Brenda Blethyn
Gender: Female
Born: 20th February 1946 (currently 66 years old)
Nationality: England
TV programs: Chance in a Million, Between The Sheets, The Labours of Erica, Outside Edge, The Storyteller, The Buddha of Suburbia, War and Peace, Anne Frank: The Whole Story, Vera
Movies: My Angel, Beyond the Sea, Lovely & Amazing, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Pride & Prejudice, RKO 281, Saving Grace, Secrets & Lies, The Sleeping Dictionary, A Way of Life, Little Voice, Clubland, On a Clear Day, A River Runs Through It, Undertaking Betty, Music From Another Room, The Wild Thornberrys Movie, Belonging, In the Winter Dark, Blizzard, London River, Atonement, Pumpkin, The Buddha of Suburbia, The Witches, Grown-ups, Sonny, Daddy and Them, Mysterious Creatures, Dead Man Running, On the Nose, Night Train, Girls' Night, Piccadilly Jim, Seven Roses
Brenda Anne Blethyn, OBE (born Brenda Anne Bottle; 20 February 1946) 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 Theatre 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, Blethyn pursued an administrative career until her early 30s before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting after the dissolution of her marriage in 1973. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and received credits for her performances in Troilus and Cressida (1976) and Mysteries (1979). In 1981, Blethyn earned her first critical acclaim for Steaming.
In 1980, Blethyn made her television debut in Mike Leigh's film Grown-Ups; then, after a modest number of guest spots in several productions, in the mid-1980s she garnered leading roles in the short-living sitcoms Chance in a Million and The Labours of Erica. Having followed her big
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