Glenda Jackson

Glenda May Jackson, CBE is a British actress and former Labour Party politician. She is among the few performers to receive the Triple Crown of Acting. As a professional actress from the late 1950s, she spent four years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1964, being particularly associated with the work of director Peter Brook. During her film career, she won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for Women in Love and A Touch of Class.