Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn (born 20 February 1946) is a British actress. She has starred in movies, television and theatre. She has been nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Emmy Awards. She has won a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. Notable movies she has starred in include Secrets & Lies (1996).

 Filmography 
+ Film and Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987 TV miniseries)  Ticki Tocquet 1990  Mrs. Jenkins 1992  Mrs. Maclean 1996 Secrets & Lies Cynthia Rose Purley BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActressCannes Film Festival – Best Actress AwardEmpire Award – Best British ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign ActressNominated—Academy Award for Best ActressNominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best ActressNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture 1997 Remember Me? Shirley 1998 Girls' Night Dawn Wilkinson 1998 Night Train Alice Mooney 1998 In the Winter Dark Ida Stubbs 1998 Little Voice Mari Hoff Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 1998 Music from Another Room Grace Swan 2000 Saving Grace Grace Trevethyn Nominated—British Independent Film Award for Best ActressNominated—Empire Award for Best British ActressNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2001Anne Frank: The Whole Story Auguste van Pels Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a MovieNominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film 2001 Daddy and Them July Montgomery 2001 Lovely & Amazing Jane Marks 2001 On the Nose Mrs. Delaney 2002 Pumpkin Judy Romanoff 2002 Sonny Jewel Phillips 2002 Plots with a View Betty Rhys-Jones 2002  Mrs. Fairgood 2003  Aggie DVDX Award for Best Supporting Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie 2003 Blizzard Aunt Millie 2004 Piccadilly Jim Nina Banks 2004 Beyond the Sea Polly Cassatto 2004  Annette 2004 Belonging Jess Copple Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels – Fiction: ActressNominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 2005 Pooh's Heffalump Movie Mama Heffalump 2005 On a Clear Day Joan 2005 Pride & Prejudice Mrs. Bennet Character and Morality in Entertainment AwardNominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the YearNominated—Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress 2006 Mysterious Creatures Wendy Ainscow 2007 Clubland Jean Nominated—AFI Award for Best Lead ActressNominated—Inside Film Award for Best Actress 2007 Atonement Grace Turner 2007 War and Peace Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa 2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine Angela Kimble 2009 London River Elisabeth Sommers 2009 Tigger and Pooh and A Musical Too Mama Heffalump 2009  Sister Ignatious 2009 Dead Man Running Mother 2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (series 10, episode 8: Persona) Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cresswell Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series 2011My Angel Headmistress  2011-presentVera Vera Stanhope ITV

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Category:Living people
Category:Actors from Kent
Category:BAFTA Award winning actors
Category:English movie actors
Category:English stage actors
Category:English television actors
Category:English voice actors
Category:Golden Globe Award winning actors
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