Brenda Blethyn
Acting
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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Grossmama (voice)
... 2022
... 2018
Ethel Briggs (voice)
... 2016
Emily Smith
... 2014
Martha
... 2013
Headmistress
... 2011
... 2011
Sister Ignatious
... 2010
Mama Heffalump (voice)
... 2009
Elisabeth
... 2009
Mother
... 2009
Grace Turner
... 2007
Jean
... 2007
Wendy Ainscow
... 2006
Mrs. Bennet
... 2005
Joan
... 2005
Mama Heffalump (voice)
... 2005
Polly Cassotto
... 2004
Annette
... 2004
Nesta Pett
... 2004
Jess Copplestone
... 2004
Aunt Millie
... 2003
Aggie
... 2003
Betty Rhys-Jones
... 2002
Jewel
... 2002
Judy Romanoff
... 2002
Mrs. Louise Tutwiler
... 2002
Julia Montgomery
... 2001
Mrs. Delaney
... 2001
Jane Marks
... 2001
Louella Parsons
... 2000
Grace Trevethyn
... 2000
Mari Hoff
... 1998
Ida Stubbs
... 1998
Dawn Wilkinson
... 1998
Grace Swan
... 1998
Alice Mooney
... 1998
... 1998
... 1997
Cynthia Rose Purley
... 1996
Gwen
... 1993
Mrs. Maclean
... 1992
Mrs Jenkins
... 1990
Miss A
... 1989
Sylvia
... 1987
Joan La Pucelle
... 1983
Cordelia
... 1982
Herself
... 1982
... 1981
Gloria
... 1980
Kate
... 1980
... 1980
Grannie Nellie