VANESSA REDGRAVE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 2014. PHOTO BY CRAIG MCDEAN. COSMETICS: MAC COSMETICS. HAIR PRODUCTS: IGNAZIO SULAS, INCLUDING CRÈME DE JOUR NUTRITION. HAIR: IGNAZIO SULAS FOR IGNAZIO SULAS INSPIRATION. MAKEUP: ERIKA OKVIST. PRODUCTION: NORTH6. PRODUCER: KATE MILLER. PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: SIMON ROBERTS AND HUAN DUONG NGUYEN. DIGITAL TECHNICIAN: JAMES NAYLOR.

VANESSA REDGRAVE IN LONDON, DECEMBER 2014. PORTRAIT BY CRAIG MCDEAN.

REDGRAVE WITH JANE FONDA IN JULIA. PHOTO: 20th CENTURY FOX/GETTY IMAGES.

REDGRAVE IN 1967. PHOTO: EVENING STANDARD/GETTY IMAGES.

REDGRAVE AT CANNES, 1967. PHOTO: ROGER VIOLLET/GETTY IMAGES.

WITH HER OSCAR FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN JULIA. PHOTO: GEORGE ROSE/GETTY IMAGES.

WITH JOHN TRAVOLTA AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, 1978. PHOTO: ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES/GETTY IMAGES.

REDGRAVE AND THE COMMITTEE OF 100, 1962. PHOTO: KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGES.

STILL FROM AGATHA (1979). PHOTO: WARNER BROS./PHOTOFEST. © WARNER BROS.

STILL FROM ISADORA. PHOTO: UNIVERSAL PICTURES/PHOTOFEST. © UNIVERSAL PICTURES.

STILL FROM ISADORA. PHOTO: UNIVERSAL PICTURES/PHOTOFEST. © UNIVERSAL PICTURES.

STILL FROM BLOW-UP. PHOTO: MGM/PHOTOFEST. © MGM PHOTOGRAPHER ARTHUR EVANS.

STILL FROM BLOW-UP. PHOTO: MGM/PHOTOFEST.

STILL FROM MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. PHOTO: EVERETT COLLECTION.

REDGRAVE IN VOGUE, 1967. PHOTO: BERT STERN. © CONDE NAST.