Brenda Blethyn earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for Little Voice Blethyn acknowledges Vera was initially a hard sell. "I don't think people liked her very much," she says.

Brenda Blethyn's life away from Vera including her early childhood, her first husband who left her and the man she's been with for 50 years.

Brenda Blethyn has announced that she is departing the long-running detective series “Vera” after its upcoming 14th season, which will also be its last.. Filming on the final season will take ...

The 79-year-old actress will debut her new film, Dragonfly, at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in August, after it ...

Brenda Blethyn has taken on a new role following ITV's Vera, and fans will struggle to recognise the actress in the upcoming ...

Brenda Blethyn reveals why she's saying goodbye to iconic DCI Vera Stanhope and tells us what's in store for the final ever season of Vera.

For 14 seasons, Oscar-nominated Brenda Blethyn has donned Vera’s drab brown mac, crumpled wax bucket hat and inevitable scarf and bundled it all into a truly ancient Land Rover to stomp around ...

Brenda Blethyn as Vera. ITV Blethyn, who was born Brenda Bottle (she kept her first husband’s name after their marriage ended in 1973), didn’t have a TV growing up in Ramsgate – in fact, she ...

Vera star Brenda Blethyn has revealed she is “semi-retired” after leaving the ITV series to spend more time with her family, having not had a summer with her husband “for 14 years”.

Brenda Blethyn, everybody's favourite on-screen mother, hits the TV detective beat next month. But first, she's got one or two surprising confessions of her own.

Brenda Blethyn is one of the UK's most esteemed actresses and boasts an impressive CV of stage and screen credits She was catapulted to global fame with her lead role in the film, Secrets and Lies ...