Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Blethyn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
A Woman of Substance
Series · 2026
Dragonfly
Film · 2025
Vera, Farewell Pet
Film · 2025
Charlotte
Film · 2022
Kate & Koji
Series · 2020
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Film · 2018
Ethel & Ernest
Film · 2016
Two Men in Town
Film · 2014
Mary and Martha
Film · 2013
Playhouse Presents
Series · 2012
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
Film · 2011
My Angel
Film · 2011
Vera
Series · 2011
The Calling
Film · 2010
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
Film · 2010
Dead Man Running
Film · 2009
London River
Film · 2009
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
Film · 2009
Atonement
Film · 2007
Clubland
Film · 2007
War and Peace
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Mysterious Creatures
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Series · 2006
Pride & Prejudice
Film · 2005
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Film · 2005
On a Clear Day
Film · 2005
Beyond the Sea
Film · 2004
Belonging
Film · 2004
Piccadilly Jim
Film · 2004
A Way of Life
Film · 2004
The Best of So Graham Norton
Film · 2004
The Sleeping Dictionary
Film · 2003
Blizzard
Film · 2003
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
Film · 2003
Between The Sheets
Series · 2003
Undertaking Betty
Film · 2002
Pumpkin
Film · 2002
Sonny
Film · 2002
Lovely & Amazing
Film · 2002
The Yellow Bird
Film · 2002
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Film · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
On the Nose
Film · 2001
Daddy and Them
Film · 2001
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Series · 2001
Saving Grace
Film · 2000
RKO 281
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Girls' Night
Film · 1998
Little Voice
Film · 1998
Music from Another Room
Film · 1998
In the Winter Dark
Film · 1998
Inside the Golden Statue
Film · 1998
Night Train
Film · 1998
So Graham Norton
Series · 1998
Remember Me?
Film · 1997
Secrets & Lies
Film · 1996
The Frank Skinner Show
Series · 1995
Outside Edge
Series · 1994
The Bullion Boys
Film · 1993
The Buddha of Suburbia
Series · 1993
GMTV
Series · 1993
A River Runs Through It
Film · 1992
Maigret
Series · 1992
HBO First Look
Series · 1992
All Good Things
Series · 1991
The Witches
Film · 1990
The Shawl
Film · 1989
The Labours of Erica
Series · 1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
The Storyteller: A Story Short
Film · 1988
The Storyteller
Series · 1988
This Morning
Series · 1988
The Play on One
Series · 1988
Claws
Film · 1987
Sunday Premiere
Series · 1986
The Mysteries
Series · 1985
Chance in a Million
Series · 1984
Who Dares Wins
Series · 1984
Weekend Playhouse
Series · 1984
Henry VI Part 1
Film · 1983
Floating Off
Film · 1983
Dalgliesh
Series · 1983
Death of an Expert Witness
Series · 1983
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Film · 1982
King Lear
Film · 1982
Say No to Strangers
Film · 1981
Grown-Ups
Film · 1980
Bedroom Farce
Film · 1980
The Imitation Game
Film · 1980
Sheppey
Film · 1980
Yes Minister
Series · 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Rumpole of the Bailey
Series · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Fools
Film
Strawberry Fields Forever
Film
King of the Teds
Film