The marriage ended in 1973. She also appeared with Robert Bathurst and others in the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy series Dial M For Pizza. Starring alongside Alfred Molina, the pair was praised for their "genuine chemistry. [14] The film received a mixed reception from critics. [55] Upon release, the film received favourable reviews, particularly for its "dynamite acting". In the film, she played the character of Joan, a Glasgow housewife, who secretly enrolls in bus-driving classes after her husband's dismissal. The daughter is stoic with a swirl of emotion under her composer exterior. Her daughter Roxanne (Claire Rushbrook) works as a street sweeper and is chronically bitter. Simultaneously Blethyn continued working on stage and in British television. Following this, Blethyn starred in the films Daddy and Them, On the Nose, and Lovely & Amazing. Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn) is a working-class British woman whose life has been a long series of painful disappointments. The film received universally negative reviews from film critics, who deemed it to be full of "poor performances, stiff dialogue, [and] flat characters". Where is her daughter who is prompt in returning calls? Brenda Blethyn, Actress: Pride & Prejudice. After studying at the Guildford School of Acting, she went onto the London stage in 1976, performing several seasons at the Royal National Theatre. She earned her second Academy Award nomination two years later, for her performance in Little Voice (1998). Brenda Blethyn plays a very English widow who travels from her lovely house on Guernsey to the rather less lovely Finsbury Park flat where her daughter Jane lives. In addition, she has continued to appear frequently on television, in productions such as Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) and War and Peace (2007). [1] Her parents were the first to introduce Blethyn to the cinema, taking her to the cinema weekly. Between 1990 and 1996, she starred in five different plays, including An Ideal Husband at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, Tales from the Vienna Woods and Wildest Dreams with the Royal Shakespeare Company and her American stage debut Absent Friends, for which eventually received a Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent. After twenty years of hard work on stage and both television and film, there are not many other actresses who deserved the success, recognition and stardom which Brenda Blethyn has now achieved. [34] Margaret Pomeranz of At the Movies said that her casting was "a bit mystifying". Her performance in the film received positive reviews; ABC writer MaryAnn Johanson wrote: "It's Blethyn, who wraps the movie in a cosy, comfortable, maternal hug that reassures you that it will weather its risk-taking with aplomb [...]. [53][54] In the film, for which Blethyn had to learn French, she portrays a mother waiting for news of her missing child after the London bombings of July 2005, striking up a friendship with a Muslim man, whose child has also disappeared. [42], In 2007, she appeared in the independent Australian coming-of-age comedy Clubland. Strawberry Fields … In the days after the 2005 terrorist attacks in London, conservative widow Elisabeth (Brenda Blethyn) goes looking for her missing daughter, Jane. The film was a financial disappointment: budgeted at an estimated US$25 million, it opened to little notice and grossed only $6 million in its North American theatrical run. The film was nominated for a Crystal Star at the Brussels International Film Festival. In 2001, Blethyn signed on to star in her own CBS sitcom, The Seven Roses, in which she was to play the role of a widowed innkeeper and matriarch of an eccentric family. In it, she played an old flame who gets in touch with a former boyfriend by Facebook, introducing tensions and doubts from 40 years before. [65] Based on a screenplay by Richard Curtis and directed by Phillip Noyce, it revolves two very different women, who both lose their sons to malaria. [22] In Canadian-Irish comedy On the Nose, Blethyn played the minor role of the all-disapproving wife of Brendan Delaney, played by Robbie Coltrane. Directed by Mike Leigh, their first collaboration marked the start of a professional relationship which would later earn both of them huge acclaim. [15] In the same year, Blethyn also starred in James Bogle's film adaption of Tim Winton's 1988 novel In the Winter Dark (1998). Meanwhile, she continued with roles on British television, playing opposite Simon Callow as Tom Chance's frustrated fiancée Alison Little in three series of the sitcom Chance in a Million. She's pushy with a reason. While the production was panned in general,[30] the actress earned mixed reviews for her performance of an eccentric ex-prostitute and mother, as some critics such as Kevin Thomas considered her casting as "problematic [due to] caricatured acting. Besides critical acclaim Secrets & Lies also became a financial success; budgeted at an estimated $4.5 million, the film grossed an unexpected $13.5 million in its limited theatrical run in North America. [42], Also in 