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class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li 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interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9F" title="ברנדה בלתין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ברנדה בלתין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ბრენდა ბლეთინი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრენდა ბლეთინი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" 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data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" title="ブレンダ・ブレッシン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ブレンダ・ブレッシン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Brenda 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Blethyn – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Бренда Блетин – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бренда Блетин" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Blethyn" title="Brenda Blethyn – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Brenda Blethyn" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg/220px-Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg/330px-Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg/440px-Brenda_Blethyn_at_the_2014_Berlin_Film_Festival.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1449" data-file-height="1946" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Blethyn in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Brenda Bottle</div> (1946-02-20) 20 February 1946 (age 78) <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Ramsgate" title="Ramsgate">Ramsgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Guildford_School_of_Acting" title="Guildford School of Acting">Guildford School of Acting</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1976–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vera_(TV_series)" title="Vera (TV series)">Vera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist 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style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Michael Mayhew </div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2010)</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Brenda_Blethyn" title="List of awards and nominations received by Brenda Blethyn">Full list</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Brenda Blethyn (<a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character work</a> and versatility,<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> she is the recipient of <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Brenda_Blethyn" title="List of awards and nominations received by Brenda Blethyn">various accolades</a>, including a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">BAFTA</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress">Cannes Film Festival Award</a>, as well as nominations for two <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmys</a>. She was appointed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) for services to drama in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-OBE-3">[3]</a> Blethyn pursued an administrative career before enrolling at the <a href="/wiki/Guildford_School_of_Acting" title="Guildford School of Acting">Guildford School of Acting</a> in her late 20s. She subsequently joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">Royal National Theatre</a>, gaining attention for her performances in plays such as <a href="/wiki/Benefactors_(play)" title="Benefactors (play)">Benefactors</a> (1984), for which she received a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award_for_Actress_of_the_Year_in_a_New_Play" title="Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play">Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New Play</a>. She made her <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> debut in the revival of the <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Norman" title="Marsha Norman">Marsha Norman</a> play <a href="/wiki/%27Night_Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="'Night Mother">'Night Mother</a> (2004). She made her feature film debut with a small part in <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Roeg" title="Nicolas Roeg">Nicolas Roeg</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)" title="The Witches (1990 film)">The Witches</a> (1990). She starred in the Mike Leigh film <a href="/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_(film)" title="Secrets & Lies (film)">Secrets & Lies</a> (1996), which earned her a <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress">Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress</a> as well as a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Academy Award for Best Actress</a>. She was also Oscar-nominated for her role in <a href="/wiki/Little_Voice_(film)" title="Little Voice (film)">Little Voice</a> (1998). Her other notable film credits include <a href="/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(film)" title="A River Runs Through It (film)">A River Runs Through It</a> (1992), <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Night" title="Girls' Night">Girls' Night</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Saving_Grace_(2000_film)" title="Saving Grace (2000 film)">Saving Grace</a> (2000), <a href="/wiki/Lovely_%26_Amazing" title="Lovely & Amazing">Lovely & Amazing</a> (2001), <a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_(film)" title="Pumpkin (film)">Pumpkin</a> (2002), <a href="/wiki/A_Way_of_Life_(2004_film)" title="A Way of Life (2004 film)">A Way of Life</a> (2004), <a href="/wiki/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film)" title="Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)">Pride & Prejudice</a> (2005), and <a href="/wiki/Atonement_(2007_film)" title="Atonement (2007 film)">Atonement</a> (2007). Blethyn made her screen debut in the <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a> television film <a href="/wiki/Grown-Ups" title="Grown-Ups">Grown-Ups</a> (1980). She has since starred in the <a href="/wiki/Sitcoms" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitcoms">sitcoms</a> <a href="/wiki/Chance_in_a_Million" title="Chance in a Million">Chance in a Million</a> (1984–1986), <a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Erica" title="The Labours of Erica">The Labours of Erica</a> (1989–1990), <a href="/wiki/Outside_Edge_(TV_series)" title="Outside Edge (TV series)">Outside Edge</a> (1994–1996), and <a href="/wiki/Kate_%26_Koji" title="Kate & Koji">Kate & Koji</a> (2020–2022). She received <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Award</a> nominations playing Auguste van Pels in <a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank:_The_Whole_Story" title="Anne Frank: The Whole Story">Anne Frank: The Whole Story</a> (2001) and for her guest role in <a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a> (2008). From 2011 to 2025 she starred in ITV crime drama series <a href="/wiki/Vera_(TV_series)" title="Vera (TV series)">Vera</a> portraying <a href="/wiki/Ann_Cleeves#Vera_Stanhope" title="Ann Cleeves">Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a>]</div> Born in <a href="/wiki/Ramsgate" title="Ramsgate">Ramsgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, Blethyn was the youngest of nine children in a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>, working-class family. Her mother, Louisa Kathleen (née Supple; 10 May 1904 – 21 June 1992), was a housewife and former maid who had met Blethyn's father, William Charles Bottle (5 March 1894 – 9 January 1985) in approximately 1922 while working for the same household in <a href="/wiki/Broadstairs" title="Broadstairs">Broadstairs</a>, Kent.<a href="#cite_note-ss-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Bottle had previously worked as a <a href="/wiki/Shepherd" title="Shepherd">shepherd</a>, and spent six years in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a> immediately prior to returning home to Broadstairs to become the family's <a href="/wiki/Chauffeur" title="Chauffeur">chauffeur</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ss-4">[4]</a> Before <a href="/wiki/WWII" class="mw-redirect" title="WWII">WWII</a>, he found work as a mechanic at the <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall" title="Vauxhall">Vauxhall</a> <a href="/wiki/Car_factory" class="mw-redirect" title="Car factory">car factory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Luton" title="Luton">Luton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire" title="Bedfordshire">Bedfordshire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ss-4">[4]</a> The family lived in poor circumstances at their maternal grandmother's home.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">when?</a>] In 1944, after an engagement of 20 years and the births of eight children, the couple wed and moved into a small rented house in Ramsgate.<a href="#cite_note-ss-4">[4]</a> By the time Blethyn was born in 1946, her three eldest siblings—Pam, Ted, and Bernard—had already left home.<a href="#cite_note-ss-4">[4]</a> Her parents introduced Blethyn to film, taking her to the cinema weekly.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Blethyn trained at <a href="/wiki/Technical_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Technical college">technical college</a> and worked as a <a href="/wiki/Stenographer" class="mw-redirect" title="Stenographer">stenographer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bookkeeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookkeeper">bookkeeper</a> for a bank as a young adult. Towards the end of her first marriage, she opted to turn her hobby of <a href="/wiki/Amateur_theatre" title="Amateur theatre">amateur dramatics</a> to her professional advantage. After studying at the <a href="/wiki/Guildford_School_of_Acting" title="Guildford School of Acting">Guildford School of Acting</a>, she went onto the London stage in 1976, performing several seasons at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">Royal National Theatre</a>. In the following three years, she participated in <a href="/wiki/Troilus_and_Cressida" title="Troilus and Cressida">Troilus and Cressida</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamburlaine_the_Great" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamburlaine the Great">Tamburlaine the Great</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Fruits_of_Enlightenment" title="The Fruits of Enlightenment">The Fruits of Enlightenment</a> opposite Sir <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Richardson" title="Ralph Richardson">Ralph Richardson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedroom_Farce_(play)" title="Bedroom Farce (play)">Bedroom Farce</a>, The Passion, and Strife.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1995:_Early_work_and_sitcom_roles">1980–1995: Early work and sitcom roles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980–1995: Early work and sitcom roles">edit</a>]</div> After winning the <a href="/wiki/London_Critics%27_Circle_Theatre_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards">London Critics' Circle Theatre Award</a> for Best Supporting Actress (for <a href="/wiki/Steaming_(play)" title="Steaming (play)">Steaming</a>) in 1980, Blethyn made her screen debut, starring in the play Grown Ups as part of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s Playhouse strand. Directed by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a>, their first collaboration marked the start of a professional relationship which would later earn both of them huge acclaim. Blethyn followed this with roles in <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Shakespeare" title="BBC Television Shakespeare">Shakespearean adaptations</a> for the BBC, playing Cordelia in <a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan of Arc</a> in <a href="/wiki/Henry_VI,_Part_1" title="Henry VI, Part 1">Henry VI, Part 1</a>. She also appeared with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bathurst" title="Robert Bathurst">Robert Bathurst</a> and others in the popular <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> comedy series <a href="/wiki/Dial_M_For_Pizza" title="Dial M For Pizza">Dial M For Pizza</a>. In the following years, Blethyn expanded her status as a professional stage actress, appearing in productions including <a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalliance" title="Dalliance">Dalliance</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Beaux%27_Stratagem" title="The Beaux' Stratagem">The Beaux' Stratagem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Born_Yesterday_(play)" title="Born Yesterday (play)">Born Yesterday</a>. She was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Olivier Award">Olivier Award</a> for her performance as Sheila in <a href="/wiki/Benefactors_(play)" title="Benefactors (play)">Benefactors</a>. Meanwhile, she continued with roles on British television, playing opposite <a href="/wiki/Simon_Callow" title="Simon Callow">Simon Callow</a> as Tom Chance's frustrated fiancée Alison Little in three series of the sitcom <a href="/wiki/Chance_in_a_Million" title="Chance in a Million">Chance in a Million</a>. She also had roles in comedies such as <a href="/wiki/Yes_Minister" title="Yes Minister">Yes Minister</a> (1981), <a href="/wiki/Who_Dares_Wins_(TV_series)" title="Who Dares Wins (TV series)">Who Dares Wins</a> and a variety of roles in the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> comedy <a href="/wiki/Delve_Special" title="Delve Special">Delve Special</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fry" title="Stephen Fry">Stephen Fry</a> and a role in the school comedy/drama <a href="/wiki/King_Street_Junior" title="King Street Junior">King Street Junior</a>. In 1989, she starred in <a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Erica" title="The Labours of Erica">The Labours of Erica</a>, a sitcom written for her by Chance in a Million writers Richard Fegen and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Norriss" title="Andrew Norriss">Andrew Norriss</a>. Blethyn played Erica Parsons, a single mother approaching her fortieth birthday who realises that life is passing her by. 