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person_profile-Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn Age: 79

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Brenda Blethyn

Date of Birth:

Feb 20, 1946

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Brenda Blethyn

    Brenda Anne Blethyn is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. In addition, she has won a BAFTA, an Empire Award and a Golden Lion, and has earned a Theater World Award and both a Critics' Circle Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical work.

    Born into a working class home in Ramsgate, Kent, Blethyn pursued an administrative career until her early 30s before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting after the dissolution of her marriage in 1973. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and received credits for her performances in Troilus and Cressida (1976) and Mysteries (1979). In 1981, Blethyn earned her first critical acclaim for Steaming.

    In 1980, Blethyn made her television debut in Mike Leigh's film Grown-Ups; then, after a modest number of guest spots in several productions, in the mid-1980s she garnered leading roles in the short-living sitcoms Chance in a Million and The Labours of Erica. Having followed her big screen debut with smaller supporting roles in films such as The Witches (1990) and A River Runs Through It (1992), she made her real cinema breakthrough with her role in the 1996 dramedy Secrets & Lies, for which she received rave reviews.

    Blethyn has since appeared in an eclectic range of films, including independent comedies such as Saving Grace (2000), Plots with a View (2002) and Clubland (2007), music-themed films like Little Voice (1998) and Beyond the Sea (2004) and big-budget dramas such as Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). In addition, Blethyn has appeared in television productions including The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), Belonging (2004) and War and Peace (2007). Her most recent leading role in TV drama is the title role in Vera (2011), playing Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.

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Filmography of

Brenda Blethyn

Found 49 Movies in total

Charlotte

Grossmama (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2018

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel Briggs (voice) ( Actor )

... 2016

Two Men in Town

Emily Smith ( Actor )

... 2014

Mary and Martha

Martha ( Actor )

... 2013

My Angel

Headmistress ( Actor )

... 2011

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too

Mama Heffalump (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

London River

Elisabeth ( Actor )

... 2009

Dead Man Running

Mother ( Actor )

... 2009

Clubland

Jean ( Actor )

Writer

... 2007

Atonement

Grace Turner ( Actor )

... 2007

Mysterious Creatures

Wendy Ainscow ( Actor )

... 2006

Pride & Prejudice

Mrs. Bennet ( Actor )

... 2005

On a Clear Day

Joan ( Actor )

... 2005

Pooh's Heffalump Movie

Mama Heffalump (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

Beyond the Sea

Polly Cassotto ( Actor )

... 2004

A Way of Life

Annette ( Actor )

... 2004

Piccadilly Jim

Nesta Pett ( Actor )

... 2004

Belonging

Jess Copplestone ( Actor )

... 2004

Blizzard

Aunt Millie ( Actor )

... 2003

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot

Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice) ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

Undertaking Betty

Betty Rhys-Jones ( Actor )

... 2002

Sonny

Jewel ( Actor )

... 2002

Lovely & Amazing

Jane Marks ( Actor )

... 2002

Pumpkin

Judy Romanoff ( Actor )

... 2002

Daddy and Them

Julia Montgomery ( Actor )

... 2001

On the Nose

Mrs. Delaney ( Actor )

... 2001

RKO 281

Louella Parsons ( Actor )

... 2000

Saving Grace

Grace Trevethyn ( Actor )

... 2000

Little Voice

Mari Hoff ( Actor )

... 1998

In the Winter Dark

Ida Stubbs ( Actor )

... 1998

Girls' Night

Dawn Wilkinson ( Actor )

... 1998

Music from Another Room

Grace Swan ( Actor )

... 1998

Night Train

Alice Mooney ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1998

... 1997

Secrets & Lies

Cynthia Rose Purley ( Actor )

... 1996

The Bullion Boys

Gwen ( Actor )

... 1993

A River Runs Through It

Mrs. Maclean ( Actor )

... 1992

All Good Things

Shirley Frame ( Actor )

... 1991

The Witches

Mrs Jenkins ( Actor )

... 1990

Claws

Sylvia ( Actor )

... 1987

Floating Off

Janice ( Actor )

... 1983

Henry VI Part 1

Joan La Pucelle ( Actor )

... 1983

King Lear

Cordelia ( Actor )

... 1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Herself ( Actor )

... 1982

Grown-Ups

Gloria ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1980