Biography
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
all 91
Movies 58
TV Shows 33
self 12
Narrator 1
Charlotte (2021)
Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Two Men in Town (2014)
Henry Hugglemonster (2013)
My Angel (2011)
Vera (2011)
The Calling (2010)
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009)
London River (2009)
War and Peace (2007)
Atonement (2007)
Mysterious Creatures (2006)
The One Show (2006)
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
A Way of Life (2004)
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Belonging (2004)
Between The Sheets (2003)
Blizzard (2003)
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot (2003)
Undertaking Betty (2002)
Sonny (2002)
Pumpkin (2002)
The Yellow Bird (2002)
Daddy and Them (2001)
On the Nose (2001)
Lovely & Amazing (2001)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
RKO 281 (2000)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Little Voice (1998)
In the Winter Dark (1998)
So Graham Norton (1998)
Night Train (1998)
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
GMTV (1993)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
All Good Things (1991)
The Witches (1990)
The Shawl (1989)
The Labours of Erica (1989)
The Storyteller (1988)
Claws (1987)
The Mysteries (1985)
Chance in a Million (1984)
Death of an Expert Witness (1983)
Dalgliesh (1983)
Henry VI Part 1 (1983)
King Lear (1982)
Say No to Strangers (1981)
Grown-Ups (1980)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Who Dares Wins
Fools
Strawberry Fields Forever
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1946-02-20 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceRamsgate, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsBrenda Anne Bottle, 布蘭達·布蕾辛
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Theatre World Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Agatha Award
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