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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.
Most Popular Brenda Blethyn Trailers
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16 September 2005
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 overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
27 February 2007
A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
10 September 1998
Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.
04 September 1982
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
24 August 1983
Businessman Jack Humpage and his secretary Janice try to make an unconventional deal with a merchant bank before Humpage's son finds out.
01 January 1998
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.
06 June 2002
A young girl escapes the boredom of a small town existence in the 1930s.
09 October 1992
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing.
02 August 2002
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 individual neuroses.
11 February 2005
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 the pack -- embark on a journey of discovery in search of the elusive Heffalump.
24 April 1980
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 Enigma code.
09 February 2009
After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks s
25 May 1990
While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches.
24 April 1998
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 he helped deliver as a five year old boy when his neighbor went into emergency labor.
20 December 2002
Eliza and Debbie are two sisters who don't always get along. But their relationship is put to the test when Debbie's life is in danger, and Eliza might have to give up her power to talk to animals.
31 January 2003
In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population.
01 November 2004
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 dreams.
04 December 2002
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.
05 November 1998
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word.
26 June 2011
This retrospective follows Sir Michael Caine's impressive career, featuring archive clips woven together with interviews from colleagues and critics.
12 September 2004
After giving up her job as a librarian to care for her husband’s elderly family, Jess’ world falls apart when he leaves her for a younger woman.
07 May 2014
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.
15 May 2003
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
26 October 2002
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 he wants to leave that behind.
26 June 1998
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's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas.
24 May 1996
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother.
22 April 2022
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.
24 January 2000
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years.
14 March 1989
Miss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the spirits?
01 January 1998
A behind-the-scenes look at the preparations for the live broadcast of the 69th Annual Academy Awards ceremony.
07 November 2025
Neglected pensioner Elsie finds an unexpected ally in her younger neighbour Colleen. Over time, a friendship grows but Elsie’s resentful, guilt-ridden son stirs up tensions that bring shocking consequences.
29 October 2006
Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton).
20 November 1999
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 purpose of making his first film.
28 June 2002
Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy.
19 September 1982
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
16 November 2004
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 tale of his life.
15 October 2016
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 times of his parents, two ordinary Londoners living through extraordinary events.
29 January 2009
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up againh
07 April 2009
Strike up the band with Pooh, Tigger, Darby and all your favorite friends in a spectacular full-length movie featuring seven original songs.
18 August 2005
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off.
27 November 1980
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 door.
01 March 2013
Wealthy American housewife Mary Morgan takes her bullied son George out of school for home education,including a trip to Southern Africa.
23 October 2001
Robbie Coltrane stars as Delaney, a university janitor and reformed gambler whose past habits come back to haunt him.
28 June 2007
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.
31 December 2018
Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from friends and admirers.
12 November 2004
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.
09 December 2011
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 and one night when they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams that his mother asks him to find an angel's halo so that she can be saved.
04 October 1987
A tale of cat lovers, the social circle they inhabit and the power struggles between them.
26 October 2001
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 from harmonious.
02 January 1997
A domestic farce exposes the eccentricities of a "typical" middle class, suburban family who find their lives thrown into a crisis with the unexpected arrival of one of the wife's old flames.
02 January 1983
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
23 April 2010
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
11 March 2003
When an old castle needs repairs, it's time to call Bob the Builder! Unfortunately a case of mistaken identity puts Bob's father in charge, resulting in one disaster after another! Meanwhile, tales of Camelot inspire Bob's noble crew of machines - Sir Lift-A-Sot, Sir Roll-A-Lot and Lady Mix-A-Lot - in their quest to get the job done.
24 October 1993
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.
06 April 2010
A shooting star falls towards the Hundred Acre Wood. Winnie the Pooh, Darby, and Tigger are out in the Hundred Acre Wood one night, stargazing.
28 September 1980
Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best.
01 January 1981
A short film to warn children of sexual predators.
01 June 1980
Sheppey, an ordinary working-class waiter, wins a fortune in a sweep-stake, and elects to use the money to help the unfortunate.
05 June 1988
The Storyteller recounts the time he was caught making a fool of the royal cook and, as punishment meted out by the King, must tell one story a day for a year.
