Brenda Blethyn is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film, best known for her role in Mike Leigh’s 1996 drama Secrets & Lies, and, from 2011, for the title role in the TV detective series Vera.
Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one.
In addition, she has won a BAFTA, an Empire Award and has earned a Theatre World Award and both a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical work.
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