Brenda Blethyn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 R...
Known For
Filmography
A Woman of Substance
2026
as Older Emma Harte
Dragonfly
2025
as Elsie
Vera, Farewell Pet
2025
as Herself / Vera
Charlotte
2022
as Grossmama (voice)
Kate & Koji
2020
as Kate Abbott
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018
as Narrator
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Ethel Briggs (voice)
Two Men in Town
2014
as Emily Smith
Mary and Martha
2013
as Martha
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Nina
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
2011
My Angel
2011
as Headmistress
Vera
2011
as DCI Vera Stanhope
The Calling
2010
as Sister Ignatious
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
2010
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
Dead Man Running
2009
as Mother
London River
2009
as Elisabeth
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
2009
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
Atonement
2007
as Grace Turner
Clubland
2007
as Jean
War and Peace
2007
as Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Mysterious Creatures
2006
as Wendy Ainscow
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
as Angela Kimble
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Mrs. Bennet
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2005
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
On a Clear Day
2005
as Joan
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Polly Cassotto
Belonging
2004
as Jess Copplestone
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Nesta Pett
A Way of Life
2004
as Annette
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
as Aggie
Blizzard
2003
as Aunt Millie
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003
as Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice)
Between The Sheets
2003
as Hazel Delany
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Betty Rhys-Jones
Pumpkin
2002
as Judy Romanoff
Sonny
2002
as Jewel
Lovely & Amazing
2002
as Jane Marks
The Yellow Bird
2002
as Mrs. Louise Tutwiler
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002
as Mrs. Fairgood (voice)
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
On the Nose
2001
as Mrs. Delaney
Daddy and Them
2001
as Julia Montgomery
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
2001
as Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
Saving Grace
2000
as Grace Trevethyn
RKO 281
1999
as Louella Parsons
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Linnie Malcolm
Girls' Night
1998
as Dawn Wilkinson
Little Voice
1998
as Mari Hoff
Music from Another Room
1998
as Grace Swan
In the Winter Dark
1998
as Ida Stubbs
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
as Self
Night Train
1998
as Alice Mooney
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self - Guest
Remember Me?
1997
as Shirley
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Cynthia Rose Purley
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
Outside Edge
1994
as Miriam Dervish
The Bullion Boys
1993
as Gwen
The Buddha of Suburbia
1993
as Margaret Amir
GMTV
1993
as Self
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Mrs. Maclean
Maigret
1992
HBO First Look
1992
as self
All Good Things
1991
as Shirley Frame
The Witches
1990
as Mrs Jenkins
The Shawl
1989
as Miss A
The Labours of Erica
1989
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Ticki Tocquet
Screen One
1989
as Gwen
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988
as The Storyteller's Wife
The Storyteller
1988
as Storyteller's Wife
This Morning
1988
as Self
The Play on One
1988
as Miss A
Claws
1987
as Sylvia
Sunday Premiere
1986
as Sylvia
The Mysteries
1985
as Mary Magdalene / Mary
Chance in a Million
1984
as Alison Little
Who Dares Wins
1984
as Various
Weekend Playhouse
1984
as Jean Saunders
Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Joan La Pucelle
Floating Off
1983
as Janice
Dalgliesh
1983
as Angela Foley
Death of an Expert Witness
1983
as Angela Foley
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
King Lear
1982
as Cordelia
Say No to Strangers
1981
as Policewoman
Grown-Ups
1980
as Gloria
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Kate
The Imitation Game
1980
Sheppey
1980
as Miss Grange
Yes Minister
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Carol Hutchins
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Pauline
Playhouse
1974
as Gloria
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Winner