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Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn

Highest Rated: 97% Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Lowest Rated: 14% Dead Man Running (2009)

Birthday: Feb 20, 1946

Birthplace: Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK

After decades of acclaimed performances on stage and British television, Brenda Blethyn expanded her audience to include international theatergoers during the 1990s. With her spry and feisty manner, she showed a flair for comedy with her acclaimed starring roles in "Little Voice" (1998), "Saving Grace" (2000) and several British sitcoms. But ultimately the stage veteran revealed herself to be one of her country's most versatile character actors, bringing a down-to-earth accessibility to ubiquitous costume dramas like "Pride & Prejudice" (2005) as well as offering many portraits of contemporary women struggling to define themselves in "Secrets and Lies" (1996) and "Lovely and Amazing" (2001). Much in-demand in her native country and by filmmakers from the U.S. to Australia, Blethyn could always be counted to add her humorous touch to characters undergoing the most difficult of personal situations.

Highest rated movies

96% Secrets & Lies
94% The Witches
92% RKO 281
91% London River
87% Pride & Prejudice
86% A Way of Life
86% Daddy and Them
86% Lovely & Amazing

Photos

BLIZZARD, Brenda Blethyn (top), Jennifer Pisana, 2003, (c) MGM INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS, (aka CLUBLAND), Khan Chittenden, Brenda Blethyn, 2007. ©Warner Independent Pictures Mary and Martha, Sam Claflin (L), Brenda Blethyn (R), 04/20/2013, ©HBO INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS, (aka CLUBLAND), Brenda Blethyn (left), 2007. ©Warner Independent Pictures SONNY, Mena Suvari, Brenda Blethyn, Nicolas Cage, 2002 INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS, (aka CLUBLAND), Emma Booth, Khan Chittenden, Brenda Blethyn, 2007. ©Warner Independent Pictures LONDON RIVER, Brenda Blethyn, 2009. ©ABC Distribution SONNY, Brenda Blethyn, 2002 SECRETS & LIES, Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 1996 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Jena Malone, Rosamund Pike, Talulah Riley, Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, 2005, (c) Focus Features LOVELY & AMAZING, Brenda Blethyn, Ravin Goodwin, 2001 INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS, (aka CLUBLAND), Brenda Blethyn, 2007. ©Warner Independent Pictures SECRETS & LIES, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Brenda Blethyn, 1996 SECRETS & LIES, Brenda Blethyn, 1996 LITTLE VOICE, Annette Badland, Brenda Blethyn, 1998, (c) Miramax RKO 281, Brenda Blethyn, 1999 SECRETS & LIES, Brenda Blethyn, 1996 Mary and Martha, from left: Brenda Blethyn, James Woods, Hilary Swank, Frank Grillo, 04/20/2013, ©HBO Mary and Martha, Brenda Blethyn (L), Hilary Swank (C), James Woods (R), 04/20/2013, ©HBO UNDERTAKING BETTY, (aka PLOTS WITH A VIEW), Brenda Blethyn, Lee Evans, Christopher Walken, Alfred Molina, 2002, (c) Miramax
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
70% 93% Charlotte Grossmama (Voice) - 2021
97% 87% Ethel & Ernest Ethel Briggs (Voice) - 2016
47% 26% Two Men in Town Emily Smith (Character) - 2014
56% 64% Mary and Martha Martha (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christmas Angel Headmistress (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Calling Sister Ignatious (Character) - 2009
91% 67% London River Elisabeth (Character) - 2009
14% 52% Dead Man Running Mother (Character) - 2009
No Score Yet 84% My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too Ma Heffalump (Voice) - 2009
83% 80% Atonement Grace Turner (Character) $50.9M 2007
52% 50% Introducing the Dwights Jean (Character) $378.9K 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mysterious Creatures Wendy Ainscow (Character) - 2006
No Score Yet 57% Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie Mama Heffalump (Voice) - 2005
No Score Yet 51% Piccadilly Jim Nesta Pett (Character) - 2005
69% 72% On a Clear Day Joan (Character) - 2005
87% 89% Pride & Prejudice Mrs. Bennet (Character) $38.4M 2005
80% 68% Pooh's Heffalump Movie Mama Heffalump (Voice) - 2005
86% 75% A Way of Life Annette (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Belonging Jess Copplestone (Character) - 2004
42% 64% Beyond the Sea Polly Cassotto (Character) $6.1M 2004
No Score Yet 67% The Sleeping Dictionary Aggie (Character) - 2003
67% 52% Blizzard Aunt Millie (Character) - 2003
36% 57% Pumpkin Judy Romanoff (Character) $305.7K 2002
50% 67% Undertaking Betty Betty Rhys-Jones (Character) - 2002
21% 41% Sonny Jewel (Character) $17.6K 2002
80% 51% The Wild Thornberrys Movie Mrs. Fairgood (Voice) $39.9M 2002
86% 54% Daddy and Them Julia Montgomery (Character) - 2001
86% 64% Lovely & Amazing Jane Marks (Character) $4.2M 2001
No Score Yet 88% Anne Frank Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 56% On the Nose Mrs.Delaney (Character) - 2001
63% 83% Saving Grace Grace (Character) $12.1M 2000
92% 75% RKO 281 Louella Parsons (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chance in a Million Unknown (Character) - 1999
43% 67% Music From Another Room Grace Swan (Character) $63.0K 1998
83% 57% In the Winter Dark Ida Stubbs (Character) - 1998
80% 74% Little Voice Mari Hoff (Character) $4.6M 1998
No Score Yet 60% Night Train Alice Mooney (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 50% Girls' Night Dawn Wilkinson (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Remember Me? Shirley (Character) - 1997
96% 91% Secrets & Lies Cynthia Rose Purley (Character) $13.4M 1996
80% 83% A River Runs Through It Mrs. Maclean (Character) $43.4M 1992
94% 70% The Witches Mrs. Jenkins (Character) $8.7M 1990
No Score Yet 72% Grown-Ups Gloria (Character) - 1980

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 82% Vera PDCI Vera Stanhope (Character) 2011-2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kate & Koji Kate (Character) 2020 2022
89% 77% The New Adventures of Old Christine Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
78% 82% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Linnie Malcolm (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Anne Frank Unknown (Character) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Labours of Erica Unknown (Character) 1989-1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Carol Hutchins (Character) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet BBC Television Shakespeare Cordelia (Character) 1982
No Score Yet 93% Yes, Minister Joan Littler (Character) 1981