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Acting

Brenda Blethyn

Career: Active from 1980 to 2026, busiest in 1998 and 2002 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 47
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: Secrets & Lies
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Brenda Blethyn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.7, average 4.8
Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Scare
1.2, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 11
Coming-of-Age 4
Nostalgic 4
Gentle Humor 4
Character Study 4
Dysfunctional Family 3
British Social Realism 3
Family Dynamics 3
Social Commentary 3
Redemption 3
Heartwarming 3
Quirky Characters 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

King of the Teds

as Nina

Strawberry Fields Forever

as Grannie Nellie

2020s

4 titles · average score 64

A Woman of Substance

67

TV show · as Older Emma Harte

Dragonfly

57

as Elsie

Charlotte

68

as Grossmama (voice)

Kate & Koji

66

TV show · as Kate Abbott

2010s

9 titles · average score 58

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen

as Narrator

Ethel & Ernest

81

as Ethel Briggs (voice)

Two Men in Town

46

as Emily Smith

Mary and Martha

60

as Martha

Playhouse Presents

63

TV show · as Nina

Vera

60

TV show · as DCI Vera Stanhope

My Angel

41

as Headmistress

The Calling

as Sister Ignatious

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths

as Mama Heffalump (voice)

2000s

29 titles · average score 63

Atonement

81

as Grace Turner

Pride & Prejudice

84

as Mrs. Bennet

On a Clear Day

65

as Joan

The Sleeping Dictionary

63

as Aggie

Blizzard

62

as Aunt Millie

Between The Sheets

63

TV show · as Hazel Delany

Undertaking Betty

45

as Betty Rhys-Jones

Lovely & Amazing

73

as Jane Marks

Sonny

39

as Jewel

Pumpkin

50

as Judy Romanoff

Daddy and Them

70

as Julia Montgomery

Saving Grace

67

as Grace Trevethyn

1990s

16 titles · average score 72

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Linnie Malcolm

Little Voice

72

as Mari Hoff

Girls' Night

61

as Dawn Wilkinson

Night Train

66

as Alice Mooney

Music from Another Room

51

as Grace Swan

In the Winter Dark

70

as Ida Stubbs

Secrets & Lies

88

as Cynthia Rose Purley

Outside Edge

76

TV show · as Miriam Dervish

The Buddha of Suburbia

66

TV show · as Margaret Amir

A River Runs Through It

73

as Mrs. Maclean

All Good Things

TV show · as Shirley Frame

The Witches

78

as Mrs Jenkins

1980s

23 titles · average score 75

The Labours of Erica

TV show

Screen One

TV show · as Gwen

The Storyteller

85

TV show · as Storyteller's Wife

The Mysteries

TV show · as Mary Magdalene / Mary

Chance in a Million

75

TV show · as Alison Little

Henry VI Part 1

as Joan La Pucelle

Dalgliesh

79

TV show · as Angela Foley

King Lear

70

as Cordelia

Say No to Strangers

as Policewoman

Grown-Ups

73

as Gloria

as Kate

Yes Minister

89

TV show

1970s

3 titles · average score 74

Tales of the Unexpected

72

TV show · as Carol Hutchins

Rumpole of the Bailey

77

TV show · as Pauline

Playhouse

TV show · as Gloria