Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn (lahir 20 Februari 1946) merupakan seorang aktris berkebangsaan Inggris yang memenangkan nominasi Golden Globe. Dia dilahirkan di Ramsgate. Dia berkarier di dunia film sejak tahun 1990.

Kehidupan pribadi

Blethyn menikah dengan Alan James Blethyn, seorang desainer grafis yang ia temui saat bekerja untuk British Rail, pada tahun 1964. Pernikahan tersebut berakhir pada tahun 1973. Blethyn tetap menggunakan nama belakang suaminya sebagai nama profesionalnya. Direktur seni Inggris Michael Mayhew telah menjadi pasangannya sejak tahun 1975, dan pasangan tersebut menikah pada bulan Juni 2010.

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Say No to Strangers	Teresa's Mum	Uncredited; short film
1990	The Witches	Mrs. Jenkins
1992	A River Runs Through It	Mrs. Maclean
1996	Secrets & Lies	Cynthia Rose Purley
1997	Remember Me?	Shirley
1998	Girls' Night	Dawn Wilkinson
	Music from Another Room	Grace Swan
	Night Train	Alice Mooney
	In the Winter Dark	Ida Stubbs
	Little Voice	Mari Hoff
2000	Saving Grace	Grace Trevethyn
2001	Daddy and Them	July Montgomery
	Lovely & Amazing	Jane Marks
	On the Nose	Mrs. Delaney
2002	Pumpkin	Judy Romanoff
	Sonny	Jewel Phillips
	Plots with a View	Betty Rhys-Jones
	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Mrs. Alice June Fairgood	Voice
2003	The Sleeping Dictionary	Aggie Bullard
	Blizzard	Aunt Millie
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Nina Banks
	Beyond the Sea	Polly Cassotto
	A Way of Life	Annette
	Belonging	Jess Copplestone
2005	Pooh's Heffalump Movie	Mama Heffalump	Voice
	On a Clear Day	Joan Redmond
	Pride & Prejudice	Mrs. Bennet
2006	Mysterious Creatures	Wendy Ainscow
2007	Clubland	Jean Dwight
	Atonement	Grace Turner
2009	London River	Elisabeth Sommers
	Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too	Mama Heffalump	Voice
	The Calling	Sister Ignatious
	Dead Man Running	Mrs. Kane
2011	My Angel	Headmistress
2014	Two Men in Town	Emily Smith
2016	Ethel & Ernest	Ethel Briggs	Voice
2020	Strawberry Fields Forever	Gran	Short film
2025	Dragonfly	Elsie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Grown-Ups	Gloria	Television film
	Can We Get on Now, Please?	Miranda Plumley	Episode: "Variations in Two Flats"
	Play for Today	Mary	Episode: "The Imitation Game"
	Bedroom Farce	Kate	Television film
1981	Yes Minister	Joan Littler	Episode: "The Greasy Pole"
1982	King Lear	Cordelia	Television film
1983	Tales of the Unexpected	Carol Hutchins	Episode: "Hit and Run"
	Death of an Expert Witness	Angela Foley	Television miniseries; 6 episodes
	Play for Today	Janice	Episode: "Floating Off"
	Rumpole of the Bailey	Pauline	Episode: "Rumpole and the Genuine Article"
	The First Part of Henry the Sixth	Joan la Pucelle	Television film
1984	Weekend Playhouse	Jean Saunders	Episode: "Singles Weekend"
1984–1986	Chance in a Million	Alison Little	Main role; 18 episodes
1985	That Uncertain Feeling	Mrs. Lewis	Miniseries; 4 episodes
1987	Sunday Premiere	Sylvia	Episode: "Claws"
	Poor Little Rich Girl	Ticki Tocquet	Television film
1988	The Storyteller	Storyteller's Wife	Episode: "A Story Short"
1989	The Play on One	Miss A.	Episode: "The Shawl"
1989–1990	The Labours of Erica	Erica Parsons	Main role; 12 episodes
1991	All Good Things	Shirley Frame	Miniseries; 6 episodes
1993	The Buddha of Suburbia	Margaret Amir	Miniseries; 4 episodes
1994–1996	Outside Edge	Miriam Dervish	22 episodes
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Auguste van Pels	2 episodes
2003	Between the Sheets	Hazel Delany	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2007	War and Peace	Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa	4 episodes
2008	The New Adventures of Old Christine	Angela Kimble	Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cresswell	Episode: "Persona"
2011–2025	Vera	DCI Vera Stanhope	Main role; 56 episodes
2012	Playhouse Presents	Nina	Episode: "King of the Teds"
2020–2022	Kate & Koji	Kate	Main role; 12 episodes