2007, Blethyn reunited with Joe Wright on Atonement, an adaptation from Ian McEwan's critically acclaimed novel of the same name. Vera is a British crime drama series based on the Vera Stanhope series of novels written by crime writer Ann Cleeves.It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, ten series have aired, with the latest debuting on 12 January 2020. [52] Blethyn again provided the voice of Mama Heffalump in the animated Disney direct-to-video animated sequel Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009). [1][2] Bottle had previously worked as a shepherd, and spent six years in British India with the Royal Field Artillery immediately prior to returning home to Broadstairs to become the family's chauffeur. [24][26] She also did the UK voice of Dr. Florence Mountfitchet in the Bob the Builder special, "The Knights of Can-A-Lot". But Blethyn and Kouyaté inhabit and expand the film's earnestly instructive intentions, leaving us with a deeply-felt experience rather than a naively-sketched lesson. She is the recipient of several accolades, including one Golden Globe, one BAFTA, one Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and two Academy Award nominations. Also starring Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, and Mel Smith, it tells the story of a boy, played by Joseph Phillips, looking for an angel to save his mother after an accident. Whilst I don't approve of her behaviour, there is a reason for it and it was my job to work that out. [35] Afterwards, Blethyn starred in A Way of Life, playing a bossy and censorious mother-in-law of a struggling young woman, played by Stephanie James, and in the television film Belonging, starring as a middle-aged childless woman, who is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and gained attention for her performances in Troilus and Cressida (1976), Mysteries (1979), Steaming (1981), and Benefactors (1984), receiving an Olivier nomination for the latter. Blethyn's breakthrough came with Mike Leigh's 1996 drama Secrets & Lies. Brenda Bottle. She is a desperate woman, but she also has an optimistic take on life which I find enviable. [9] Upon its success, Blethyn later stated: "I knew it was a great film, but I didn't expect it to get the attention it did because none of his other films had and I thought they were just as good. In John Lynch's Night Train (1998), Blethyn played a timid spinster who strikes up a friendship with John Hurt's character, an ex-prisoner, who rents a room in her house while on the run from some nasty gangsters. And another Academy Award nomination was forthcoming for Blethyn's turn as a blowzy, boozy, talkative widow raising a troubled daughter (Jane Horrocks) with a … [6] Upon its release, the film, budgeted at US$19 million, became a financial and critical success, resulting in a US box office total of US$43.3 million.[7]. She also had roles in comedies such as Yes Minister (1981), Who Dares Wins and a variety of roles in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Delve Special alongside Stephen Fry and a role in the school comedy/drama King Street Junior. "[66] Also in 2013, Blethyn began voicing the supporting character of Ernestine Enormomonster in two seasons of the children's animated television series Henry Hugglemonster, based on the 2005 book I'm a Happy Hugglewug by Niamh Sharkey. [49] Blethyn also appeared as Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa in a supporting role in the internationally produced 2007 miniseries War and Peace by RAI, filmed in Russia and Lithuania.[50]. After earning Oscar nominations for his expansive historical epics "Days of Glory" and "Outside the Law," Rachid Bouchareb draws us closer for an intensely intimate drama. Her performance of a sympathetic fugitive of domestic violence and rape that killed her first husband in self-defense earned Blethyn another Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series nomination. For her improvised performance, Blethyn was praised with a variety of awards, including the Best Actress Award at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival,[8] the British Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. [36], In early 2005, Blethyn appeared in the indie-drama On a Clear Day alongside Peter Mullan. "[17] Both Blethyn's performance and the film received rave reviews, and the following year, she was again Oscar nominated, this time for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. As soon as Mr. Bennet dies, all the money goes down the male line; she has to save her daughters from penury. "[30], A year after, Blethyn co-starred with Bob Hoskins and Jessica Alba in historical direct-to-video drama The Sleeping Dictionary. Witches received generally positive reviews, as did Blethyn, whom Craig Butler of All Media Guide considered as a "valuable support" for her performance of the mother, Mrs Jenkins. [39], A major hit for Blethyn came with Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice, a 2005 adaptation of the same-titled novel by Jane Austen. "[64] In January 2015, Blethyn was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival. She