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Brenda Anne Blethyn (née Brenda Anne Bottle; 20 February 1946) is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film, best known for her role in Mike Leigh's 1996 drama ''Secrets & Lies''. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. In addition, she has won a BAFTA, an Empire Award and a Golden Lion and has earned a Theatre World Award and both a Critics' Circle Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical work. Born into a working class home, Blethyn pursued an administrative career until her early 30s before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting after the dissolution of her marriage in 1973. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and received credits for her performances in ''Troilus and Cressida'' (1976) and ''Mysteries'' (1979). In 1981, Blethyn earned her first critical acclaim for ''Steaming''. In 1980, Blethyn made her television debut in Mike Leigh's film ''Grown-Ups''. After a modest number of guest spots in several productions, in the mid-1980s she garnered leading roles in the short-run sitcoms ''Chance in a Million'' and ''The Labours of Erica''. Having followed her big screen debut with smaller supporting roles in films such as ''The Witches'' (1990) and ''A River Runs Through It'' (1992), she made a major cinema breakthrough with her role in the 1996 dramedy ''Secrets & Lies'', for which she received rave reviews. Blethyn has since appeared in an eclectic range of films, including independent comedies such as ''Saving Grace'' (2000), ''Plots with a View'' (2002) and ''Clubland'' (2007), music-themed films like ''Little Voice'' (1998) and ''Beyond the Sea'' (2004) and big-budget dramas such as ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005) and ''Atonement'' (2007), the latter of which rank among the biggest commercial successes of her career. In addition, Blethyn has appeared in television productions including ''The Buddha of Suburbia'' (1993), '':Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001), ''Belonging'' (2004) and ''War and Peace'' (2007). Her most recent leading role in TV drama is the title role in ''Vera'' (2011), playing Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. ==Early life== Born in Ramsgate, Kent, Blethyn was the youngest of the nine children in a Roman Catholic, working-class family. Her mother, Louisa Kathleen (née Supple; born 10 May 1904 – died 1992), was a housewife and former maid, who met Blethyn's father, William Charles Bottle (born 5 March 1894 – died c. 1984) around 1922 while working for the same household in Broadstairs, Kent.〔(Famous family trees: Brenda Blethyn | News | findmypast.co.uk )〕 Bottle had previously worked as a shepherd, and spent six years in British India with the Royal Field Artillery immediately prior to returning home to Broadstairs to become the family's chauffeur.〔 Before WWII, he found work as a mechanic at the Vauxhall car factory in Luton, Bedfordshire.〔 The family lived in poor circumstances at their maternal grandmother's home. It was, however, not until 1944, after an engagement of twenty years, that the couple wed and moved into a small rented house in Ramsgate.〔 By the time Blethyn was born in 1946, her three eldest siblings, Pam, Ted and Bernard, had already left home.〔 Her parents were the first to introduce Blethyn to the cinema, taking her to the cinema weekly.〔(New High For Brenda ). ''Toronto Sun''. 8 August 2000〕 Blethyn originally trained at technical college and worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper for a bank. At the end of a marriage, she opted to turn her hobby of amateur dramatics to her professional advantage. After studying at the Guildford School of Acting, she went onto the London stage in 1976, performing several seasons at the Royal National Theatre. The shows she participated in during the following three years, included ''Troilus and Cressida'', ''Tamburlaine the Great'', ''The Fruits of Enlightenment'' opposite Sir Ralph Richardson, ''Bedroom Farce'', ''The Passion'' and ''Strife''.〔(Profile at Broadway.com ). Retrieved December 2005〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brenda Blethyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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