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. After 15 years of working in theatre and television, Blethyn made her big screen debut with a small role in 1990s dark <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_film" title="Fantasy film">fantasy film</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)" title="The Witches (1990 film)">The Witches</a>. The film, based on the <a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Witches (book)">same-titled book</a> by <a href="/wiki/Roald_Dahl" title="Roald Dahl">Roald Dahl</a>, co-starred actresses <a href="/wiki/Anjelica_Huston" title="Anjelica Huston">Anjelica Huston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_Horrocks" title="Jane Horrocks">Jane Horrocks</a>. Witches received generally positive reviews, as did Blethyn, whom Craig Butler of <a href="/wiki/All_Media_Guide" class="mw-redirect" title="All Media Guide">All Media Guide</a> considered as a "valuable support" for her performance of the mother, Mrs Jenkins.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> In 1991, after starring in a play in New York City, Blethyn was recommended to <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> to audition for the soft-spoken mother role in his next project <a href="/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(film)" title="A River Runs Through It (film)">A River Runs Through It</a> (1992). A <a href="/wiki/Period_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Period drama">period drama</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(novel)" title="A River Runs Through It (novel)">same-titled 1976 novel</a> by <a href="/wiki/Norman_Maclean" title="Norman Maclean">Norman Maclean</a>, also starring <a href="/wiki/Craig_Sheffer" title="Craig Sheffer">Craig Sheffer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brad_Pitt" title="Brad Pitt">Brad Pitt</a>, the film revolves around two sons of a <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbyterian">Presbyterian</a> minister—one studious and the other rebellious—as they grow up and <a href="/wiki/Coming_of_age" title="Coming of age">come of age</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition era">Prohibition era</a> in the United States. Portraying a second generation immigrant of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish American">Scottish heritage</a>, Redford required Blethyn to adopt a Western American accent for her performance, prompting her to live in <a href="/wiki/Livingston,_Montana" title="Livingston, Montana">Livingston, Montana</a>, in preparation of her role.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Simultaneously Blethyn continued working on stage and in British television. Between 1990 and 1996, she starred in five different plays, including <a href="/wiki/An_Ideal_Husband" title="An Ideal Husband">An Ideal Husband</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange_Theatre,_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester">Royal Exchange Theatre</a>, Manchester, Tales from the Vienna Woods and Wildest Dreams with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Shakespeare_Company" title="Royal Shakespeare Company">Royal Shakespeare Company</a> and her American stage debut Absent Friends, for which eventually received a Theatre World Award for Outstanding New Talent. She played character parts in the BBC adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Hanif_Kureishi" title="Hanif Kureishi">Hanif Kureishi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Buddha_of_Suburbia_(TV_serial)" title="The Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)">The Buddha of Suburbia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> cricketing comedy-drama series <a href="/wiki/Outside_Edge_(television_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside Edge (television series)">Outside Edge</a>, based on the play by television writer <a href="/wiki/Richard_Harris_(television_writer)" title="Richard Harris (television writer)">Richard Harris</a>. Blethyn also performed in a variety of episodes of <a href="/wiki/Alas_Smith_%26_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Alas Smith & Jones">Alas Smith & Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maigret_(1992_TV_series)" title="Maigret (1992 TV series)">Maigret</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996–2003:_Film_breakthrough_and_acclaim">1996–2003: Film breakthrough and acclaim</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1996–2003: Film breakthrough and acclaim">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MikeLeighAbBFI141121_(3_of_9)_(51680853622).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg/220px-MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg/330px-MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg/440px-MikeLeighAbBFI141121_%283_of_9%29_%2851680853622%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4849" data-file-height="2734" /></a><figcaption>Blethyn acted in the <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a> film <a href="/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_(film)" title="Secrets & Lies (film)">Secrets and Lies</a> (1996) which earned her a nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Academy Award for Best Actress</a></figcaption></figure> Blethyn's breakthrough came with <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a>'s 1996 drama <a href="/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_(film)" title="Secrets & Lies (film)">Secrets & Lies</a>. Starring alongside <a href="/wiki/Marianne_Jean-Baptiste" title="Marianne Jean-Baptiste">Marianne Jean-Baptiste</a>, she portrayed a lower-class box factory worker, who after years once again comes in contact with her illegitimate grown-up black daughter, whom she gave up for <a href="/wiki/Adoption" title="Adoption">adoption</a> 30 years earlier. For her improvised performance, Blethyn was praised with a variety of awards, including the <a href="/wiki/Best_Actress_Award_(Cannes_Film_Festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)">Best Actress Award</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="1996 Cannes Film Festival">1996 Cannes Film Festival</a>,<a href="#cite_note-festival-cannes.com-11">[11]</a> the British Academy Award, a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA">BAFTA</a> Award, a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> nomination for Best Actress.<a href="#cite_note-awards-12">[12]</a> 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. 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. That it reached a wider audience surprised me." 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.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> The following year, Blethyn appeared in a supporting role in <a href="/wiki/Nick_Hurran" title="Nick Hurran">Nick Hurran</a>'s debut feature Remember Me? (1997), a middle class suburban farce revolving around a family whose life is thrown into chaos upon the arrival of an old university crush.<a href="#cite_note-baid-14">[14]</a> Forging another collaboration with the director, the actress was cast alongside <a href="/wiki/Julie_Walters" title="Julie Walters">Julie Walters</a> for Hurran's next project, 1998's <a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Night" title="Girls' Night">Girls' Night</a>, a drama film about two sisters-in-law, one dying of cancer, who fulfil a lifelong dream of going to <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas,_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>, after an unexpected jackpot win on the <a href="/wiki/Bingo_(Commonwealth)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bingo (Commonwealth)">bingo</a>. Loosely based upon the real experiences by writer <a href="/wiki/Kay_Mellor" title="Kay Mellor">Kay Mellor</a>, the production was originally destined for television until <a href="/wiki/Granada_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Productions">Granada Productions</a> found backing from <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>.<a href="#cite_note-baid-14">[14]</a> Premiered to a mixed response by critics at the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a>, who noted it a "rather formulaic tearjerker [with] two powerhouse Brit actresses,"<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Hurran won a Silver Spire at the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Film_Festival" title="San Francisco International Film Festival">San Francisco International Film Festival</a> and received a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Berlin_Bear" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Berlin Bear">Golden Berlin Bear</a> nomination at the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="Berlin International Film Festival">Berlin International Film Festival</a> for his work.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In John Lynch's <a href="/wiki/Night_Train_(1998_film)" title="Night Train (1998 film)">Night Train</a> (1998), Blethyn played a timid spinster who strikes up a friendship with <a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a>'s character, an ex-prisoner, who rents a room in her house while on the run from some nasty gangsters. 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.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> The film received a mixed reception from critics. Adrian Wootton of <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> called it "an impressive directorial debut [that] mainly succeeds because [of] the talents of its lead actors". The film was nominated for a Crystal Star at the Brussels International Film Festival.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> She also starred in James Bogle's film adaption of <a href="/wiki/Tim_Winton" title="Tim Winton">Tim Winton</a>'s 1988 novel <a href="/wiki/In_the_Winter_Dark" title="In the Winter Dark">In the Winter Dark</a> (1998). Blethyn's last film of 1998 was <a href="/wiki/Little_Voice_(film)" title="Little Voice (film)">Little Voice</a> opposite <a href="/wiki/Jane_Horrocks" title="Jane Horrocks">Jane Horrocks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> Cast against type, she played a domineering yet needy fish factory worker, who has nothing but contempt for her shy daughter and lusts after a local showbiz agent.<a href="#cite_note-bbc2-20">[20]</a> 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. She is a desperate woman, but she also has an optimistic take on life which I find enviable. Whilst I don't approve of her behaviour, there is a reason for it and it was my job to work that out."<a href="#cite_note-bbc2-20">[20]</a> Both Blethyn's performance and the film received rave reviews, and the following year, she was again Oscar nominated, this time for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress">Best Supporting Actress</a> for her performance.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Blethyn's first film of 2000 was the indie comedy <a href="/wiki/Saving_Grace_(2000_film)" title="Saving Grace (2000 film)">Saving Grace</a> with <a href="/wiki/Craig_Ferguson" title="Craig Ferguson">Craig Ferguson</a>. Blethyn played a middle-aged newly widowed woman who is faced with the prospect of financial ruin and turns to growing <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> under the tutelage of her gardener to save her home. Her performance in the film received favourable reviews; <a href="/wiki/Peter_Travers" title="Peter Travers">Peter Travers</a> wrote for <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>: "It's Blethyn's solid-gold charm [that] turns Saving Grace into a comic high."<a href="#cite_note-RS-1-22">[22]</a> The following year, Blethyn received her third Golden Globe nomination for her role in the film, which grossed an unexpected $24 million worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> That same year, she also had a smaller role in the <a href="/wiki/Short_film" title="Short film">short comedy</a> Yes You Can. In 2001, Blethyn signed on to star in her own <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> sitcom, The Seven Roses, in which she was to play the role of a widowed innkeeper and matriarch of an eccentric family. Originally slated to be produced by two former executive producers of <a href="/wiki/Frasier" title="Frasier">Frasier</a>, plans for a pilot eventually went nowhere due to early casting conflicts.<a href="#cite_note-Canoe-24">[24]</a> Afterwards, Blethyn accepted a supporting role as <a href="/wiki/Auguste_van_Pels" class="mw-redirect" title="Auguste van Pels">Auguste van Pels</a> in the <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> mini series <a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank:_The_Whole_Story" title="Anne Frank: The Whole Story">Anne Frank: The Whole Story</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank:_The_Biography" title="Anne Frank: The Biography">book</a> by <a href="/wiki/Melissa_M%C3%BCller" title="Melissa Müller">Melissa Müller</a>, for which she garnered her first <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> nomination.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Following this, Blethyn starred in the films <a href="/wiki/Daddy_and_Them" title="Daddy and Them">Daddy and Them</a>, On the Nose, and <a href="/wiki/Lovely_%26_Amazing" title="Lovely & Amazing">Lovely & Amazing</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a>'s Daddy and Them, she portrayed an English neurotic <a href="/wiki/Psychologist" title="Psychologist">psychologist</a>, who feels excluded by the American clan she married into due to her nationality. The film scored a generally positive reception but was financially unsuccessful, leading to a <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-TV_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct-to-TV film">direct-to-TV release</a> stateside.