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.
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 (Movies)
Dragonfly
Character:Elsie
Release Date:07/11/2025
Vera, Farewell Pet
Character:Herself / Vera
Release Date:10/06/2025
Charlotte
Character:Grossmama (voice)
Release Date:22/04/2022
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/12/2018
Ethel & Ernest
Character:Ethel Briggs (voice)
Release Date:15/10/2016
Two Men in Town
Character:Emily Smith
Release Date:07/05/2014
Mary and Martha
Character:Martha
Release Date:01/03/2013
My Angel
Character:Headmistress
Release Date:09/12/2011
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
Character:
Release Date:26/06/2011
The Calling
Character:Sister Ignatious
Release Date:23/04/2010
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
Character:Mama Heffalump (voice)
Release Date:06/04/2010
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
Character:Mama Heffalump (voice)
Release Date:07/04/2009
London River
Character:Elisabeth
Release Date:09/02/2009
Dead Man Running
Character:Mother
Release Date:29/01/2009
Clubland
Character:Jean
Release Date:28/06/2007
Atonement
Character:Grace Turner
Release Date:27/02/2007
Mysterious Creatures
Character:Wendy Ainscow
Release Date:29/10/2006
Pride & Prejudice
Character:Mrs. Bennet
Release Date:16/09/2005
On a Clear Day
Character:Joan
Release Date:18/08/2005
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Character:Mama Heffalump (voice)
Release Date:11/02/2005
Beyond the Sea
Character:Polly Cassotto
Release Date:16/11/2004
A Way of Life
Character:Annette
Release Date:12/11/2004
Piccadilly Jim
Character:Nesta Pett
Release Date:01/11/2004
Belonging
Character:Jess Copplestone
Release Date:12/09/2004
Blizzard
Character:Aunt Millie
Release Date:15/05/2003
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot
Character:Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice)
Release Date:11/03/2003
The Sleeping Dictionary
Character:Aggie
Release Date:31/01/2003
Undertaking Betty
Character:Betty Rhys-Jones
Release Date:04/12/2002
Sonny
Character:Jewel
Release Date:26/10/2002
Lovely & Amazing
Character:Jane Marks
Release Date:02/08/2002
Pumpkin
Character:Judy Romanoff
Release Date:28/06/2002
The Yellow Bird
Character:Mrs. Louise Tutwiler
Release Date:06/06/2002
Daddy and Them
Character:Julia Montgomery
Release Date:26/10/2001
On the Nose
Character:Mrs. Delaney
Release Date:23/10/2001
Saving Grace
Character:Grace Trevethyn
Release Date:24/01/2000
RKO 281
Character:Louella Parsons
Release Date:20/11/1999
Little Voice
Character:Mari Hoff
Release Date:05/11/1998
In the Winter Dark
Character:Ida Stubbs
Release Date:10/09/1998
Girls' Night
Character:Dawn Wilkinson
Release Date:26/06/1998
Music from Another Room
Character:Grace Swan
Release Date:24/04/1998
Inside the Golden Statue
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
Night Train
Character:Alice Mooney
Release Date:01/01/1998
Remember Me?
Character:Shirley
Release Date:02/01/1997
Secrets & Lies
Character:Cynthia Rose Purley
Release Date:24/05/1996
The Bullion Boys
Character:Gwen
Release Date:24/10/1993
A River Runs Through It
Character:Mrs. Maclean
Release Date:09/10/1992
The Witches
Character:Mrs Jenkins
Release Date:25/05/1990
The Shawl
Character:Miss A
Release Date:14/03/1989
Claws
Character:Sylvia
Release Date:04/10/1987
Floating Off
Character:Janice
Release Date:24/08/1983
Henry VI Part 1
Character:Joan La Pucelle
Release Date:02/01/1983
King Lear
Character:Cordelia
Release Date:19/09/1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Character:Self
Release Date:04/09/1982
Say No to Strangers
Character:Policewoman
Release Date:01/01/1981
Grown-Ups
Character:Gloria
Release Date:27/11/1980
Bedroom Farce
Character:Kate
Release Date:28/09/1980
The Imitation Game
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1980
Television Appearances
Kate & Koji
Character:Kate
Vera
Character:Vera Stanhope
War and Peace
Character:Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Character:Angela Kimble
Between The Sheets
Character:Hazel Delany
V Graham Norton
Character:Self
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Character:Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Linnie Malcolm
So Graham Norton
Character:Self - Guest
The Frank Skinner Show
Character:Self
Outside Edge
Character:
The Buddha of Suburbia
Character:Margaret Amir
GMTV
Character:Self
HBO First Look
Character:self
Maigret
Character:
All Good Things
Character:Shirley Frame
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Character:Ticki Tocquet
The Labours of Erica
Character:
This Morning
Character:Self
The Storyteller
Character:Storyteller's Wife
The Play on One
Character:Miss A
The Mysteries
Character:Mary Magdalene / Mary
Chance in a Million
Character:Alison Little
Who Dares Wins
Character:Various
Dalgliesh
Character:Angela Foley
Yes Minister
Character:
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Carol Hutchins
Rumpole of the Bailey
Character:Pauline
Playhouse
Character:Gloria
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Winner
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