Famous British actress and Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave arrived in Zagreb as a guest at a concert of her friend and colleague Rade Serbedzija which took place in the Vatroslav Lisinski concert hall last night.
‘’I heard that Rade was having a concert and I said to myself – I’m going. I used to sing much better than nowadays, but I’ll sing with him and I’ll be very happy. I’ll sing one song’’, said the world popular actress.
The renowned theatre, film and television actress who has starred in more than 80 films is one of the few who won everything in the world of acting. Vanessa Redgrave won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the title role in the film Julia (1977), she was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as "the greatest living actress of our times", and has won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, BAFTA, Olivier, Cannes, Golden Globe, and the Screen Actors Guild awards.
For many years Vanessa Redgrave has cooperated with Rade Serbedzija at his Ulysses Theatre thus media often call her Rade’s ‘’good spirit’’ and an excellent advisor. They met in London when Serbedzija came to one of her performances and their friendship has continued ever since. Thanks to their long-time companionship this extraordinary actress has already visited Croatia several times.