Acting
Brenda Blethyn
Born 1946-02-20
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.
Acting
Dragonfly
2025 · Elsie
Vera, Farewell Pet
2025 · Herself / Vera
Charlotte
2022 · Grossmama (voice)
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018 · Narrator
Ethel & Ernest
2016 · Ethel Briggs (voice)
Two Men in Town
2014 · Emily Smith
Mary and Martha
2013 · Martha
My Angel
2011 · Headmistress
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
2011
The Calling
2010 · Sister Ignatious
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
2010 · Mama Heffalump (voice)
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
2009 · Mama Heffalump (voice)
London River
2009 · Elisabeth
Dead Man Running
2009 · Mother
Clubland
2007 · Jean
Atonement
2007 · Grace Turner
Mysterious Creatures
2006 · Wendy Ainscow
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Mrs. Bennet
On a Clear Day
2005 · Joan
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2005 · Mama Heffalump (voice)
Beyond the Sea
2004 · Polly Cassotto
A Way of Life
2004 · Annette
Piccadilly Jim
2004 · Nesta Pett
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Belonging
2004 · Jess Copplestone
Blizzard
2003 · Aunt Millie
Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
2003 · Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice)
The Sleeping Dictionary
2003 · Aggie
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002 · Mrs. Fairgood (voice)
Undertaking Betty
2002 · Betty Rhys-Jones
Sonny
2002 · Jewel
Lovely & Amazing
2002 · Jane Marks