A gifted, and politically-active actress, Vanessa Redgrave has been all over both the large and small screens for decades. She's been nominated multiple times for a best actress Oscar, and is a part of an acting family. Tragically, her daughter, actress Natasha Richardson, died in March 2009 in a freak skiing accident.

Credits include: The Last of the Mohicans, Sleepers, The Firm, Save the Last Dance and Fly Away Home

Credits include: A Knight's Tale, Breaking Bad, Titus, I Am Not a Serial Killer and Kevin & Perry Go Large

Credits include: Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Pride & Prejudice, Flight and True Detective

Credits include: Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane, The Clique, Dark Mirror, Black Box and Unknown Caller

Credits include: Starred Up, Kill Command, Hamlet, Nightflyers and Brotherhood

Credits include: How to Get Away with Murder, The Upside, The Birth of a Nation, The Rewrite and Lessons in Chemistry

Credits include: Black Box, We've All Been There, The Gloaming, Cake and Kiss the Sky

Credits include: Public Schooled, Black Box, Flicka: Country Pride, A Miracle on Christmas Lake and Kiss the Sky

Credits include: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Onward, Beef and Always Be My Maybe

Credits include: The Resident: Pilot, Independence Day, Comrades in Arms, Identity Crisis and None the Wiser

Credits include: Sweet Little Lies, Black Cake, Quackers and Women of the Movement