Guide Note

Brenda Blethyn is an English film, television, stage actress, and writer. She got her start in the 1980s, doing theater productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dalliance, Born Yesterday and Benefactors as well as the television shows, Chance in a Million and The Labours of Erica.

In the early 1990s, Blethyn appeared in several films, such as The Witches and A River Runs Through It. She got her big break in 1996, when she appeared as "Cynthia Rpse Purley" in Mike Leigh's, Secrets and Lies. For this performance, Blethyn received a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. In 1997, Blethyn was nominated for a second Oscar, for her role in Little Voice.

In the 2000s, Blethyn appeared in a myriad of films, including Saving Grace, Lovely and Amazing, Pumpkin and Beyond the Sea. In 2005, Blethyn starred as Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice alongside Kiera Knightley and Donald Sutherland.

In 2006, Blethyn wrote an autobiography entitled Mixed Fancies.

Fast Facts

Birth Date: February 20, 1946
Birth Place: Ramsgate, Kent, UK
Youngest of nine children
Wrote a biography called Mixed Fancies

Notable Roles

Secrets & Lies: Cynthia Rose Purley
Little Voice: Mari Hoff
The Witches: Mrs. Jenkins
A River Runs Through It: Mrs. Maclean
Anne Frank: The Whole Story: Auguste van Pels
Saving Grace: Grace Trevethyn
Lovely & Amazing: Jane Marks
Beyond the Sea: Polly Cassatto
Pride and Prejudice: Mrs. Bennet
Atonement: Grace Turner

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Brenda Blethyn

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Brenda Blethyn Biographies and Profiles

Brenda Blethyn Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
February 20, 1946: Born
1980: Can We Get on Now, Please?
1982: King Lear
1983: Henry VI, Part I
1984-1986: Chance in a Million
1984-1990: Alas Smith & Jones
1992: A River Runs Through It
1994: Outside Edge
1996: Secrets and Lies
1997: Won BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Secrets & Lies
1997: Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama for Secrets & Lies
1998: Little Voice
2000: Saving Grace
2001: Anne Frank: The Whole Story
2001: Lovely & Amazing
2002: The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002: Sonny
2003: Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot (Voice)
2005: Marsha Potter Gets a Life
2005: Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2005: Pride & Prejudice
2007: Clubland
2007: Atonement
2008: The Calling
2008: No One Gets Off in This Town
2008: King of the Pipers

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