Routledge ( 2003 ) page 82.Many prominent actresses have played the role of Hedda : Vera Komissarzhevskaya , Eleonora Duse , Alla Nazimova , Asta Nielsen , Johanne Louise Schmidt , Mrs. Patrick Campbell , Eva Le Gallienne , Elizabeth Robins , Anne Meacham , Ingrid Bergman , Peggy Ashcroft , Fenella Fielding , Jill Bennett , Janet Suzman , Diana Rigg , Isabelle Huppert , Claire Bloom , June Brown , Kate Burton , Geraldine James , Kate Mulgrew , Kelly McGillis , Fiona Shaw , Maggie Smith , Jane Fonda , Annette Bening , Amanda Donohoe , Judy Davis , Emmanuelle Seigner , Harriet Walter , Rosamund Pike and Cate Blanchett , who won the 2005 Helpmann Award ( Australia ) for Best Female Actor in a Play .
Peggy Ashcroft is one of the many actresses that has played the role of Hedda Gabler .