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Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Mrs. Bennet
Brenda Blethyn
Also known as: Brenda Anne Blethyn
Acting
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Guildford School of Acting
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Brenda Blethyn (née Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her character work and versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in 2003. Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling at the Guildford School of Acting in her late 20s. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre, gaining attention for her performances in plays such as Benefactors (1984), for which she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play. She made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Marsha Norman play 'Night Mother (2004). She made her feature film debut with a small part in Nicolas Roeg's The Witches (1990). She starred in the Mike Leigh film Secrets & Lies (1996), which earned her a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was also Oscar-nominated for her role in Little Voice (1998). Her other notable film credits include A River Runs Through It (1992), Girls' Night (1998), Saving Grace (2000), Lovely & Amazing (2001), Plots with a View (2002), Pumpkin (2002), A Way of Life (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), and Atonement (2007). Blethyn made her screen debut in the Mike Leigh television film Grown-Ups (1980). She has since starred in the sitcoms Chance in a Million (1984–1986), The Labours of Erica (1989–1990), Outside Edge (1994–1996), and Kate & Koji (2020–2022). She received Primetime Emmy Award nominations playing Auguste van Pels in Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) and for her guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008).
Filmography (60 movies)
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
as Self
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8.0
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
2010
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
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Mysterious Creatures
2006
as Wendy Ainscow
7.6
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Atonement
2007
as Grace Turner
7.6
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Secrets & Lies
1996
as Cynthia Rose Purley
7.5
7.5
Henry VI Part 1
1983
as Joan La Pucelle
7.4
7.4
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Ethel Briggs (voice)
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The Imitation Game
1980
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Say No to Strangers
1981
as Policewoman
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A River Runs Through It
1992
as Mrs. Maclean
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Night Train
1998
as Alice Mooney
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The Witches
1990
as Mrs Jenkins
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Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix-A-Lot
2003
as Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice)
6.8
6.8
Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2005
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
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6.8
Girls' Night
1998
as Dawn Wilkinson
6.7
6.7
London River
2009
as Elisabeth
6.7
6.7
Grown-Ups
1980
as Gloria
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6.6
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
2009
as Mama Heffalump (voice)
6.5
6.5
Saving Grace
2000
as Grace Trevethyn
6.5
6.5
Piccadilly Jim
2004
as Nesta Pett
6.5
6.5
Little Voice
1998
as Mari Hoff
6.4
6.4
The Sleeping Dictionary
2003
as Aggie
6.4
6.4
RKO 281
2000
as Louella Parsons
6.4
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A Way of Life
2004
as Annette
6.3
6.3
On a Clear Day
2005
as Joan
6.3
6.3
Beyond the Sea
2004
as Polly Cassotto
6.3
6.3
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
as Self
6.3
6.3
Charlotte
2022
as Grossmama (voice)
6.3
6.3
Mary and Martha
2013
as Martha
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6.1
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Betty Rhys-Jones
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Bedroom Farce
1980
as Kate
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King Lear
1982
as Cordelia
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Lovely & Amazing
2002
as Jane Marks
5.9
5.9
Blizzard
2003
as Aunt Millie
5.8
5.8
Dead Man Running
2009
as Mother
5.8
5.8
Pumpkin
2002
as Judy Romanoff
5.7
5.7
Music from Another Room
1998
as Grace Swan
5.6
5.6
Belonging
2004
as Jess Copplestone
5.5
5.5
Two Men in Town
2014
as Emily Smith
5.3
5.3
Daddy and Them
2001
as Julia Montgomery
5.3
5.3
On the Nose
2001
as Mrs. Delaney
5.3
5.3
In the Winter Dark
1998
as Ida Stubbs
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Clubland
2007
Writer
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Sonny
2002
as Jewel
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4.0
My Angel
2011
as Headmistress
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Remember Me?
1997
as Shirley
Dragonfly
2025
as Elsie
Floating Off
1983
as Janice
King of the Teds
TBA
as Nina
Vera, Farewell Pet
2025
as Herself / Vera
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018
as Narrator
The Shawl
1989
as Miss A
Claws
1987
as Sylvia
The Calling
2010
as Sister Ignatious
The Bullion Boys
1993
as Gwen
Strawberry Fields Forever
TBA
as Grannie Nellie
The Many Faces of... Michael Caine
2011
The Yellow Bird
2002
as Mrs. Louise Tutwiler
Fools
TBA
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