Nun Horror Story" or Vanessa Redgrave in "The Devils". Nun A nun is a member of a religious community of women, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery. Communities of nuns exist in numerous religious traditions, including Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, and Taoism. In the Buddhist tradition, female monastics are known as Bhikkhuni, and take several additional vows compared to male monastics (bhikkhus). Nuns are most common in Mahayana Buddhism, but have more recently become more prevalent in other traditions. Within Christianity, women religious, known as nuns or religious sisters, are found in
Lynn Redgrave with her sister Vanessa in "Three Sisters" in London, and in the title role of Baby Jane Hudson in a television production of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" in 1991. She made a return to films in the late 1990s in films such as "Shine" (1996) and "Gods and Monsters" (1998) for which she received another Academy Award nomination. Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for all of the 'Big Four' American entertainment awards (Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony) without winning any of them. Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, to actors Sir Michael Redgrave