Brenda Blethyn Highlights

  • 2008: Earned an Emmy nomination for her guest starring role on NBC's "Law and Order SVU"
  • 2007: Once again appeared opposite Keira Knightley in the critically-acclaimed "Atonement"
  • 2007: Played a bawdy comedienne with a sinking career in the Australian drama "Introducing the Dwights"
  • 2006: Cast as Peter Mullan's loving wife in "On a Clear Day"
  • 2005: Cast opposite Donald Sutherland and Keira Knightley in "Pride and Prejudice," an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic
  • 2004: Portrayed Bobby Darin's (Kevin Spacey) mother in "Beyond the Sea" a biopic of the legendary signer Bobby Darin
  • 2002: Played the mother of the title character, a former gigolo, in the film "Sonny," directed by Nicolas Cage
  • 2001: Portrayed Auguste Van Pels in the ABC movie "Anne Frank"; received Emmy nomination
  • 2001: Played the wife of a military officer stationed in Malayasia in the 1930s in "Sleeping Dictionary"
  • 2001: Acted in the ensemble of "Daddy and Them" (filmed in 1998); written and directed by Billy Bob Thornton; (released theatrically in 2002)
  • 2000: Appeared as a widow forced by circumstances into raising marijuana in the comedy "Saving Grace"
  • 1999: Portrayed Hollywood gossip columnist Louella Parsons in the HBO drama "RKO 281"
  • 1999: Co-starred with John Hurt in the love story "Night Train"
  • 1998: Won critical praise as the shrill working-class mother of a gifted young woman nicknamed "Little Voice"; received second Academy Award nomination, this time as Best Supporting Actress
  • 1997: Teamed with Julie Walters for "Girls Night"
  • 1996: Last stage appearance (to date), "Habeas Corpus" at the Donmar Theatre Warehouse
  • 1996: Received first Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of the birth mother of an African American daughter who she gave up for adoption in Mike Leigh's "Secrets & Lies"; Spall played her brother
  • 1993: Appeared in "The Buddha of Suburbia"
  • 1992: Returned to the British stage in "An Ideal Husband" in Manchester
  • 1992: Had small role as the family matriarch in the Robert Redford directed "A River Runs Through It"
  • 1991: Appeared in the Off-Broadway production of "Absent Friends"
  • 1990: Made full-fledged feature film debut in the US-produced film, "The Witches"
  • 1989: Had lead in the British series "The Labours of Erica," a sitcom written for her by "Chance in a Million" writers Fegen and Norriss
  • 1988: Appeared in a British stage production of "Born Yesterday"
  • 1984: Starred with Simon Callow in the British comedy series "Chance in a Million" (Channel Four/Thames)
  • 1984: Co-starred in the London staging of "Benefactors" by Michael Frayn
  • 1981: Had featured role in the British stage play "Steaming"
  • 1980: Initial collaboration with Mike Leigh, the British TV-movie "Grown-Ups"
  • 1980: Acted in "The Imitation Game" (made for British TV, but shown at film festivals and received limited theatrical exposure)
  • 1975: Joined England's National Theatre Company
  • Worked for ten years as a bank secretary, during which time she married and later divorced
  • Raised in Ramsgate, England
  • Co-starred with Timothy Spall in the British comedy series "Outside Edge"
  • Gained early stage experience with the Bubble Theater and with the Belgrade Theater in Coventry

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