Dame Vanessa Redgrave, 87, joins daughter Joely Richardson and Zawe Ashton for a very chic front row at Roksanda’s London Fashion Week show

Dame Vanessa Redgrave looked sensational as she posed alongside her daughter Joely Richardson and actress Zawe Ashton during the Roksanda presentation at London Fashion Week on Sunday.

The actress, 87, was in great spirits as she supported herself with a cane and dressed in a classy white overcoat at The Space House in Holborn.

The Atonement star is the matriarch of an acting dynasty and 101 Dalmatians actress Joely, 69.  stood proud next to her mother, looking chic in salmon pink.

Her stylish overcoat was completed with a thin black belt around the waist and she wore a dramatic pair of orange shades to boot.  

They were joined by friend Zawe, 40, who looked stunning in bright orange as she slicked her dark locks back away from her face.

Vanessa Redgrave looked sensational as she posed alongside her daughter Joely Richardson and actress Zawe Ashton during London Fashion Week on Sunday

They were joined by friend Zawe, 40, who looked stunning in bright orange as she slicked her dark locks back away from her face

They were joined by friend Zawe, 40, who looked stunning in bright orange as she slicked her dark locks back away from her face

In further snaps, Vanessa laughed alongside the two ladies and it was revealed that Joely had opted for a pair of striking blue tights to go along with her pink outfit. 

Fresh Meat actress Zawe has been friends with the mother-and-daughter duo for a number of years but has previously revealed that was so starstruck when she first met Vanessa.

When Zawe tried to tell Vanessa she had been to see her latest play when she hadn’t, she was instantly caught out trying to impress her. 

Vanessa told her: ‘You didn’t see it, darling’

Zawe protested, but Vanessa replied: ‘Darling, no you didn’t. You can’t lie at all. You must never, ever lie. Your face is too open.’ 

Speaking on the Table Manners podcast, Zawe told Jessie Ware:  ‘When faced with her eyes that are like two balls of pure water, I said, “You’re right, I didn’t see it.”  ‘A human lie detector.’

In further snaps, Vanessa laughed alongside the two ladies and it was revealed that Joely had opted for a pair of striking blue tights to go along with her pink outfit

In further snaps, Vanessa laughed alongside the two ladies and it was revealed that Joely had opted for a pair of striking blue tights to go along with her pink outfit

The acting legend was also seen sharing a joke with her daughter, who looked cool, calm and collected as she gave a smile

The acting legend was also seen sharing a joke with her daughter, who looked cool, calm and collected as she gave a smile

Vanessa is also mother to The Parent Trap star Natasha Richardson (pictured in 2008) who died in a tragic skiing accident in 2009 aged just 45

Vanessa is also mother to The Parent Trap star Natasha Richardson (pictured in 2008) who died in a tragic skiing accident in 2009 aged just 45

Vanessa is also mother to Natasha Richardson from her marriage to the late Tony Richardson, but the actress passed away in 2009.

Like the rest of her family, Natasha had enjoyed a glittering career on stage and screen with an award-winning star turn in Cabaret on Broadway and in the original adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale.

She famously starred alongside Lindsay Lohan in the Disney remake of The Parent Trap and had just finished filming Wild Child with Emma Roberts when she died in a skiing accident aged just 45. 

She left behind two sons from her marriage to Hollywood star Liam Neeson and earlier this year, her youngest child Daniel, 28, insisted that she is still ‘beside him’ now.

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