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In Canadian-Irish comedy On the Nose, Blethyn played the minor role of the all-disapproving wife of Brendan Delaney, played by <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Coltrane" title="Robbie Coltrane">Robbie Coltrane</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rte-27">[27]</a> Her appearance was commented as "underused" by Harry Guerin, writer for RTÉ Entertainment.<a href="#cite_note-rte-27">[27]</a> Blethyn depicted an affluent but desperate and distracted matriarch of three daughters in <a href="/wiki/Nicole_Holofcener" title="Nicole Holofcener">Nicole Holofcener</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent drama</a> Lovely & Amazing, featuring <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Keener" title="Catherine Keener">Catherine Keener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emily_Mortimer" title="Emily Mortimer">Emily Mortimer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal" title="Jake Gyllenhaal">Jake Gyllenhaal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-rt-la-28">[28]</a> The film became Blethyn's biggest box-office success of the year with a worldwide gross of $5 million only,<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> and earned the actress mixed reviews from professional critics.<a href="#cite_note-rt-la-28">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> She also did the UK voice of Dr. Florence Mountfitchet in the <a href="/wiki/Bob_the_Builder" title="Bob the Builder">Bob the Builder</a> special, "The Knights of Can-A-Lot". In 2002, Blethyn appeared with <a href="/wiki/Christina_Ricci" title="Christina Ricci">Christina Ricci</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Dark_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark comedy">dark comedy</a> <a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_(film)" title="Pumpkin (film)">Pumpkin</a>, a financial disaster.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> The film opened to little notice and grossed less than $300,000 during its North American theatrical run.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Her performance as the overprotective wine-soaked mother of a disabled teenage boy generated Blethyn mostly critical reviews. <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a> writer Lisa Schwarzbaum called her "challenged, unsure [... and] miscast."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Her following film, limitedly-released <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Cage" title="Nicolas Cage">Nicolas Cage</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Sonny_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonny (film)">Sonny</a>, saw similar success. While the production was panned in general,<a href="#cite_note-reel-1-34">[34]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Blethyn eventually received more acclaim when she accepted the lead role in the <a href="/wiki/Dark_comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dark comedy">dark comedy</a> <a href="/wiki/Plots_with_a_View" title="Plots with a View">Plots with a View</a>. Starring alongside <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Molina" title="Alfred Molina">Alfred Molina</a>, the pair was praised for their "genuine chemistry."<a href="#cite_note-reel-1-34">[34]</a> A year after, Blethyn co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Hoskins" title="Bob Hoskins">Bob Hoskins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Jessica Alba">Jessica Alba</a> in historical <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">direct-to-video</a> drama <a href="/wiki/The_Sleeping_Dictionary" title="The Sleeping Dictionary">The Sleeping Dictionary</a>. The film earned her a DVDX Award but received mixed critics, as did <a href="/wiki/Blizzard" title="Blizzard">Blizzard</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Christmas_movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas movie">Christmas movie</a> in which Blethyn played the eccentric character of Aunt Millie, the narrator of the film's story.<a href="#cite_note-rotten-2-36">[36]</a> 2003 ended with the mini series <a href="/wiki/Between_the_Sheets_(TV_series)" title="Between the Sheets (TV series)">Between the Sheets</a>, in which Blethyn starred as a woman struggling with her own ambivalent feelings towards her husband and sex.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004–2010:_Established_actress">2004–2010: Established actress</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2004–2010: Established actress">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brenda_Blethyn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Brenda_Blethyn.jpg/170px-Brenda_Blethyn.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Brenda_Blethyn.jpg/255px-Brenda_Blethyn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Brenda_Blethyn.jpg/340px-Brenda_Blethyn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1831" data-file-height="2336" /></a><figcaption>Blethyn at 43rd <a href="/wiki/Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival" title="Karlovy Vary International Film Festival">Karlovy Vary International Film Festival</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> Blethyn co-starred as <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a>'s mother Polly Cassotto in <a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(2004_film)" title="Beyond the Sea (2004 film)">Beyond the Sea</a>, a 2004 biographical film about the singer. 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.<a href="#cite_note-rotten-3-38">[38]</a> <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Pomeranz" title="Margaret Pomeranz">Margaret Pomeranz</a> of <a href="/wiki/At_the_Movies_(Australian_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="At the Movies (Australian TV series)">At the Movies</a> said that her casting was "a bit mystifying".<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Afterwards, Blethyn starred in <a href="/wiki/A_Way_of_Life_(2004_film)" title="A Way of Life (2004 film)">A Way of Life</a>, playing a bossy and censorious mother-in-law of a struggling young woman, played by <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_James" title="Stephanie James">Stephanie James</a>, 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.<a href="#cite_note-bel-40">[40]</a> Blethyn received a Golden FIPA Award and a BAFTA nomination for the latter role.<a href="#cite_note-bel-40">[40]</a> That same year she made her <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (theatre)">Broadway</a> debut in the play <a href="/wiki/%27Night_Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="'Night Mother">'Night Mother</a> opposite <a href="/wiki/Edie_Falco" title="Edie Falco">Edie Falco</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ben_Brantley" title="Ben Brantley">Ben Brantley</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> wrote that while "she has the requisite fretful voice and fidgety mannerisms down pat, it's as if she is doing a technically perfect impersonation in a vacuum."<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> In early 2005, Blethyn appeared in the indie-drama <a href="/wiki/On_a_Clear_Day_(film)" title="On a Clear Day (film)">On a Clear Day</a> playing Joan, a <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> housewife, who secretly enrolls in bus-driving classes after her husband's dismissal. 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 [...]."<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> The film became a minor success at the international box-office chart, barely grossing $1 million worldwide,<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> but was awarded a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Award">BAFTA Scotland Award</a> for Best Film and Screenplay.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> A major hit for Blethyn came with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wright" title="Joe Wright">Joe Wright</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film)" title="Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)">Pride & Prejudice</a>, a 2005 adaptation of the same-titled novel by <a href="/wiki/Jane_Austen" title="Jane Austen">Jane Austen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-nine-45">[45]</a> Starring alongside <a href="/wiki/Keira_Knightley" title="Keira Knightley">Keira Knightley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Sutherland" title="Donald Sutherland">Donald Sutherland</a>, Blethyn played <a href="/wiki/Mrs._Bennet" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrs. Bennet">Mrs. Bennet</a>, a fluttery mother of five sisters who desperately schemes to marry her daughters off to men of means. 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. She's pushy with a reason. As soon as <a href="/wiki/Mr._Bennet_(Pride_and_Prejudice)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)">Mr. Bennet</a> dies, all the money goes down the male line; she has to save her daughters from penury."<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> With both a worldwide gross of over US$121 million and several Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations,<a href="#cite_note-ten-47">[47]</a> the film became a critical and commercial success,<a href="#cite_note-nine-45">[45]</a> spawning Blethyn another <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role">BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ten-47">[47]</a> In 2007, she appeared in the independent Australian coming-of-age comedy <a href="/wiki/Clubland_(2007_film)" title="Clubland (2007 film)">Clubland</a>. Playing a character that was created specifically with her in mind, Blethyn portrayed a bawdy comedian with a sinking career faced with the romantic life of her young son, played by <a href="/wiki/Khan_Chittenden" title="Khan Chittenden">Khan Chittenden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> The film was released in Australia in June 2007, and was screened <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a> where distributed <a href="/wiki/Warner_Independent_Pictures" title="Warner Independent Pictures">Warner Independent Pictures</a> for a $4 million deal and gained positive reviews.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The role earned her nominations for the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Film_Institute_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Film Institute Award">Australian Film Institute Award</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Inside_Film_Awards" title="Inside Film Awards">Inside Film Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ten-47">[47]</a> Also in 2007, Blethyn reunited with Joe Wright on <a href="/wiki/Atonement_(2007_film)" title="Atonement (2007 film)">Atonement</a>, an adaptation from <a href="/wiki/Ian_McEwan" title="Ian McEwan">Ian McEwan</a>'s critically acclaimed <a href="/wiki/Atonement_(novel)" title="Atonement (novel)">novel of the same name</a>. On her role of a housekeeper in a cast that also features <a href="/wiki/Keira_Knightley" title="Keira Knightley">Keira Knightley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan" title="Saoirse Ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_McAvoy" title="James McAvoy">James McAvoy</a>, Blethyn commented: "It's a tiny, tiny part. If you blink you'll miss me."<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> The film garnered generally positive reviews from film critics and received a <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" title="Academy Award for Best Picture">Best Picture nomination at the 2008 Academy Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> A box office success around the globe, it went on to gross a total of $129 million worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-mojoweek-54">[54]</a> Blethyn also appeared as Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa in a supporting role in the internationally produced 2007 miniseries <a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace_(2007_TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="War and Peace (2007 TV miniseries)">War and Peace</a> by <a href="/wiki/RAI" title="RAI">RAI</a>, filmed in Russia and Lithuania.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> In 2008, Blethyn made her American <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">small screen</a> debut with a guest role on <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> sitcom <a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a>, playing the neurotic mother to <a href="/wiki/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus" title="Julia Louis-Dreyfus">Julia Louis-Dreyfus</a>' character in the <a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine_(season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine (season 4)">fourth season</a> episode "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner."<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> The same year, she appeared in a single <a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit_(season_10)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10)">season ten</a> episode of the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> <a href="/wiki/Legal_drama" title="Legal drama">legal drama</a> series <a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a>. Her performance of a sympathetic fugitive of domestic violence and rape that killed her first husband in self-defense earned Blethyn another <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Guest_Actress_%E2%80%93_Drama_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series</a> nomination.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Blethyn again provided the voice of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Winnie-the-Pooh_characters#Mama_Heffalump" title="List of Winnie-the-Pooh characters">Mama Heffalump</a> in the animated <a href="/wiki/Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney">Disney</a> direct-to-video animated sequel <a href="/wiki/Tigger_%26_Pooh_and_a_Musical_Too" title="Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too">Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too</a> (2009). Blethyn's first film in two years, <a href="/wiki/Rachid_Bouchareb" title="Rachid Bouchareb">Rachid Bouchareb</a>'s <a href="/wiki/London_River" title="London River">London River</a> opened at the <a href="/wiki/59th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival" title="59th Berlin International Film Festival">59th Berlin International Film Festival</a> in 2009 where it won a Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-London_River-59">[59]</a> In the film, for which Blethyn had to learn French, she portrays a mother waiting for news of her missing child after the <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2005_London_bombings" title="Timeline of the 2005 London bombings">London bombings of July 2005</a>, striking up a friendship with a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> man, whose child has also disappeared.<a href="#cite_note-London_River-59">[59]</a> Blethyn, who had initially felt sceptical and reticent about the film due to its background, was originally not available for filming but Bouchareb decided to delay filming to work with her.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Upon release, the film received favourable reviews, particularly for its "dynamite acting".<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Mike Scott from <a href="/wiki/The_Times-Picayune" class="mw-redirect" title="The Times-Picayune">The Times-Picayune</a> 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".<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> Also in 2009, Blethyn played a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Benedict" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Saint Benedict">Benedictine nun</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jan_Dunn" title="Jan Dunn">Jan Dunn</a>'s film <a href="/wiki/The_Calling_(2009_film)" title="The Calling (2009 film)">The Calling</a>, also starring <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Scanlan" title="Joanna Scanlan">Joanna Scanlan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pauline_McLynn" title="Pauline McLynn">Pauline McLynn</a>. Dunn's third feature film, it tells the story of Joanna, played by <a href="/wiki/Emily_Beecham" title="Emily Beecham">Emily Beecham</a>, who after graduating from university, goes against her family and friends when she decides to join a closed order of nuns. 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 <a href="/wiki/Doubt_(2008_film)" title="Doubt (2008 film)">Doubt</a>, half <a href="/wiki/Hollyoaks" title="Hollyoaks">Hollyoaks</a>".<a href="#cite_note-empire-calling-63">[63]</a> Blethyn however, earned positive reviews for her performance; <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> writer Catherine Shoard wrote that "only she, really, manages to ride the rollercoaster jumps in plot and tone."<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> Her last film of 2009 was <a href="/wiki/Alex_De_Rakoff" title="Alex De Rakoff">Alex De Rakoff</a>'s crime film <a href="/wiki/Dead_Man_Running" title="Dead Man Running">Dead Man Running</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/Tamer_Hassan" title="Tamer Hassan">Tamer Hassan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Dyer" title="Danny Dyer">Danny Dyer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/50_Cent" title="50 Cent">50 Cent</a>, in which she portrayed the wheelchair-using mother of a criminal who is taken hostage. The film received universally negative reviews from film critics, who deemed it to be full of "poor performances, stiff dialogue, [and] flat characters".<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–present:_Vera_and_other_roles">2011–present: Vera and other roles</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2011–present: Vera and other roles">edit</a>]</div> In May 2011, Blethyn began playing the title role in <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>'s crime drama series, <a href="/wiki/Vera_(TV_series)" title="Vera (TV series)">Vera</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Northern_England" title="Northern England">North of England</a> character Vera Stanhope, a nearly retired detective chief inspector obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons, based on the novels of <a href="/wiki/Ann_Cleeves" title="Ann Cleeves">Ann Cleeves</a>. 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. Her face is kind but means business. Not many actors can pull off shambolic but effective but Blethyn can do it with a single, penetrating glance from beneath that hat."<a href="#cite_note-bbc2020-66">[66]</a> Averaging 7.8 million people per episode in the United Kingdom, Vera became one of the most watched British dramas of the 2010s.<a href="#cite_note-bbc2020-66">[66]</a> Blethyn received the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society" title="Royal Television Society">2017 RTS North East & Border Television Award</a> for her performance and has continued to portray Vera as of 2025<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit">[update]</a> in 14 series of the show, available in 20 countries.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a> Blethyn's only film of 2011 was the <a href="/wiki/Christmas_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Christmas film">Christmas drama</a> <a href="/wiki/My_Angel_(2011_film)" title="My Angel (2011 film)">My Angel</a> about a boy looking for an <a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">angel</a> to save his mother after an accident. Shot in <a href="/wiki/Northwood,_London" title="Northwood, London">Northwood</a> for less than £2 million, My Angel scooped best film, newcomer, director and screenplay, plus best actor and actress for Blethyn and Spall at the <a href="/wiki/Monaco_International_Film_Festival" title="Monaco International Film Festival">Monaco International Film Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-les-68">[68]</a> In 2012 Blethyn starred opposite singer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a> and actress <a href="/wiki/Alison_Steadman" title="Alison Steadman">Alison Steadman</a> in the short film King of the Teds, directed by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cartwright" title="Jim Cartwright">Jim Cartwright</a>, as part of <a href="/wiki/Sky_Arts" title="Sky Arts">Sky Arts</a> Playhouse Presents series. She played an old flame who gets in touch with a former boyfriend by <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, introducing tensions and doubts from 40 years before.<a href="#cite_note-walesonline-69">[69]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_(La_voie_de_l%27ennemi).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg/220px-The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg/330px-The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg/440px-The_cast_of_Two_Men_in_Town_%28La_voie_de_l%27ennemi%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2433" data-file-height="1825" /></a><figcaption>Blethyn along with her cast and crew of <a href="/wiki/Two_Men_in_Town_(2014_film)" title="Two Men in Town (2014 film)">Two Men in Town</a> (2014) at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival.</figcaption></figure> In March 2013, Blethyn costarred with <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Swank" title="Hilary Swank">Hilary Swank</a> in the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> movie <a href="/wiki/Mary_and_Martha_(film)" title="Mary and Martha (film)">Mary and Martha</a>.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> Based on a screenplay by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Noyce" title="Phillip Noyce">Phillip Noyce</a>, it involves two very different women who both lose their sons to <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a>. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with Linda Stasi from <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The New York Post">The New York Post</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime</a> flick than an HBO work of fiction."<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Also in 2013, Blethyn began voicing the supporting character of Ernestine Enormomonster in two seasons of the children's animated television series <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hugglemonster" title="Henry Hugglemonster">Henry Hugglemonster</a>, based on the 2005 book I'm a Happy Hugglewug by Niamh Sharkey.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> In 2014, Blethyn reteamed with filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb for the French–American drama film <a href="/wiki/Two_Men_in_Town_(2014_film)" title="Two Men in Town (2014 film)">Two Men in Town</a> (2014), a remake of the <a href="/wiki/Two_Men_in_Town_(1973_film)" title="Two Men in Town (1973 film)">1973 film</a>. Along with <a href="/wiki/Forest_Whitaker" title="Forest Whitaker">Forest Whitaker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Keitel" title="Harvey Keitel">Harvey Keitel</a>, Blethyn portrays a parole officer in the <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a> film shot in <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Whilst critical reception towards the film as a whole was lukewarm, Sherilyn Connelly from <a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a> remarked that Blethyn "is wonderful as an all-too-rare character, a middle-aged woman who holds her own in a position of authority over violent men."<a href="#cite_note-walesonline-69">[69]</a> In January 2015, Blethyn was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th <a href="/wiki/Capri_Hollywood_International_Film_Festival" title="Capri Hollywood International Film Festival">Capri Hollywood International Film Festival</a>.<a href="#cite_note-screendaily-74">[74]</a> In 2016, Blethyn lent her voice to the British animated <a href="/wiki/Biographical_film" title="Biographical film">biographical film</a> <a href="/wiki/Ethel_%26_Ernest_(film)" title="Ethel & Ernest (film)">Ethel & Ernest</a>, based on the <a href="/wiki/Ethel_%26_Ernest" title="Ethel & Ernest">graphic memoir of the same name</a> that follows <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Briggs" title="Raymond Briggs">Raymond Briggs</a>' parents through their marriage, from the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970s.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> 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."<a href="#cite_note-ToeMAtoes-76">[76]</a> Blethyn received a nomination in the Best Voice Performance category at the British Animation Awards 2018.<a href="#cite_note-lbbonline-77">[77]</a> From 2020 to 2022, she played Kate Abbott, the cafe-owner in <a href="/wiki/Kate_and_Koji" class="mw-redirect" title="Kate and Koji">Kate and Koji</a> who developed strong friendships with two asylum-seeking doctors: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Akingbola" title="Jimmy Akingbola">Jimmy Akingbola</a> in Series 1 and Okorie Chukwu in Series 2.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> Blethyn married Alan James Blethyn, a <a href="/wiki/Graphic_designer" title="Graphic designer">graphic designer</a> she met while working for <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a>, in 1964. The marriage ended in 1973.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-tp-81">[81]</a> Blethyn kept her husband's surname as her professional name. British art director Michael Mayhew has been her partner since 1975,<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> and the couple married in June 2010.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Blethyn was appointed <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) for services to drama in the <a href="/wiki/2003_New_Year_Honours" title="2003 New Year Honours">2003 New Year Honours</a>.