Is mentioned, along with Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy, in the song "Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Is one of twelve actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Booth, Liza Minnelli, Rita Moreno, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Audrey Hepburn, Anne Bancroft, Maggie Smith and Ellen Burstyn.
Lost her daughter Natasha Richardson, her younger brother and sister, Corin Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, in the space of just 14 months. Corin and Lynn died within a month of one another. [March 2009 - May 2010]
Lost her daughter, Natasha Richardson, on March 18, 2009 as the result of a skiing accident at Mont Tremblant, Quebec.
Mother-in-law of actor Liam Neeson.
Named Jeanne Moreau as co-respondent in her 1967 divorce from Tony Richardson on grounds of adultery.
Nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "The Year of Magical Thinking".
On a June 2005 appearance on "Larry King Live" (1985), she expressed her fondness for the movie Meet the Fockers (2004) and said that the film should have won an Academy Award.
Picked by Disney to become a Live Reference Model for 'Alice' in 'Alice in Wonderland'. Before leaving London for shooting, Vanessa started to sleep walk. Due to this, her parents refused to send her. Kathryn Beaumont got the gig instead.
Plays mother to real-lifer daughter Joely Richardson in a few episodes of "Nip/Tuck" (2003).
Received rave reviews for originating the role of Jean Brodie in, 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" winning the London Evening Standard award for her work.
Received The Helen Hayes award nomination for her work in Hecuba. This play was a major success. It was so well received that the BAM theater in New York scheduled it for two weeks and it went on to being performed in Delphi.
Refused to accept any money for her role as Anne Boleyn in A Man for All Seasons (1966).
She allegedly refused the British honour of Dame of the order of the British Empire in 1999.
She and her brother, the late Corin Redgrave, both appeared in films based on the legend of "King Arthur". Vanessa played "Queen Guinevere" in Camelot (1967) while Corin played "Lord Cornwall" in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981).
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1985 (1984 season) for Best Actress in a Revival for "The Aspern Papers".
She was awarded the 1985 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actor in The Seagull.
She was awarded the 1985 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for her performance in The Seagull.
She was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in A Touch of the Poet.
She was awarded the 1991 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in When She Danced.