was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as Sheila in Benefactors. "[37] The film became a minor success at the international box-office chart, barely grossing $1 million worldwide,[38] but was awarded a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Film and Screenplay. Upon its broadcast, the film received mixed reviews from critics, with Linda Stasi from The New York Post writing that "while Swank and Blethyn make everything they're in more remarkable for their presence, the movie plays more like a based-on-fact Lifetime flick than an HBO work of fiction. She also appea… After winning the London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress (for Steaming) in 1980, Blethyn made her screen debut, starring in the play Grown Ups as part of the BBC's Playhouse strand. Released to film festivals in 2009, the independent drama was not released to UK cinemas until 2010, when it was met with mixed to negative reviews by critics, some of which declared it "half Doubt, half Hollyoaks". [20] Afterwards, Blethyn accepted a supporting role as Auguste van Pels in the ABC mini series Anne Frank: The Whole Story based on the book by Melissa Müller, for which she garnered her first Emmy Award nomination.[21]. "[41] With both a worldwide gross of over US$121 million and several Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations,[42] the film became a critical and commercial success,[40] spawning Blethyn another BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. A period drama based on the same-titled 1976 novel by Norman Maclean, also starring Craig Sheffer and Brad Pitt, the film revolves around two sons of a Presbyterian minister—one studious and the other rebellious—as they grow up and come of age during the Prohibition era in the United States. The … [19] That same year, she also had a smaller role in the short comedy Yes You Can. Her character, Elisabeth, comes to London to get news about her daughter in the aftermath of the attack. [56] Mike Scott from The Times-Picayune commented "that Blethyn's performance is nuanced [...] it's that performance—at turns sweet, funny and heartbreaking—that ultimately draws viewers in and defies them to stop watching". Mike Leigh’s Palme d’Or–winning masterpiece charts the shockwaves that ripple through an already-fractured London family when Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a successful, adopted black optometrist, makes contact with Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn, winner of the best actress prize at Cannes), her desperately dysfunctional white birth mother, who is woefully unprepared to deal with the situation. Loosely based upon the real experiences by writer Kay Mellor, the production was originally destined for television until Granada Productions found backing from Showtime. [1], The family lived in poor circumstances at their maternal grandmother's home. [44] Los Angeles Times film critic Carina Chocano wrote, "the movie belongs to Blethyn, who takes a difficult, easily misunderstood role and gracefully cracks it open to reveal what's inside. Blethyn's first film in two years, Rachid Bouchareb's London River opened at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 where it won a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury. [67], In 2014, Blethyn reteamed with filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb to film the French-American drama film Two Men in Town (2014), a remake of the 1973 film. A romantic drama with comedic and thrilling elements, the film was shot at several locations in Ireland, England and Italy in 1997, and received a limited release the following year. Blethyn also performed in a variety of episodes of Alas Smith & Jones and Maigret. A long widowed mother, Elisabeth (Brenda Blethyn) has been watching the happenings on her television during the day, leaving messages for her daughter, Jane, to call her back. Blethyn played a middle-aged newly widowed woman who is faced with the prospect of financial ruin and turns to growing marijuana under the tutelage of her gardener to save her home. In Billy Bob Thornton's Daddy and Them, she portrayed an English neurotic psychologist, who feels excluded by the American clan she married into due to her nationality. [58] Blethyn however, earned positive reviews for her performance; The Guardian writer Catherine Shoard wrote that "only she, really, manages to ride the rollercoaster jumps in plot and tone. The film, based on the same-titled book by Roald Dahl, co-starred actresses Anjelica Huston and Jane Horrocks. [64], In March 2013, Blethyn co-starred with Hilary Swank in the BBC movie Mary and Martha. Brenda Blethyn is wearing a blue-and-white crushed velvet jacket by Eileen Fisher, a smart black blouse and trousers, heeled brogues from Russell & Bromley and a beautiful silver necklace. 