Brenda Fricker
Acting
- Born:
- 1945-02-17
- Died:
- 2026-07-17
- Place of birth:
- Dublin, Ireland
Biography
Brenda Fricker (February 17, 1945 – July 17, 2026) was an Irish actress, whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). She also appeared in films such as The Field (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011). She was also a regular as a nurse in the BBC drama Casualty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Swallow
The Miracle Club
The Catch
Holding
Cam Boy
Deadly
A Long Way From Home
Albert Nobbs
Muide Éire
Cloudburst
The Body Farm
Locked In
The Meaning of Life
The Liberties
Stone of Destiny
Beautiful People
How About You...
Closing the Ring
Tara Road
Omagh
Milk
Inside I'm Dancing
Trauma
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Veronica Guerin
Conspiracy of Silence
Watermelon
Pete's Meteor
The Intended
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
No Tears
I Was a Rat
I Was a Rat
The War Bride
Cupid & Cate
Durango
Resurrection
Relative Strangers
The American
Painted Angels
Resurrection Man
Masterminds
Swann
A Time to Kill
Moll Flanders
Journey
Out of Ireland
A Woman of Independent Means
A Man of No Importance
Angels in the Outfield
Deadly Advice
So I Married an Axe Murderer
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Seekers
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Utz
Brides of Christ
The Field
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
The Picnic
Casualty
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Screen Two
Exploits at West Poley
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
The Gathering Seed
The Ballroom of Romance
Bloody Kids
The Quatermass Conclusion
Quatermass
The Music Machine
Licking Hitler
Your Man from Six Counties
Angels
The Virgins
Playhouse
Black and Blue
Play for Today
The Sinners
Sinful Davey
BBC Play of the Month
Armchair Theatre
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame