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Her performance as a lesbian mourning the loss of her longtime partner in the HBO series If These Walls Could Talk 2 earned her a Golden Globe for “ Best TV Series Supporting Actress ” in 2000, as well as earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a TV Film or Miniseries.

This same performance also led to an “ Excellence in Media Award ” by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

The award honours “ a member of the entertainment community who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people ”.

In 2004, Redgrave joined the second season cast of the hit FX series Nip / Tuck, portraying Dr. Erica Noughton, the mother of Julia McNamara, who is played by her real-life daughter Joely Richardson.

She also made appearances in the third and sixth seasons.

In 2006, Redgrave starred opposite Peter O ' Toole in the acclaimed film Venus.

A year later, Redgrave starred in Evening and the acclaimed Atonement, in which she garnered a Broadcast Film Critics Association award nomination for her performance that only took up seven minutes of screen time.

In 2008, Redgrave appeared as a narrator in an Arts Alliance production, id – Identity of the Soul.

In 2009, Redgrave starred in the BBC remake of The Day of the Triffids, with her daughter Joely.

In the midst of losing her daughter, Natasha Richardson, Redgrave signed on to play Eleanor of Aquitaine in Ridley Scott's version of Robin Hood, which began filming shortly after Natasha's death.

Redgrave later withdrew from the film for personal reasons.

The part was given to her Evening co-star Eileen Atkins.

She was next seen in Letters to Juliet opposite her husband Franco Nero.