Brenda Blethyn
Acting
Born February 20, 1946 · Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
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 Ramsgate, Kent, Blethyn pursued an administrative career until her early 30s before enrolling in the…
Known For · 40 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Graham Norton Show
Golden Globe Awards
The One Show
Vera
GMTV
Playhouse
Tales of the Unexpected
The Oscars
V Graham Norton
Rumpole of the Bailey
Pride & Prejudice
The New Adventures of Old Christine
HBO First Look
Playhouse Presents
Atonement
So Graham Norton
The Storyteller
The Frank Skinner Show
Dalgliesh
Screen One
The Play on One
A Woman of Substance
Yes Minister
Maigret
A River Runs Through It
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
This Morning
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Outside Edge
War and Peace
The Witches
The Sleeping Dictionary
Chance in a Million
Kate & Koji
Little Voice
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Sunday Premiere
Lovely & Amazing