An old tutor at Guildford School of Acting – Ian Ricketts. He is a wonderfully inspiring man.
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Brenda Blethyn
British actress
United Kingdom · b. 1946
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Brenda Blethyn, 66, was born Brenda Bottle in Ramsgate, Kent. She worked as a secretary for British Rail and did amateur dramatics before going to drama school at the age of 27. In 1980, she was cast by Mike Leigh in the BBC film Grown-Ups and later starred in the same director's 1996 film Secret & Lies, a role that earned her an Oscar nomination. She was also Oscar-nominated for her performance in the 1998 film Little Voice. She has appeared at the National Theatre and on Broadway, and stars as DCI Vera Stanhope in the ITV series Vera, which begins a second season on 22 April.
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