<a href="#cite_note-OBE-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_credits">Acting credits</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Acting credits">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Film">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td>Say No to Strangers </td> <td>Teresa's Mum </td> <td>Uncredited; short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)" title="The Witches (1990 film)">The Witches</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Jenkins </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(film)" title="A River Runs Through It (film)">A River Runs Through It</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Maclean </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_(film)" title="Secrets & Lies (film)">Secrets & Lies</a> </td> <td>Cynthia Rose Purley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td>Remember Me? </td> <td>Shirley </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Girls%27_Night" title="Girls' Night">Girls' Night</a> </td> <td>Dawn Wilkinson </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Music_from_Another_Room_(film)" title="Music from Another Room (film)">Music from Another Room</a> </td> <td>Grace Swan </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_(1998_film)" title="Night Train (1998 film)">Night Train</a> </td> <td>Alice Mooney </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/In_the_Winter_Dark_(film)" title="In the Winter Dark (film)">In the Winter Dark</a> </td> <td>Ida Stubbs </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Little_Voice_(film)" title="Little Voice (film)">Little Voice</a> </td> <td>Mari Hoff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saving_Grace_(2000_film)" title="Saving Grace (2000 film)">Saving Grace</a> </td> <td>Grace Trevethyn </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daddy_and_Them" title="Daddy and Them">Daddy and Them</a> </td> <td>July Montgomery </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lovely_%26_Amazing" title="Lovely & Amazing">Lovely & Amazing</a> </td> <td>Jane Marks </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/On_the_Nose_(film)" title="On the Nose (film)">On the Nose</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Delaney </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pumpkin_(film)" title="Pumpkin (film)">Pumpkin</a> </td> <td>Judy Romanoff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sonny_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonny (film)">Sonny</a> </td> <td>Jewel Phillips </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Plots_with_a_View" title="Plots with a View">Plots with a View</a> </td> <td>Betty Rhys-Jones </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Thornberrys_Movie" title="The Wild Thornberrys Movie">The Wild Thornberrys Movie</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Alice June Fairgood </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Sleeping_Dictionary" title="The Sleeping Dictionary">The Sleeping Dictionary</a> </td> <td>Aggie Bullard </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_(2003_film)" title="Blizzard (2003 film)">Blizzard</a> </td> <td>Aunt Millie </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_Jim_(2004_film)" title="Piccadilly Jim (2004 film)">Piccadilly Jim</a> </td> <td>Nina Banks </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Sea_(2004_film)" title="Beyond the Sea (2004 film)">Beyond the Sea</a> </td> <td>Polly Cassotto </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Way_of_Life_(2004_film)" title="A Way of Life (2004 film)">A Way of Life</a> </td> <td>Annette </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Belonging </td> <td>Jess Copple </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pooh%27s_Heffalump_Movie" title="Pooh's Heffalump Movie">Pooh's Heffalump Movie</a> </td> <td>Mama Heffalump </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/On_a_Clear_Day_(film)" title="On a Clear Day (film)">On a Clear Day</a> </td> <td>Joan Redmond </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film)" title="Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)">Pride & Prejudice</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennet_family#Mrs._Bennet" title="Bennet family">Mrs. Bennet</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mysterious_Creatures" title="Mysterious Creatures">Mysterious Creatures</a> </td> <td>Wendy Ainscow </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clubland_(2007_film)" title="Clubland (2007 film)">Clubland</a> </td> <td>Jean Dwight </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atonement_(2007_film)" title="Atonement (2007 film)">Atonement</a> </td> <td>Grace Turner </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/London_River" title="London River">London River</a> </td> <td>Elisabeth Sommers </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tigger_%26_Pooh_and_a_Musical_Too" title="Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too">Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too</a> </td> <td>Mama Heffalump </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Calling_(2009_film)" title="The Calling (2009 film)">The Calling</a> </td> <td>Sister Ignatious </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dead_Man_Running" title="Dead Man Running">Dead Man Running</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Kane </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/My_Angel_(2011_film)" title="My Angel (2011 film)">My Angel</a> </td> <td>Headmistress </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Two_Men_in_Town_(2014_film)" title="Two Men in Town (2014 film)">Two Men in Town</a> </td> <td>Emily Smith </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethel_%26_Ernest_(film)" title="Ethel & Ernest (film)">Ethel & Ernest</a> </td> <td>Ethel Briggs </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020 </td> <td>Strawberry Fields Forever </td> <td>Gran </td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2025 </td> <td>Saving Grace Again! </td> <td>Grace Trevethyn </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Television">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grown-Ups" title="Grown-Ups">Grown-Ups</a> </td> <td>Gloria </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>Can We Get on Now, Please? </td> <td>Miranda Plumley </td> <td>Episode: "Variations in Two Flats" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Play_for_Today" title="Play for Today">Play for Today</a> </td> <td>Mary </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/The_Imitation_Game_(play)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Imitation Game (play)">The Imitation Game</a>" </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bedroom Farce </td> <td>Kate </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yes_Minister" title="Yes Minister">Yes Minister</a> </td> <td>Joan Littler </td> <td>Episode: "The Greasy Pole" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cordelia" title="Cordelia">Cordelia</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)">Tales of the Unexpected</a> </td> <td>Carol Hutchins </td> <td>Episode: "Hit and Run" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Death_of_an_Expert_Witness#Television_version" title="Death of an Expert Witness">Death of an Expert Witness</a> </td> <td>Angela Foley </td> <td>Television miniseries; 6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Play_for_Today" title="Play for Today">Play for Today</a> </td> <td>Janice </td> <td>Episode: "Floating Off" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey" title="Rumpole of the Bailey">Rumpole of the Bailey</a> </td> <td>Pauline </td> <td>Episode: "Rumpole and the Genuine Article" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_VI,_Part_1" title="Henry VI, Part 1">The First Part of Henry the Sixth</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" title="Joan of Arc">Joan la Pucelle</a> </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weekend_Playhouse" title="Weekend Playhouse">Weekend Playhouse</a> </td> <td>Jean Saunders </td> <td>Episode: "Singles Weekend" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chance_in_a_Million" title="Chance in a Million">Chance in a Million</a> </td> <td>Alison Little </td> <td>Main role; 18 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/That_Uncertain_Feeling_(TV_series)" title="That Uncertain Feeling (TV series)">That Uncertain Feeling</a> </td> <td>Mrs. Lewis </td> <td>Miniseries; 4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1987 </td> <td>Sunday Premiere </td> <td>Sylvia </td> <td>Episode: "Claws" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Poor_Little_Rich_Girl:_The_Barbara_Hutton_Story" title="Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story">Poor Little Rich Girl</a> </td> <td>Ticki Tocquet </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Storyteller_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Storyteller (TV series)">The Storyteller</a> </td> <td>Storyteller's Wife </td> <td>Episode: "A Story Short" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Play_on_One" title="The Play on One">The Play on One</a> </td> <td>Miss A. </td> <td>Episode: "The Shawl" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Labours_of_Erica" title="The Labours of Erica">The Labours of Erica</a> </td> <td>Erica Parsons </td> <td>Main role; 12 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_Good_Things_(TV_series)" title="All Good Things (TV series)">All Good Things</a> </td> <td>Shirley Frame </td> <td>Miniseries; 6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Buddha_of_Suburbia_(TV_serial)" title="The Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)">The Buddha of Suburbia</a> </td> <td>Margaret Amir </td> <td>Miniseries; 4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outside_Edge_(TV_series)" title="Outside Edge (TV series)">Outside Edge</a> </td> <td>Miriam Dervish </td> <td>22 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank:_The_Whole_Story" title="Anne Frank: The Whole Story">Anne Frank: The Whole Story</a> </td> <td>Auguste van Pels </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Between_the_Sheets_(TV_series)" title="Between the Sheets (TV series)">Between the Sheets</a> </td> <td>Hazel Delany </td> <td>Miniseries; 6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace_(2007_miniseries)" title="War and Peace (2007 miniseries)">War and Peace</a> </td> <td>Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Old_Christine" title="The New Adventures of Old Christine">The New Adventures of Old Christine</a> </td> <td>Angela Kimble </td> <td>Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?" </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit" title="Law & Order: Special Victims Unit">Law & Order: Special Victims Unit</a> </td> <td>Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cresswell </td> <td>Episode: "Persona" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011–2025 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vera_(TV_series)" title="Vera (TV series)">Vera</a> </td> <td>DCI Vera Stanhope </td> <td>Main role; 56 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Playhouse_Presents" title="Playhouse Presents">Playhouse Presents</a> </td> <td>Nina </td> <td>Episode: "King of the Teds" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020–2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kate_%26_Koji" title="Kate & Koji">Kate & Koji</a> </td> <td>Kate </td> <td>Main role; 12 episodes </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Theatre">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Playwright </th> <th>Venue </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref. </th></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td>The Madras House</td> <td>Jane Huxtable</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harley_Granville-Barker" title="Harley Granville-Barker">Harley Granville-Barker</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Theatre" title="Royal National Theatre">Royal National Theatre</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamburlaine" title="Tamburlaine">Tamburlaine</a></td> <td>Ebea</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe" title="Christopher Marlowe">Christopher Marlowe</a></td> <td>Royal National Theatre</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td>The Force of Habit</td> <td>Granddaughter</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bernhard" title="Thomas Bernhard">Thomas Bernhard</a></td> <td>Royal National Theatre</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bedroom_Farce_(play)" title="Bedroom Farce (play)">Bedroom Farce</a></td> <td>Kate</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn" title="Alan Ayckbourn">Alan Ayckbourn</a></td> <td>Royal National Theatre</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steaming_(play)" title="Steaming (play)">Steaming</a></td> <td>Dawn</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nell_Dunn" title="Nell Dunn">Nell Dunn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Stratford_East" title="Theatre Royal Stratford East">Theatre Royal Stratford East</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Crimes_of_the_Heart" title="Crimes of the Heart">Crimes of the Heart</a></td> <td>Lenny Magrath</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beth_Henley" title="Beth Henley">Beth Henley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bush_Theatre" title="Bush Theatre">Bush Theatre</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benefactors_(play)" title="Benefactors (play)">Benefactors</a></td> <td>Sheila</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Frayn" title="Michael Frayn">Michael Frayn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vaudeville_Theatre" title="Vaudeville Theatre">Vaudeville Theatre</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalliance" title="Dalliance">Dalliance</a></td> <td>Christine</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stoppard" title="Tom Stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a></td> <td>Royal National Theatre</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House" title="A Doll's House">A Doll's House</a></td> <td>Nora</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henrik_Ibsen" title="Henrik Ibsen">Henrik Ibsen</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Royal_Exchange,_Manchester" title="Royal Exchange, Manchester">Manchester Royal Exchange</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Born_Yesterday_(play)" title="Born Yesterday (play)">Born Yesterday</a></td> <td>Billie Dawn</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a></td> <td>Manchester Royal Exchange</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Absent_Friends_(play)" title="Absent Friends (play)">Absent Friends</a></td> <td>Diana</td> <td>Alan Ayckbourn</td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">New York City Center</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/An_Ideal_Husband" title="An Ideal Husband">An Ideal Husband</a></td> <td>Mrs. Cheverley</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Wilde" title="Oscar Wilde">Oscar