982 | My Body, My Child | Leenie Cabrezi | TV film |
| 1983 | Wagner | Cosima Wagner | TV mini-series |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | The Evil Queen | Episode: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" |
| 1985 | Three Sovereigns for Sarah | Sarah Cloyce | 3 episodes of American Playhouse |
| 1986 | Peter the Great | Sophia | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | Second Serve | Richard Radley / Renee Richards | TV film |
| 1990 | Orpheus Descending | Lady Torrance | TV film |
| 1991 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Blanche Hudson | TV film |
| 1991 | Young Catherine | Empress Elizabeth | TV film |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Mrs. Prentiss | Episode: London, May 1916 |
| 1993 | They | Florence Latimer | TV film, aka Children of the Mist |
| 1995 | The Wind in the Willows | Narrator | TV film |
| 1995 | Down Came a Blackbird | Anna Lenke | TV film |
| 1996 | Two Mothers for Zachary | Nancy Shaffell | TV film |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Edith Tress | TV film; segment: "1961" |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Clementine Churchill | TV film |
| 2002 | The Locket | Esther Huish | TV film |
| 2003 | Byron | Lady Melbourne | TV film |
| 2004–09 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Erica Noughton | 10 episodes |
| 2006 | The Shell Seekers | Penelope Keeling | TV film |
| 2008 | Ein Job | Hannah Silbergrau | TV film |
| 2009 | The Day of the Triffids | Durrant | TV miniseries |
| 2012 | Political Animals | Justice Diane Nash | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2012–present | Call the Midwife | Mature Jenny Worth (voice) | Drama series |
| 2013 | The Thirteenth Tale | Vida Winter | TV film |
| 2014 | Black Box | Dr. Helen Hartramph | 13 episodes |
| 2015 | The Go-Between | Older Marian | TV film |
| 2017 | Man in an Orange Shirt | Flora | TV miniseries |
1. ^{{cite web|last1=Ritman|first1=Alex|title=Cannes: Christoph Waltz's Directorial Debut Adds Vanessa Redgrave|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/christoph-waltzs-directorial-debut-georgetown-adds-vanessa-redgrave-1001139|website=The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=8 May 2017}}