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 Awar ... d 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.
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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actress | A Civil Action | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Secrets & Lies | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Actress | The Quiet American | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | The Quiet American | Nominated |
| Cannes Film Festival | Best Actress | Secrets & Lies | Won |
| Venice Film Festival | Best Actress | Secrets & Lies | Won |
Vera
as DCI Vera Stanhope
Episodes: 56
First Aired: May 01, 2011
Chance in a Million
as Alison Little
Episodes: 18
First Aired: Sep 10, 1984
Kate & Koji
as Kate
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Mar 18, 2020
Between The Sheets
as Hazel Delany
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 17, 2003
All Good Things
as Shirley Frame
Episodes: 6
First Aired: May 14, 1991
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
as Ticki Tocquet
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 30, 1989
Dalgliesh
as Angela Foley
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Apr 08, 1983
The Buddha of Suburbia
as Margaret Amir
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 03, 1993
War and Peace
as Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 21, 2007
The Mysteries
as Mary Magdalene / Mary
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 22, 1985
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
as Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 20, 2001
Tales of the Unexpected
as Carol Hutchins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 1979
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Linnie Malcolm
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
The New Adventures of Old Christine
as Angela Kimble
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 13, 2006
The Storyteller
as Storyteller's Wife
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 15, 1988
Downton Abbey
as Vera
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2010
The Play on One
as Miss A
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1988
Outside Edge
Episodes: 22
First Aired: Mar 24, 1994
The Labours of Erica
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Mar 13, 1989
The One Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 14, 2006
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1995
Maigret
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 09, 1992
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Rumpole of the Bailey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1975
Yes Minister
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 1980
So Graham Norton
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 03, 1998
V Graham Norton
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 06, 2002
GMTV
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1993
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 2007
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
This Morning
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1988
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