‘She’s let herself go, she’s aged so much’: how these words became Brenda Blethyn’s ‘biggest compliment’

Brenda Blethyn attends the "Gerry & Sewell" gala night at Aldwych Theatre.

Brenda Blethyn speaks with the level of openness about personal topics that you'd expect from the Vera icon.

She's been very candid about the reasons she lives separately from her husband, and why she chose not to have children.