Lynn's first major role in a motion picture (GEORGY GIRL, 1966)
garnered a Golden Globe as Best Actress, an Academy Award nomination
as Best Actress, and many other accolades. For her
role as Hanna in (GODS AND
MONSTERS, 1998) she won the Golden Globe
(photo, left), the Independent Sprit Award, and the London Film Critics Circle Award, and was nominated for the Academy Award (Oscar). In
between, she has been nominated three times for a Tony for her
stage work and an Emmy for her work on
television.
For
SHINE she
was nominated by BAFTA as Best Suppporting Actress of
1997. In 2006 she was nominated for a
Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for
Children, The Witches.
Awards & Honors:
GEORGY
GIRL (1967) Best Actress Academy Award Nomination;
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy; New York
Film Critics Best Actress Award; Golden Globe Nomination
for Best Newcomer; BAFTA Nomination for Best Actress
MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION (1976) Tony nomination for
Best Actress in a Play
MISALLIANCE (1977) Sarah Siddons Award (Chicago's
Actress of the Year) and Joseph Jefferson Award
HOUSE CALLS (1981) Emmy and Golden Globe
nominations
AREN'T WE ALL (1985) Drama Desk nomination
THE SHOOTING (1987) Emmy nomination
DEATH OF A SON (1989) BBC Best Television Actress
of the year
SHAKESPEARE
FOR MY FATHER (1993) Tony Award nomination; Drama
Desk nomination; Elliot Norton Best Actress Award
(Boston); Catholic Actors Guild Fred Allen Award; Torch of
Hope Award; 1994 Outer Critics Circle Award; 1994
Connecticut Theatre Critics Circle Best Actress Award; 1994
Sarah Siddons and Joseph Jefferson Awards. 1995 William
Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre (Washington DC);
Helen Hayes Award nominations (Best Actress, and Best New
Play)
SHINE (1997)
British Academy Film & Television Awards Best
Supporting Actress nomination; Screen Actors Guild Best
Cast nomination
WHITE LIES (1998) Gemini (Canadian Television)
Nomination for Best Supporting Actress; Show Nominated for
International Emmy
GODS AND
MONSTERS (1999) Golden Globe Award as Best
Supporting Actress; Independent Spirit Award as Best
Actress (photo, left); London Film Critics Circle as British
Supporting Actress of the Year. Nominated for the
Academy
Award (Oscar) as Best Actress
Supporting; Nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award as
Best Female Supporting.
Recognition for the sum of her work in theatre and the
entertainment industry was marked by a 1995 honorary Doctor of Fine
Arts by Baruch College, City University of New York, and Doctor of
Humane Letters at Center College, Danville, Kentucky. In 1996 she
received the Maude Adams Award from Stephens College
(Columbia, Missouri), the fourth person to be so honored, after
Agnes Moorhead, Helen Hayes, and Julie Harris.
In May 1997 she was selected for the American Express Tribute for
Achievement in the Arts during the Helen Hayes Awards at the Kennedy
Center.
On December 31,
2001, it was announced that Lynn Redgrave had been chosen to be
honoured with the appointment of the
Order of the British
Empire (OBE).
In January 2003, she was given the "Career Achievement Award in
Acting" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
TALKING
HEADS (2003) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured
Actress
In May 2003, she was presented with the "Golden Quill"
Award for her contributions to Shakespeare's legacy.
COLLECTED STORIES
(2004) Barrymore Award for Outstanding
Leading Actress in a Play
KINSEY (2004)
Outfest Screen Idol Award, Best Supporting Actress
THE CONSTANT
WIFE (2005) Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Nomination, Outer
Critics Circle
Nomination
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