Biographie

Only British Member of Parliament to win an Oscar.

Retired from acting in 1992 to run for Parliament in the Labour Party.

Won the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in "Three Tall Women".

Since returning to acting after being a member of the British parliament for decades she has won a Tony, Bafta and International Emmy .

Member of Parliament representing the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in north London from 2010 to 2015.

I had no real ambition about acting. But I knew there had to be something better than the bloody chemist's shop.

[on her Oscars] My mother polishes them to within an inch of their lives until the metal shows. That sums up the Academy Awards--all glitter on the outside and base metal coming through. Nice presents for a day. But they don't make you any better.

If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem.

An actor can do "Hamlet" right through to "Lear", men of every age and every step of spiritual development. Where's the equivalent for women? I don't fancy hanging around to play Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet". Life's too short.

[speaking in 1974] Ideally, one would love to work in England. But if no one in England is going to take their courage in both hands and dig into their pockets and finance films--then you're going to have to work abroad.