
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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 20.412 |
Birthday | 1946-02-20 |
Place of Birth | Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK |
Also Known As | Brenda Anne Bottle, 布蘭達·布蕾辛, برندا بلثین, |

1992

A River Runs Through It
7/1083
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a ministe...
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A River Runs Through It

1990

The Witches
6.93/1265
A young boy named Luke and his grandmother go on vacation only to discover their hotel is hosting an international witch convention, where the Grand H...
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The Witches

2000

Saving Grace
6.529/415
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husba...
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Saving Grace

2002

Undertaking Betty
6.1/103
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.
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Undertaking Betty

2005

Pride & Prejudice
8.1/8119
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbeari...
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Pride & Prejudice

2007

Atonement
7.642/4279
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime...
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Atonement

1996

Secrets & Lies
7.5/657
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cyn...
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Secrets & Lies

1998

Girls' Night
6.8/9
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she'...
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Girls' Night

2004

Beyond the Sea
6.3/169
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the t...
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Beyond the Sea

1998

Little Voice
6.489/188
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedro...
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Little Voice

2002

Pumpkin
5.9/103
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when...
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Pumpkin

2009

Dead Man Running
5.8/67
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part...
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2003

The Sleeping Dictionary
6.5/162
A young Englishman is dispatched to Sarawak to become part of the British colonial government. He encounters some unorthodox local traditions, and fin...
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2002

Sonny
5/50
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but h...
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2005

Pooh's Heffalump Movie
6.8/453
Who or what exactly is a Heffalump? The lovable residents of the Hundred Acre Wood -- Winnie the Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and the rest of t...
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Pooh's Heffalump Movie

2004

Belonging
5.6/6
Jess (Brenda Blethyn) and town handyman Jacob (Kevin Whately) have been happily married 20 years, recently taking in a trio of Jacob's elderly relativ...
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Belonging

2005

On a Clear Day
6.5/30
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For t...
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On a Clear Day

2007

Clubland
5.2/25
The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame...
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Clubland

2009

London River
6.7/52
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their...
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London River

1998

Music from Another Room
5.7/63
Music From Another Room is a romantic comedy that follows the exploits of Danny, a young man who grew up believing he was destined to marry the girl h...
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1989

The Shawl
0/0
Miss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the spirits? Or is he just a fraud, out to steal her mone...
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The Shawl

2000

RKO 281
6.403/93
In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the...
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RKO 281

2002

Lovely & Amazing
6.1/80
An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their...
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Lovely & Amazing

2001

On the Nose
5.5/11
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, an...
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On the Nose

2002

The Yellow Bird
0/0
A young girl escapes the boredom of a small town existence in the 1930s.
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The Yellow Bird

1998

In the Winter Dark
5.6/9
Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.
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In the Winter Dark

2011

The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
0/0
This retrospective follows Sir Michael Caine's impressive career, featuring archive clips woven together with interviews from colleagues and critics....
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The Many Faces of... Michael Caine

1980

Grown-Ups
6.7/11
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next...
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Grown-Ups

2013

Mary and Martha
6.429/78
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa. Whilst in Mo...
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Mary and Martha

1980

Bedroom Farce
6/1
Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are te...
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Bedroom Farce

2009

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
6.8/15
Strike up the band with Pooh, Tigger, Darby and all your favorite friends in a spectacular full-length movie featuring seven original songs. It's a pe...
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Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too

2011

My Angel
4/11
Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end up having to take care of themselves an...
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My Angel

2010

The Calling
0/0
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
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The Calling

2014

Two Men in Town
5.5/85
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
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Two Men in Town

1998

Inside the Golden Statue
6.3/3
A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.
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1983

Henry VI Part 1
7.5/2
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
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2006

Mysterious Creatures
8/2
Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham co...
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Mysterious Creatures

1998

Night Train
7/3
A man released from jail, where he had served time for doctoring the books of a gangster, has to go into hiding from the gangster's men. He moves into...
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Night Train

1981

Say No to Strangers
7/1
A short film to warn children of sexual predators.
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1980

The Imitation Game
7.1/4
Second World War drama - A young woman decides against working in a munitions factory, and lands a post with the signals corps attempting to crack the...
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Fools
0/0
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. H...
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Fools

1993

The Bullion Boys
0/0
Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-s...
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1997

Remember Me?
4/1
A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected...
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2016

Ethel & Ernest
7.4/114
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and t...
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1983

Floating Off
0/0
Businessman Jack Humpage and his secretary Janice try to make an unconventional deal with a merchant bank before Humpage's son finds out.
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1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
8/1
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
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1987

Claws
0/0
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.
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Claws

2004

Piccadilly Jim
6.3/16
Set in the 1930s, an American with a scandalous reputation on both sides of the Atlantic must do an about-face in order to win back the woman of his d...
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Piccadilly Jim

2018

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
0/0
Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from frien...
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1982

King Lear
6/5
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youn...
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King Lear

2001

Daddy and Them
5.514/35
Ruby and her husband Claude are a working-class couple who live in suburban Arkansas. As crazy as they are for each other, their relationship is far f...
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Daddy and Them

2003

Blizzard
5.859/71
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
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Blizzard

2004

A Way of Life
6.8/10
At 17 Leigh-Anne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet...
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Strawberry Fields Forever
0/0
Steven Shepherd’s short life beheld just one very special day amidst his world of total and utter torment. He lived with his Grannie Nellie, who loved...
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Strawberry Fields Forever

2021

Charlotte
6.6/22
The true story of Charlotte Salomon, a young German-Jewish painter who comes of age in Berlin on the eve of the Second World War. Fiercely imaginative...
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King of the Teds
0/0
Ron and Tina's lives are changed when long lost friend Nina calls, reawakening memories of when Ron was the charismatic 'King of the Teds' and both wo...
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King of the Teds


Dragonfly
0/0
Two neighbours strike up an unlikely friendship, sometimes to the disapproval of others around them. Seeing the lack of care that her elderly neighbou...
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