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[75], Blethyn was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours. Initially broadcast to mixed reviews, it has since received favourable reviews, with Chitra Ramaswamy from The Guardian writing in 2016: "Blethyn is the best thing about Vera [...] She has the loveliest voice, at once girlish and gruff. The working class daughter of a one-time maid and former shepherd, her career is … Brenda Anne Blethyn OBE (née Bottle; 20 February 1946) is an English actress. She's single with no romantic prospects and a dead-end job at a box factory. The film scored a generally positive reception but was financially unsuccessful, leading to a direct-to-TV release stateside. Elizabeth befriends an African man, Ousmane (Sotigui Kouyaté), also in London for news of his son. She made her big-screen debut with a small role in Nicolas Roeg's 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches. Finding her teenage diary and discovering a list of twelve tasks and ambitions which she had set for herself, Erica sets out to complete them before reaching the milestone. "[18] The following year, Blethyn received her third Golden Globe nomination for her role in the film, which grossed an unexpected $24 million worldwide. Her mother, Louisa Kathleen (née Supple; 10 May 1904 – 1992), was a housewife and former maid, who met Blethyn's father, William Charles Bottle (5 March 1894–c. [47][48] A box office success around the globe, it went on to gross a total of $129 million worldwide. On her role of a housekeeper in a cast that also features Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan and James McAvoy, Blethyn commented: "It's a tiny, tiny part. [70] The film earned favorable reviews from critics who called it "gentle, poignant, and vividly animated" as well as "a warm character study with an evocative sense of time and place. With acting beset by claims it is elitist, sexist and ageist, Vera star Brenda Blethyn has defied the odds.. "[45] The following year, she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award and an Inside Film Award for her performance. "[31] Blethyn eventually received more acclaim when she accepted the lead role in the dark comedy Plots with a View. With Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook. 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Of course, I didn't know what it was about until I saw it in the cinema because of the way that he works—but I knew it was good. After twenty years of hard work on stage and both television and film, there are not many other actresses who deserved the success, recognition and stardom which Brenda Blethyn has now achieved. Along the way, they overcome prejudice to learn some things about their children before finally finding out what happened. During promotion of the film, she noted of her portrayal of the character: "I've always thought she had a real problem and shouldn't be made fun of. [11] Premiered to a mixed response by critics at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, who noted it a "rather formulaic tearjerker [with] two powerhouse Brit actresses,"[12] Hurran won a Silver Spire at the San Francisco International Film Festival and received a Golden Berlin Bear nomination at the Berlin International Film Festival for his work.[13]. [33], Blethyn co-starred as Bobby Darin's mother Polly Cassotto in Beyond the Sea, a 2004 biographical film about the singer. Not many actors can pull off shambolic but effective but Blethyn can do it with a single, penetrating glance from beneath that hat. She experienced a major career breakthrough with her leading role in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama Secrets & Lies, for which she received multiple awards, including Best Actress at Cannes, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award nomination. Born in 1946 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, she started her career at British Rail in the 1960s. Shot in Northwood for less than £2 million, My Angel scooped best film, newcomer, director, screenplay, plus best actor and actress for Blethyn and Spall at the Monaco International Film Festival. Blethyn's last film of 1998 was Little Voice opposite Jane Horrocks and Michael Caine. "[71] Blethyn received a nomination in the Best Voice Performance category at the British Animation Awards 2018. [17] A breakaway from the kind at heart roles Blethyn had previously played, it was the character's antipathy that attracted the actress to accept the role of Mari: "I have to understand why she is the way she is. [3], Blethyn originally trained at technical college and worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper for a bank. "[51] The same year, she appeared in a single season ten episode of the NBC legal drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. [61] Blethyn who received the 2017 RTS North East & Border Television Award for her performance, has continued to portray Vera and as of 2020[update] has starred in ten series of the show. Shot in New Mexico along with Forest Whitaker and Robert Duvall, Blethyn portrays a parole officer in the Western film. [43] The film was released in Australia in June 2007, and selected for screening at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival where it was picked up by Warner Independent Pictures for a $4 million deal and gained glowing reviews. 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