Rigg is making her LCT debut in Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady. Broadway: Medea (Tony Award), The Misanthrope (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Abelard and Heloise (Tony nom.). Off-Broadway: Britannicus and Phaedra (BAM).
Previous national tour is include Colette, King Lear. London theater credits include West End: Pygmalion (Mrs. Higgins, 2011/Eliza Doolittle, 1974), Honour, Suddenly, Last Summer, Follies, Heartbreak House, Night and Day, Macbeth, Abelard and Heloise; National Theatre: Macbeth, Phaedra, Humble Boy, Mother Courage and her Children, The Misanthrope, Jumpers; Almeida Theatre: Britannicus, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (also West End), Medea (also West End), Phaedra; and RSC: Twelfth Night, King Lear.
In film, Breathe, The Honourable Rebel, The Hospital, The Painted Veil, Heidi, Parting Shots, A Good Man in Africa, Snow White, Evil Under the Sun, The Great Muppet Caper, A Little Night Music, Theatre of Blood, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Assassination Bureau, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Extensive TV credits include PBS Masterpiece's "Victoria" (currently), "Game of Thrones" (three Emmy noms.), "Extras," "Victoria & Albert" (Emmy nom.), "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries," "Rebecca" (Emmy Award), "Screen Two" (Cable Ace Award), "Mother Love" (BAFTA Award), "Bleak House," "Diana," "The Avengers." Author: "No Turn Unstoned," "So to the Land."
Rigg owns a chateau in France and is a dry-fly fisherwoman who has caught a 24.5-pound salmon, which she considers her greatest achievement to date. Chancellor of Stirling University (1997-2007). Named a Commander of the British Empire in 1988 and a Dame of the British Empire in 1994.
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
Diana Rigg, My Fair Lady
Diana RiggBritannicus and Phedre
Diana RiggWho's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
Diana RiggWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Diana RiggMother Courage
Diana RiggMother Courage And Her Children
Diana Rigg , Medea
Diana RiggMedea
Diana Rigg , Medea
Diana RiggMedea
Diana Rigg, The Misanthrope
Diana Rigg, Abelard and Heloise
Diana Rigg has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Diana Rigg has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Diana Rigg's first West End show was Follies which opened in 1987
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for My Fair Lady; Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical (Tony Awards) for My Fair Lady; Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Britannicus and Phedre; Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?; Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Mother Courage; Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Mother Courage And Her Children; Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Medea; Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for Medea; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Medea; Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Medea; Outstanding Actress - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Misanthrope; and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Abelard and Heloise.
Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Mother Courage; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Medea; Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress (Evening Standard Awards) for Medea.
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