Wilde</a></td> <td>Manchester Royal Exchange</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994</td> <td>The Bed Before Yesterday</td> <td>Alma</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Travers" title="Ben Travers">Ben Travers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Almeida_Theatre" title="Almeida Theatre">Almeida Theatre</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_(play)" title="Habeas Corpus (play)">Habeas Corpus</a></td> <td>Muriel Wicksteed</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett" title="Alan Bennett">Alan Bennett</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donmar_Warehouse" title="Donmar Warehouse">Donmar Warehouse</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Warren%27s_Profession" title="Mrs. Warren's Profession">Mrs Warren's Profession</a></td> <td>Mrs Warren</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw" title="George Bernard Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Novello_Theatre" title="Novello Theatre">Strand Theatre</a></td> <td><a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/%27night,_Mother" title="'night, Mother">'night, Mother</a></td> <td>Thelma Cates</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Norman" title="Marsha Norman">Marsha Norman</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_B._Jacobs_Theatre" title="Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre">Royale Theatre</a>, Broadway</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie" title="The Glass Menagerie">The Glass Menagerie</a></td> <td>Amanda Wingfield</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a></td> <td>Manchester Royal Exchange</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td>Haunted</td> <td>Mrs. Berry</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edna_O%27Brien" title="Edna O'Brien">Edna O'Brien</a></td> <td>Manchester Royal Exchange</td> <td><a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Brenda_Blethyn" title="List of awards and nominations received by Brenda Blethyn">List of awards and nominations received by Brenda Blethyn</a></div> Blethyn received a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role" title="BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role">BAFTA Film Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama">Golden Globe Award</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress">Cannes Film Festival Award</a> for her role in <a href="/wiki/Secrets_%26_Lies_(film)" title="Secrets & Lies (film)">Secrets & Lies</a> (1996). Over her career she has received nominations for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Television_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA Television Award">BAFTA Television Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Olivier Award">Laurence Olivier Award</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, and three <a href="/wiki/Screen_Actors_Guild_Awards" title="Screen Actors Guild Awards">Screen Actors Guild Awards</a>. In 2017, she was named Performer of the Year by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Television_Society" title="Royal Television Society">Royal Television Society</a> for her role in Vera.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] She was appointed <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Officer of the Order of the British Empire</a> (OBE) for services to drama in 2003.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Blethyn&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/secrets-lies-mike-leigh-interview-criterion-collection.html">"Mike Leigh Reveals the Story Behind Secrets & Lies' Most Famous Scene"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Slate_(magazine)" title="Slate (magazine)">Slate</a>. 30 March 2021. 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Dams (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_George_(writer)" title="Anne George (writer)">Anne George</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujata_Massey" title="Sujata Massey">Sujata Massey</a> (1997)</li> <li>Robin Hathaway (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Andrews_(author)" title="Donna Andrews (author)">Donna Andrews</a> (1999)</li> <li>Rosemary Stevens (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Strohmeyer" title="Sarah Strohmeyer">Sarah Strohmeyer</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Spencer-Fleming" title="Julia Spencer-Fleming">Julia Spencer-Fleming</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Winspear" title="Jacqueline Winspear">Jacqueline Winspear</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harley_Jane_Kozak" title="Harley Jane Kozak">Harley Jane Kozak</a> (2004)</li> <li>Laura Durham (2005)</li> <li>Sandra Parshall (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Phillippi_Ryan" title="Hank Phillippi Ryan">Hank Phillippi Ryan</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._M._Malliet" title="G. M. Malliet">G. M. Malliet</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bradley_(writer)" title="Alan Bradley (writer)">Alan Bradley</a> (2009)</li> <li>Avery Aames (2010)</li> <li>Sara J. Henry (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_M._Boyer" title="Susan M. Boyer">Susan M. 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Hart">Carolyn G. Hart</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Peters">Elizabeth Peters</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pickard" title="Nancy Pickard">Nancy Pickard</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pickard" title="Nancy Pickard">Nancy Pickard</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Hart" title="Carolyn Hart">Carolyn Hart</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb" title="Sharyn McCrumb">Sharyn McCrumb</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb" title="Sharyn McCrumb">Sharyn McCrumb</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Ross" title="Kate Ross">Kate Ross</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Lippman" title="Laura Lippman">Laura Lippman</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earlene_Fowler" title="Earlene Fowler">Earlene Fowler</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Quin-Harkin" title="Janet Quin-Harkin">Rhys Bowen</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Andrews_(author)" title="Donna Andrews (author)">Donna Andrews</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Hart" title="Carolyn Hart">Carolyn Hart</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Winspear" title="Jacqueline Winspear">Jacqueline Winspear</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Hall_Page" title="Katherine Hall Page">Katherine Hall Page</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pickard" title="Nancy Pickard">Nancy Pickard</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Penny" title="Louise Penny">Louise Penny</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Penny" title="Louise Penny">Louise Penny</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Penny" title="Louise Penny">Louise Penny</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Penny" title="Louise Penny">Louise Penny</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Penny" title="Louise Penny">Louise Penny</a> (2012)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Historical Novel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhys Bowen">Rhys Bowen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catriona_McPherson" title="Catriona McPherson">Catriona McPherson</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_and_Charles_Todd" title="Caroline and Charles Todd">Caroline and Charles Todd</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhys Bowen">Rhys Bowen</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_R._King" title="Laurie R. King">Laurie R. King</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catriona_McPherson" title="Catriona McPherson">Catriona McPherson</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhys Bowen">Rhys Bowen</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sujata_Massey" title="Sujata Massey">Sujata Massey</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Maxwell_(author)" title="Edith Maxwell (author)">Edith Maxwell</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhys_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhys Bowen">Rhys Bowen</a> (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Non-Fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_D%27Amato" title="Barbara D'Amato">Barbara D'Amato</a> (1993)</li> <li>Jean Swanson and Dean James (1994)</li> <li>Alzina Stone Dale (1995)</li> <li>Willeta L. Heisin (1996)</li> <li>Willeta L. Heisin (1997)</li> <li>Alzina Stone Dale (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Stashower" title="Daniel Stashower">Daniel Stashower</a> (1999)</li> <li>Jim Huang (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hillerman" title="Tony Hillerman">Tony Hillerman</a> (2001)</li> <li>Jim Huang (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Peters">Elizabeth Peters</a> and Kristen Whitbread (2003)</li> <li>Jack French (2004)</li> <li>Melanie Rehak (2005)</li> <li>Chris Roerden (2006)</li> <li>Jon Lellenberg (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Lynn_Emerson" title="Kathy Lynn Emerson">Kathy Lynn Emerson</a> (2008)</li> <li>Elena Santangelo (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Curran_(Agatha_Christie_expert)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Curran (Agatha Christie expert)">John Curran</a> (2010)</li> <li>Leslie Budewitz (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Connolly_(author)" title="John Connolly (author)">John Connolly</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Stashower" title="Daniel Stashower">Daniel Stashower</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Phillippi_Ryan" title="Hank Phillippi Ryan">Hank Phillippi Ryan</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Edwards_(author)" title="Martin Edwards (author)">Martin Edwards</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_K._Cleland" title="Jane K. Cleland">Jane K. Cleland</a> (2016)</li> <li>Mattias Bostrom (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Cleland" class="mw-redirect" title="Jane Cleland">Jane Cleland</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Moulton" title="Mo Moulton">Mo Moulton</a> (2019)</li> <li>Christina Lane (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Short Story</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Barnard" title="Robert Barnard">Robert Barnard</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharyn_McCrumb" title="Sharyn McCrumb">Sharyn McCrumb</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Hess" title="Joan Hess">Joan Hess</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Elkins" title="Aaron Elkins">Aaron Elkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Elkins" title="Charlotte Elkins">Charlotte Elkins</a> (1992)</li> <li>M. D. Lake (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Cannell" title="Dorothy Cannell">Dorothy Cannell</a> (1994)</li> <li>Elizabeth Daniels (1995)</li> <li>Carolyn Wheat (1996)</li> <li>M. D. Lake (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_D%27Amato" title="Barbara D'Amato">Barbara D'Amato</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pickard" title="Nancy Pickard">Nancy Pickard</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Burke" title="Jan Burke">Jan Burke</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Hall_Page" title="Katherine Hall Page">Katherine Hall Page</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marcia_Talley" title="Marcia Talley">Marcia Talley</a> (2002)</li> <li>Elizabeth Foxwell (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Viets" title="Elaine Viets">Elaine Viets</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Talley" title="Marcia Talley">Marcia Talley</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kelner" title="Toni Kelner">Toni Kelner</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Andrews_(author)" title="Donna Andrews (author)">Donna Andrews</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Cameron" title="Dana Cameron">Dana Cameron</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Phillippi_Ryan" title="Hank Phillippi Ryan">Hank Phillippi Ryan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Jane_Maffini" title="Mary Jane Maffini">Mary Jane Maffini</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Cameron" title="Dana Cameron">Dana Cameron</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Cameron" title="Dana Cameron">Dana Cameron</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Taylor_(writer)" title="Art Taylor (writer)">Art Taylor</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Taylor_(writer)" title="Art Taylor (writer)">Art Taylor</a> (2014)</li> <li>Barb Goffman (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Taylor_(writer)" title="Art Taylor (writer)">Art Taylor</a> (2016)</li> <li>Gigi Pandian (2017)</li> <li>Leslie Budewitz and Tara Laskowski (2018) (tie)</li> <li>Shawn Reilly Simmons (2019)</li> <li>Barb Goffman (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Young Adult Mystery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Callaghan" title="Cindy Callaghan">Cindy Callaghan</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Children/ Young Adult Fiction</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Warner" title="Penny Warner">Penny Warner</a> (2001)</li> <li>Daniel J. Hale & Matthew LaBrot (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Karr" title="Kathleen Karr">Kathleen Karr</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Balliett" title="Blue Balliett">Blue Balliett</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Abrahams_(American_author)" title="Peter Abrahams (American author)">Peter Abrahams</a> (2005)</li> <li>Nancy Means Wright (2006)</li> <li>Sarah Masters Buckey (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grabenstein" title="Chris Grabenstein">Chris Grabenstein</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grabenstein" title="Chris Grabenstein">Chris Grabenstein</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Smith_(writer)" title="Sarah Smith (writer)">Sarah Smith</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grabenstein" title="Chris Grabenstein">Chris Grabenstein</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Warner" title="Penny Warner">Penny Warner</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Grabenstein" title="Chris Grabenstein">Chris Grabenstein</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Warner" title="Penny Warner">Penny Warner</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Flower" title="Amanda Flower">Amanda Flower</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Warner" title="Penny Warner">Penny Warner</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Callaghan" title="Cindy Callaghan">Cindy Callaghan</a> (2017)</li> <li>Frances Schoonmaker (2019)</li> <li>Richard Narvaez (2020)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Phyllis_A._Whitney" title="Phyllis A. Whitney">Phyllis A. Whitney</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mignon_G._Eberhart" title="Mignon G. Eberhart">Mignon G. Eberhart</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Stewart_(novelist)" title="Mary Stewart (novelist)">Mary Stewart</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Lathen" title="Emma Lathen">Emma Lathen</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_MacLeod" title="Charlotte MacLeod">Charlotte MacLeod</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Moyes" title="Patricia Moyes">Patricia Moyes</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Francis" title="Dick Francis">Dick Francis</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildred_Benson" title="Mildred Benson">Mildred Benson</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Hillerman" title="Tony Hillerman">Tony Hillerman</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mertz" title="Barbara Mertz">Barbara Mertz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Peters" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Peters">Elizabeth Peters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Michaels" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbara Michaels">Barbara Michaels</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Babson" title="Marian Babson">Marian Babson</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/H.R.F._Keating" class="mw-redirect" title="H.R.F. Keating">H.R.F. Keating</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Barnard" title="Robert Barnard">Robert Barnard</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Hart" title="Carolyn Hart">Carolyn Hart</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lovesey" title="Peter Lovesey">Peter Lovesey</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Perry" title="Anne Perry">Anne Perry</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Higgins_Clark" title="Mary Higgins Clark">Mary Higgins Clark</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Grafton" title="Sue Grafton">Sue Grafton</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Brett" title="Simon Brett">Simon Brett</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Elkins" title="Aaron Elkins">Aaron Elkins</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Cannell" title="Dorothy Cannell">Dorothy Cannell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Hess" title="Joan Hess">Joan Hess</a> and <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Maron" title="Margaret Maron">Margaret Maron</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sara_Paretsky" title="Sara Paretsky">Sara Paretsky</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Hall_Page" title="Katherine Hall Page">Katherine Hall Page</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlaine_Harris" title="Charlaine Harris">Charlaine Harris</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pickard" title="Nancy Pickard">Nancy Pickard</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malice Domestic Poirot Award</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Suchet" title="David Suchet">David Suchet</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Cavin" title="Ruth Cavin">Ruth Cavin</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lansbury" title="Angela Lansbury">Angela Lansbury</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_G._Greene" title="Douglas G. Greene">Douglas G. Greene</a> (2006)</li> <li>Janet Hutchings and Linda Landrigan (2008)</li> <li>Kate Stine and Brian Skupin (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Link" title="William Link">William Link</a> (2010)</li> <li>Janet Rudolph (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Goldberg" title="Lee Goldberg">Lee Goldberg</a> (2012)</li> <li>Tom Schantz (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_G._Peters" title="Barbara G. Peters">Barbara G. Peters</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Edwards_(author)" title="Martin Edwards (author)">Martin Edwards</a> (2017)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brenda Blethyn</a> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role75" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #BDB76B"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1952–1967</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">British</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivien_Leigh" title="Vivien Leigh">Vivien Leigh</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Mitchell" title="Yvonne Mitchell">Yvonne Mitchell</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katie_Johnson_(English_actress)" title="Katie Johnson (English actress)">Katie Johnson</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_McKenna" title="Virginia McKenna">Virginia McKenna</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Sears" title="Heather Sears">Heather Sears</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Worth" title="Irene Worth">Irene Worth</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)" title="Rachel Roberts (actress)">Rachel Roberts</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dora_Bryan" title="Dora Bryan">Dora Bryan</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Caron" title="Leslie Caron">Leslie Caron</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Roberts_(actress)" title="Rachel Roberts (actress)">Rachel Roberts</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> (1967)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">Foreign</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Signoret" title="Simone Signoret">Simone Signoret</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Caron" title="Leslie Caron">Leslie Caron</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornell_Borchers" title="Cornell Borchers">Cornell Borchers</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betsy_Blair" title="Betsy Blair">Betsy Blair</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Magnani" title="Anna Magnani">Anna Magnani</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Signoret" title="Simone Signoret">Simone Signoret</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Signoret" title="Simone Signoret">Simone Signoret</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Loren" title="Sophia Loren">Sophia Loren</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Neal" title="Patricia Neal">Patricia Neal</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Neal" title="Patricia Neal">Patricia Neal</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau" title="Jeanne Moreau">Jeanne Moreau</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anouk_Aim%C3%A9e" title="Anouk Aimée">Anouk Aimée</a> (1967)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1968–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Ross" title="Katharine Ross">Katharine Ross</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Audran" title="Stéphane Audran">Stéphane Audran</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Fletcher" title="Louise Fletcher">Louise Fletcher</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Keaton" title="Diane Keaton">Diane Keaton</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Davis" title="Judy Davis">Judy Davis</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Walters" title="Julie Walters">Julie Walters</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Ashcroft" title="Peggy Ashcroft">Peggy Ashcroft</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Smith" title="Maggie Smith">Maggie Smith</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_Collins" title="Pauline Collins">Pauline Collins</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a> (1991)</li> <li><a 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(2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imelda_Staunton" title="Imelda Staunton">Imelda Staunton</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Cotillard" title="Marion Cotillard">Marion Cotillard</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Winslet" title="Kate Winslet">Kate Winslet</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carey_Mulligan" title="Carey Mulligan">Carey Mulligan</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuelle_Riva" title="Emmanuelle Riva">Emmanuelle Riva</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julianne_Moore" title="Julianne Moore">Julianne Moore</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brie_Larson" title="Brie Larson">Brie Larson</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Stone" title="Emma Stone">Emma Stone</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Colman" title="Olivia Colman">Olivia Colman</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger" title="Renée Zellweger">Renée Zellweger</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Scanlan" title="Joanna Scanlan">Joanna Scanlan</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Stone" title="Emma Stone">Emma Stone</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikey_Madison" title="Mikey Madison">Mikey Madison</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADlia_P%C3%AAra" title="Marília Pêra">Marília Pêra</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosanna_Arquette" title="Rosanna Arquette">Rosanna Arquette</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Davis" title="Judy Davis">Judy Davis</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chloe_Webb" title="Chloe Webb">Chloe Webb</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanie_Griffith" title="Melanie Griffith">Melanie Griffith</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjelica_Huston" title="Anjelica Huston">Anjelica Huston</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geena_Davis" title="Geena Davis">Geena Davis</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Thompson" title="Emma Thompson">Emma Thompson</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julianne_Moore" title="Julianne Moore">Julianne Moore</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Kidman" title="Nicole Kidman">Nicole Kidman</a> (1995)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brenda Blethyn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helena_Bonham_Carter" title="Helena Bonham Carter">Helena Bonham Carter</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Morton" title="Samantha Morton">Samantha Morton</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Swank" title="Hilary Swank">Hilary Swank</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Burstyn" title="Ellen Burstyn">Ellen Burstyn</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Gyllenhaal" title="Maggie Gyllenhaal">Maggie Gyllenhaal</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Swank" title="Hilary Swank">Hilary Swank</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reese_Witherspoon" title="Reese Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Cotillard" title="Marion Cotillard">Marion Cotillard</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Hawkins" title="Sally Hawkins">Sally Hawkins</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Williams_(actress)" title="Michelle Williams (actress)">Michelle Williams</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuelle_Riva" title="Emmanuelle Riva">Emmanuelle Riva</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Cotillard" title="Marion Cotillard">Marion Cotillard</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Rampling" title="Charlotte Rampling">Charlotte Rampling</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Huppert" title="Isabelle Huppert">Isabelle Huppert</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Hawkins" title="Sally Hawkins">Sally Hawkins</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan" title="Saoirse Ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Flanigan" title="Sidney Flanigan">Sidney Flanigan</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alana_Haim" title="Alana Haim">Alana Haim</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh" title="Michelle Yeoh">Michelle Yeoh</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lily_Gladstone" title="Lily Gladstone">Lily Gladstone</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikey_Madison" title="Mikey Madison">Mikey Madison</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/Isa_Miranda" title="Isa Miranda">Isa Miranda</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Grant" title="Lee Grant">Lee Grant</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iya_Arepina" title="Iya Arepina">Iya Arepina</a> / <a href="/wiki/Elena_Dobronravova" title="Elena Dobronravova">Elena Dobronravova</a> / <a href="/wiki/Larisa_Kronberg" title="Larisa