
Brenda Blethyn
Born
1946-02-20
Place of birth
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

Pride & Prejudice
Mrs. Bennet

Atonement
Grace Turner

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Linnie Malcolm

The Witches
Mrs Jenkins

A River Runs Through It
Mrs. Maclean

Secrets & Lies
Cynthia Rose Purley

Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Mama Heffalump (voice)

Saving Grace
Grace Trevethyn

The Graham Norton Show
Self

The Storyteller
Storyteller's Wife

Little Voice
Mari Hoff

The Sleeping Dictionary
Aggie

Beyond the Sea
Polly Cassotto

Vera
DCI Vera Stanhope

Yes Minister
TV Series