Agatha Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2018) Special Award
Brenda Blethyn
ブレンダ・ブレシン
Burenda Bureshin
Aliases:
Brenda Bottle
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1946-02-20 （Ramsgate, Kent, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Ramsgate, Kent, England
Career
- Occupations
- Actress
- Active Years
- 1976-2024
- Affiliations
- Royal National Theatre
- Influenced By
- Mike Leigh
- Influenced
- Subsequent actresses
- Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Actress (Secrets & Lies), Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Little Voice), Primetime Emmy Award
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford School of Acting | — | Acting | — | — | England |
Guildford School of Acting
Acting
Country:
England
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress | Secrets & Lies | — | Cannes Film Festival | 受賞 |
| 1997 | BAFTA Award for Best Actress | Secrets & Lies | — | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Drama | Secrets & Lies | — | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | — | — | British Monarchy | 授与 |
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
1996
Work:
Secrets & Lies
Organization:
Cannes Film Festival
Result:
受賞
BAFTA Award for Best Actress
1997
Work:
Secrets & Lies
Organization:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Result:
受賞
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Drama
1997
Work:
Secrets & Lies
Organization:
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Result:
受賞
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2003
Organization:
British Monarchy
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Secrets & Lies
1996 DramaA working-class mother reunites with her adult black daughter given up for adoption.
Family secretsClass differencesRace
Vera
2011 Crime dramaDetective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope solves crimes in this ITV series.
Crime investigationLonelinessNorthern England
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Versatile character workImprovisational acting
- Recurring Motifs
- Working-class womenComplex mothers
Legacy
Renowned British actress known for awards-winning role in Secrets & Lies and long-running Vera series.
Trivia
- Youngest of nine children
- From a Roman Catholic working-class family