Brenda Blethyn at an event for Orgueil et préjugés (2005)

Awards

Brenda Blethyn

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25 wins & 50 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

1999 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Little Voice
1997 Nominee Oscar
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Secrets et Mensonges

Australian Film Institute

2007 Nominee AFI Award
- Best Lead Actress
- Clubland

Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming

2005 Winner Golden FIPA
- Fiction: Actress
- Nouveau départ

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

1996 Winner BSFC Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

BAFTA Awards

2006 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Orgueil et préjugés
2005 Nominee BAFTA TV Award
- Best Actress
- Nouveau départ
1999 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Little Voice
1997 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Secrets et Mensonges

British Comedy Awards

1994 Winner British Comedy Award
- Best TV Comedy Actress
- Outside Edge

British Independent Film Awards

2000 Nominee British Independent Film Award
- Best Actress
- Saving Grace

Cannes Film Festival

1996 Winner Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

1997 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Primetime Emmy Awards

2009 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- New York - Unité spéciale
For playing "Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cantwell". For episode "Persona".
2001 Nominee Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Anne Frank
For playing: "Auguste Van Pels".

Evening Standard British Film Awards

2011 Nominee Evening Standard British Film Award
- Best Actress
- London River

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

1997 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Golden Globes, USA

2001 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Saving Grace
1999 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Little Voice
1997 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Secrets et Mensonges

Satellite Awards

2002 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
- Anne Frank
2001 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
- Saving Grace
1999 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
- Little Voice
1997 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
- Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
- Secrets et Mensonges

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2006 Nominee ALFS Award
- British Supporting Actress of the Year
- Orgueil et préjugés
2001 Nominee ALFS Award
- British Actress of the Year
- Saving Grace
1997 Winner ALFS Award
- British Actress of the Year
- Secrets et Mensonges

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1996 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Monte-Carlo TV Festival

2010 Nominee Golden Nymph
- Television Films - Best Performance by an Actress
- London River

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

1997 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

National Television Awards, UK

2024 Nominee National Television Award
- Most Popular Drama Performance
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2023 Nominee National Television Award
- Most Popular Drama Performance
- Les enquêtes de Vera

Royal Television Society, UK

2025 Winner RTS North East & Border Television Award
- Drama Performance
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2025 Winner RTS North East & Border Television Award
- Outstanding Contribution Award
- Les enquêtes de Vera
Shared with: Ann Cleeves
2017 Winner RTS North East & Border Television Award
- Performance of the Year
- Les enquêtes de Vera

Screen Actors Guild Awards

1999 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Little Voice
1999 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast
- Little Voice
Shared with: Annette Badland · Jim Broadbent · Michael Caine · Jane Horrocks · Philip Jackson · Ewan McGregor
1997 Nominee Actor
- Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
- Secrets et Mensonges

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

1997 Nominee SEFCA Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

IF Awards

2007 Nominee IF Award
- Best Actress
- Clubland

Empire Awards, UK

2001 Nominee Empire Award
- Best British Actress
- Saving Grace
1997 Winner Empire Award
- Best British Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Tribeca Film Festival

2025 Winner Best Performance
- Best Performance in an International Narrative Feature
- Dragonfly
United Kingdom
Shared with: Andrea Riseborough

Sant Jordi Awards

1997 Winner Sant Jordi
- Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
- Secrets et Mensonges

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards

2006 Winner Camie
- Orgueil et préjugés
Shared with: Joe Wright · Keira Knightley · Matthew Macfadyen · Donald Sutherland

British Animation Awards

2018 Nominee BAA
- Best Voice Performance
- Ethel & Ernest

Monaco International Film Festival

2011 Winner Angel Film Award
- Best Actress
- My Angel

Chlotrudis Awards

1997 Nominee Chlotrudis Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Capri, Hollywood

2014 Winner Capri Lifetime Achievement Award

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2005 Nominee WAFCA Award
- Best Supporting Actress
- Orgueil et préjugés

DVD Exclusive Awards

2003 Winner DVDX Award
- Best Supporting Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie
- Amour interdit

Alliance of Women Film Journalists

2007 Nominee EDA Female Focus Award
- Actress Defying Age and Ageism
- Reviens-moi

Crime Thriller Awards, UK

2014 Nominee Dagger
- Best Leading Actress
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2012 Nominee Dagger
- Best Leading Actress
- Les enquêtes de Vera

SESC Film Festival, Brazil

2011 Winner Audience Award
- Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira)
- London River

Online Film & Television Association

2009 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series
- New York - Unité spéciale
2001 Winner OFTA Television Award
- Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
- Anne Frank
2000 Nominee OFTA Television Award
- Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
- Citizen Welles
1997 Nominee OFTA Film Award
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges
1997 Winner OFTA Film Award
- Best Drama Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

Awards Circuit Community Awards

1996 Nominee ACCA
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Secrets et Mensonges
Runner-Up

Gold Derby Awards

2008 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
- Ensemble Cast
- Reviens-moi
Shared with: Michelle Duncan · Romola Garai · Keira Knightley · James McAvoy · Vanessa Redgrave · Saoirse Ronan · Juno Temple · Harriet Walter · Julia West

TV Choice Awards UK

2025 Nominee TV Choice Award
- Best Drama Performance
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2025 Winner Outstanding Contribution Award
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2023 Nominee TV Choice Award
- Best Actress
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2020 Nominee TV Choice Award
- Best Actress
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2019 Nominee TV Choice Award
- Best Actress
- Les enquêtes de Vera

20/20 Awards

2017 Nominee Felix
- Best Actress
- Secrets et Mensonges

TV Times Awards

2024 Nominee TV Times Award
- Favourite Actor (Drama)
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2022 Nominee TV Times Award
- Favourite Dramatic Performance
- Les enquêtes de Vera
2022 Nominee TV Times Award
- Favourite Comedic Performance
- Kate & Koji

Rose d'Or

2021 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
- Les enquêtes de Vera

Indie Shorts Awards Cannes

2021 Winner Certificate of Achievement
- Best Actress
- Strawberry Fields Forever

Indie Shorts Awards New York

2021 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Actress
- Strawberry Fields Forever

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