Brenda Blethyn: movies and TV shows
Brenda Blethyn has 105 credits in the archive: 64 films and 41 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Yes Minister (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1998 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | A Woman of Substance | Older Emma Harle | TV | 7.9 | 80 |
| 2025 | Dragonfly | Elsie | Film | 6.4 | 79 |
| 2025 | Vera, Farewell Pet | Herself / Vera | Film | — | 79 |
| 2022 | Charlotte | Grossmama (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2020 | Kate & Koji | Kate Abbott | TV | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2018 | Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen | Narrator | Film | — | 72 |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Ethel Briggs (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 70 |
| 2014 | Two Men in Town | Emily Smith | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha | Martha | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Nina | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 2011 | Vera | DCI Vera Stanhope | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2011 | My Angel | Headmistress | Film | 4.0 | 65 |
| 2011 | The Many Faces of... Michael Caine | Film | — | 65 | |
| 2010 | My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths | Mama Heffalump (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 2010 | The Calling | Sister Ignatious | Film | — | 64 |
| 2009 | Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too | Mama Heffalump (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2009 | London River | Elisabeth | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2009 | Dead Man Running | Mother | Film | 5.8 | 63 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | Atonement | Grace Turner | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2007 | War and Peace | Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa | TV | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2007 | Clubland | Jean | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 2007 | Clubland | Film | 5.2 | 61 | |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 60 |
| 2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Angela Kimble | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 2006 | Mysterious Creatures | Wendy Ainscow | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Mrs. Bennet | Film | 8.1 | 59 |
| 2005 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Mama Heffalump (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | On a Clear Day | Joan | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Polly Cassotto | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Nesta Pett | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 2004 | A Way of Life | Annette | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2004 | Belonging | Jess Copplestone | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2003 | The Sleeping Dictionary | Aggie | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2003 | Between The Sheets | Hazel Delany | TV | 5.2 | 57 |
| 2003 | Blizzard | Aunt Millie | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot | Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Mrs. Fairgood (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2002 | Lovely & Amazing | Jane Marks | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2002 | Undertaking Betty | Betty Rhys-Jones | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2002 | The Yellow Bird | Mrs. Louise Tutwiler | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Sonny | Jewel | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 2002 | Pumpkin | Judy Romanoff | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2001 | On the Nose | Mrs. Delaney | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Auguste Rottgen-van Pels | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2001 | Daddy and Them | Julia Montgomery | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 2000 | Saving Grace | Grace Trevethyn | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Linnie Malcolm | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | Louella Parsons | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self - Guest | TV | 7.4 | 52 |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Grace Swan | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1998 | Inside the Golden Statue | Self | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | Girls' Night | Dawn Wilkinson | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Mari Hoff | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | In the Winter Dark | Ida Stubbs | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 1998 | Night Train | Alice Mooney | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1997 | Remember Me? | Shirley | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | TV | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1994 | Outside Edge | Miriam Dervish | TV | 7.6 | 48 |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self | TV | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1993 | The Buddha of Suburbia | Margaret Amir | TV | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1993 | The Bullion Boys | Gwen | Film | — | 47 |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | self | TV | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1992 | Maigret | TV | 7.6 | 46 | |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through It | Mrs. Maclean | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1991 | All Good Things | Shirley Frame | TV | — | 45 |
| 1990 | The Witches | Mrs Jenkins | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Gwen | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1989 | Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story | Ticki Tocquet | TV | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1989 | The Labours of Erica | TV | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1989 | The Shawl | Miss A | Film | — | 43 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller | Storyteller's Wife | TV | 8.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | The Play on One | Miss A | TV | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | The Storyteller: A Story Short | The Storyteller's Wife | Film | — | 42 |
| 1987 | Claws | Sylvia | Film | — | 41 |
| 1986 | Sunday Premiere | Sylvia | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1985 | The Mysteries | Mary Magdalene / Mary | TV | — | 39 |
| 1984 | Weekend Playhouse | Jean Saunders | TV | — | 38 |
| 1984 | Chance in a Million | Alison Little | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1984 | Who Dares Wins | Various | TV | — | 38 |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Angela Foley | TV | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1983 | Death of an Expert Witness | Angela Foley | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1983 | Henry VI Part 1 | Joan La Pucelle | Film | 7.7 | 37 |
| 1983 | Floating Off | Janice | Film | — | 37 |
| 1982 | King Lear | Cordelia | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1982 | Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1981 | Say No to Strangers | Policewoman | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | Yes Minister | TV | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1980 | Bedroom Farce | Kate | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | Sheppey | Miss Grange | Film | — | 34 |
| 1980 | The Imitation Game | Film | 7.8 | 34 | |
| 1980 | Grown-Ups | Gloria | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Carol Hutchins | TV | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Pauline | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Gloria | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 1 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 1 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | TV | 7.1 | 1 |
| King of the Teds | Nina | Film | — | — | |
| Strawberry Fields Forever | Grannie Nellie | Film | — | — | |
| Fools | Film | — | — |