Kronberg">Larisa Kronberg</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vera_Kuznetsova" title="Vera Kuznetsova">Vera Kuznetsova</a> / <a href="/wiki/Klara_Luchko" title="Klara Luchko">Klara Luchko</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ekaterina_Savinova" title="Ekaterina Savinova">Ekaterina Savinova</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Hayward" title="Susan Hayward">Susan Hayward</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giulietta_Masina" title="Giulietta Masina">Giulietta Masina</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibi_Andersson" title="Bibi Andersson">Bibi Andersson</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eva_Dahlbeck" title="Eva Dahlbeck">Eva Dahlbeck</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbro_Hiort_af_Orn%C3%A4s" title="Barbro Hiort af Ornäs">Barbro Hiort af Ornäs</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Thulin" title="Ingrid Thulin">Ingrid Thulin</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simone_Signoret" title="Simone Signoret">Simone Signoret</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melina_Mercouri" title="Melina Mercouri">Melina Mercouri</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jeanne_Moreau" title="Jeanne Moreau">Jeanne Moreau</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Loren" title="Sophia Loren">Sophia Loren</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn" title="Katharine Hepburn">Katharine Hepburn</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rita_Tushingham" title="Rita Tushingham">Rita Tushingham</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_Vlady" title="Marina Vlady">Marina Vlady</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a> / <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Barrie" title="Barbara Barrie">Barbara Barrie</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Eggar" title="Samantha Eggar">Samantha Eggar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave" title="Vanessa Redgrave">Vanessa Redgrave</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pia_Degermark" title="Pia Degermark">Pia Degermark</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave" title="Vanessa Redgrave">Vanessa Redgrave</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottavia_Piccolo" title="Ottavia Piccolo">Ottavia Piccolo</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Winn" title="Kitty Winn">Kitty Winn</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susannah_York" title="Susannah York">Susannah York</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9_Nat" title="Marie-José Nat">Marie-José Nat</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valerie_Perrine" title="Valerie Perrine">Valerie Perrine</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dominique_Sanda" title="Dominique Sanda">Dominique Sanda</a> / <a href="/wiki/Mari_T%C3%B6r%C5%91csik" title="Mari Törőcsik">Mari Törőcsik</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Duvall" title="Shelley Duvall">Shelley Duvall</a> / <a href="/wiki/Monique_Mercure" title="Monique Mercure">Monique Mercure</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Clayburgh" title="Jill Clayburgh">Jill Clayburgh</a> / <a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Huppert" title="Isabelle Huppert">Isabelle Huppert</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a> / <a href="/wiki/Eva_Mattes" title="Eva Mattes">Eva Mattes</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anouk_Aim%C3%A9e" title="Anouk Aimée">Anouk Aimée</a> / <a href="/wiki/Milena_Dravi%C4%87" title="Milena Dravić">Milena Dravić</a> / <a href="/wiki/Carla_Gravina" title="Carla Gravina">Carla Gravina</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Adjani" title="Isabelle Adjani">Isabelle Adjani</a> / <a href="/wiki/Elena_Solovey" title="Elena Solovey">Elena Solovey</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadwiga_Jankowska-Cie%C5%9Blak" title="Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak">Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Schygulla" title="Hanna Schygulla">Hanna Schygulla</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Aleandro" title="Norma Aleandro">Norma Aleandro</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cher" title="Cher">Cher</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Sukowa" title="Barbara Sukowa">Barbara Sukowa</a> / <a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Torres" title="Fernanda Torres">Fernanda Torres</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Hershey" title="Barbara Hershey">Barbara Hershey</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jodhi_May" title="Jodhi May">Jodhi May</a> / <a href="/wiki/Linda_Mvusi" title="Linda Mvusi">Linda Mvusi</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krystyna_Janda" title="Krystyna Janda">Krystyna Janda</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Jacob" title="Irène Jacob">Irène Jacob</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pernilla_August" title="Pernilla August">Pernilla August</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virna_Lisi" title="Virna Lisi">Virna Lisi</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> (1995)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brenda Blethyn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Burke" title="Kathy Burke">Kathy Burke</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89lodie_Bouchez" title="Élodie Bouchez">Élodie Bouchez</a> / <a href="/wiki/Natacha_R%C3%A9gnier" title="Natacha Régnier">Natacha Régnier</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9verine_Caneele" title="Séverine Caneele">Séverine Caneele</a> / <a href="/wiki/%C3%89milie_Dequenne" title="Émilie Dequenne">Émilie Dequenne</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rk" title="Björk">Björk</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Huppert" title="Isabelle Huppert">Isabelle Huppert</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kati_Outinen" title="Kati Outinen">Kati Outinen</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9e_Croze" title="Marie-Josée Croze">Marie-Josée Croze</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Cheung" title="Maggie Cheung">Maggie Cheung</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hana_Laszlo" title="Hana Laszlo">Hana Laszlo</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yohana_Cobo" title="Yohana Cobo">Yohana Cobo</a> / <a 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(2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice_Bejo" title="Bérénice Bejo">Bérénice Bejo</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julianne_Moore" title="Julianne Moore">Julianne Moore</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuelle_Bercot" title="Emmanuelle Bercot">Emmanuelle Bercot</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rooney_Mara" title="Rooney Mara">Rooney Mara</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaclyn_Jose" title="Jaclyn Jose">Jaclyn Jose</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Kruger" title="Diane Kruger">Diane Kruger</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samal_Yeslyamova" title="Samal Yeslyamova">Samal Yeslyamova</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_Beecham" title="Emily Beecham">Emily Beecham</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Renate_Reinsve" title="Renate Reinsve">Renate Reinsve</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zar_Amir_Ebrahimi" title="Zar Amir Ebrahimi">Zar Amir Ebrahimi</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merve_Dizdar" title="Merve Dizdar">Merve Dizdar</a> (2023)</li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland" title="Olivia de Havilland">Olivia de Havilland</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Swanson" title="Gloria Swanson">Gloria Swanson</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Wyman" title="Jane Wyman">Jane Wyman</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Booth" title="Shirley Booth">Shirley Booth</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn" title="Audrey Hepburn">Audrey Hepburn</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Kelly" title="Grace Kelly">Grace Kelly</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Magnani" title="Anna Magnani">Anna Magnani</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Bergman" title="Ingrid Bergman">Ingrid Bergman</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Hayward" title="Susan Hayward">Susan Hayward</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor" title="Elizabeth Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greer_Garson" title="Greer Garson">Greer Garson</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Caron" title="Leslie Caron">Leslie Caron</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samantha_Eggar" title="Samantha Eggar">Samantha Eggar</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anouk_Aim%C3%A9e" title="Anouk Aimée">Anouk Aimée</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Bujold" title="Geneviève Bujold">Geneviève Bujold</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_MacGraw" title="Ali MacGraw">Ali MacGraw</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liv_Ullmann" title="Liv Ullmann">Liv Ullmann</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marsha_Mason" title="Marsha Mason">Marsha Mason</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gena_Rowlands" title="Gena Rowlands">Gena Rowlands</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Fletcher" title="Louise Fletcher">Louise Fletcher</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #CFB53B;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faye_Dunaway" title="Faye Dunaway">Faye Dunaway</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Fonda" title="Jane Fonda">Jane Fonda</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Field" title="Sally Field">Sally Field</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marlee_Matlin" title="Marlee Matlin">Marlee Matlin</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Kirkland" title="Sally Kirkland">Sally Kirkland</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a> / <a href="/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine" title="Shirley MacLaine">Shirley MacLaine</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sigourney_Weaver" title="Sigourney Weaver">Sigourney Weaver</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Pfeiffer" title="Michelle Pfeiffer">Michelle Pfeiffer</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Bates" title="Kathy Bates">Kathy Bates</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jodie_Foster" title="Jodie Foster">Jodie Foster</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Thompson" title="Emma Thompson">Emma Thompson</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Hunter" title="Holly Hunter">Holly Hunter</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lange" title="Jessica Lange">Jessica Lange</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Stone" title="Sharon Stone">Sharon Stone</a> (1995)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brenda Blethyn</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Swank" title="Hilary Swank">Hilary Swank</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Roberts" title="Julia Roberts">Julia Roberts</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: 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Portman">Natalie Portman</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meryl_Streep" title="Meryl Streep">Meryl Streep</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Chastain" title="Jessica Chastain">Jessica Chastain</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cate_Blanchett" title="Cate Blanchett">Cate Blanchett</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julianne_Moore" title="Julianne Moore">Julianne Moore</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brie_Larson" title="Brie Larson">Brie Larson</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabelle_Huppert" title="Isabelle Huppert">Isabelle Huppert</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frances_McDormand" title="Frances McDormand">Frances McDormand</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Close" title="Glenn Close">Glenn Close</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Zellweger" title="Renée Zellweger">Renée Zellweger</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andra_Day" title="Andra Day">Andra Day</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Kidman" title="Nicole Kidman">Nicole Kidman</a> 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Manville</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olivia_Colman" title="Olivia Colman">Olivia Colman</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Riseborough" title="Andrea Riseborough">Andrea Riseborough</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judi_Dench" title="Judi Dench">Judi Dench</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosamund_Pike" title="Rosamund Pike">Rosamund Pike</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saoirse_Ronan" title="Saoirse Ronan">Saoirse Ronan</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale" title="Kate Beckinsale">Kate Beckinsale</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Hawkins" title="Sally Hawkins">Sally Hawkins</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Buckley" title="Jessie Buckley">Jessie Buckley</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Pugh" title="Florence Pugh">Florence Pugh</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morfydd_Clark" title="Morfydd Clark">Morfydd Clark</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tilda_Swinton" title="Tilda Swinton">Tilda Swinton</a> (2021)</li> <li><a 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