
Brenda Fricker
Biography
Brenda Fricker (born February 17, 1945) is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has 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…
Known For
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Pigeon Lady
A Time to Kill
Ethel Twitty
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Mrs. Brown
Inside I'm Dancing
Eileen
Albert Nobbs
Polly
Veronica Guerin
Bernie Guerin
So I Married an Axe Murderer
May Mackenzie
Angels in the Outfield
Maggie Nelson
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Filmography
Acting (84)
Movies (58)
The Swallow
2024
The Miracle Club
2023as Maureen (voice)
Deadly
2014as Bridie
A Long Way From Home
2013as Brenda
Albert Nobbs
2011as Polly
Muide Éire
2011as Herself
Cloudburst
2011as Dot
Locked In
2010as Joan
The Liberties
2009as Self
Stone of Destiny
2008as Mrs. McQuarry
Closing the Ring
2007as Eleanor
How About You...
2007as Heather Nightingale
Tara Road
2005as Mona
Milk
2005as Nan
Omagh
2005as Nuala O'Loan
Trauma
2004as Petra
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004as Madame Alex
Inside I'm Dancing
2004as Eileen
Veronica Guerin
2003as Bernie Guerin
Conspiracy of Silence
2003as Annie McLaughlin
Watermelon
2003as Teresa Ryan
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
2002as Alexandra MacLean
The Intended
2002as Mrs. Jones
Pete's Meteor
2002as Lily
I Was a Rat
2001as Joan Jones
The War Bride
2001as Betty
Cupid & Cate
2000as Willie Hendley
Resurrection
1999as Clare's mother
Durango
1999as Aunt Maeve
The American
1998as Mrs. Bread
Painted Angels
1998as Annie Ryan
Resurrection Man
1998as Dorcas Kelly
Masterminds
1997as Principal Claire Maloney
Swann
1997as Rose Hindmarch
A Time to Kill
1996as Ethel Twitty
Moll Flanders
1996as madame Mazzawatty
Journey
1995as Lottie
Out of Ireland
1995as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
Angels in the Outfield
1994as Maggie Nelson
Deadly Advice
1994as Iris Greenwood
A Man of No Importance
1994as Lily Byrne
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
1993as Eliza
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993as May Mackenzie
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992as Pigeon Lady
Utz
1992as Marta
The Field
1990as Maggie McCabe
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989as Mrs. Brown
The Picnic
1989as Ray's Mother
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
1985as Mary
Exploits at West Poley
1985as Aunt Draycott
The Ballroom of Romance
1982as Bridie
Bloody Kids
1980as Nurse
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979as Alison Thorpe
The Music Machine
1979as Mrs. Pearson
Licking Hitler
1978as Eileen Graham
Your Man from Six Counties
1976as Mollie
The Virgins
1974as Pat Moran
Sinful Davey
1969as Maid (uncredited)
Television (26)
The Catch
2023as Phyllis
Holding
2022as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
Cam Boy
2021as Tilda
The Meaning of Life
2009as Self
Beautiful People
2008as Narg
No Tears
2002as Grainne McFadden
I Was a Rat
2001as Joan Jones
Relative Strangers
1999as Maureen
A Woman of Independent Means
1995as Mother Steed
Seekers
1993as Stella Hazard
Brides of Christ
1991as Sister Agnes
Casualty
1986as Megan Roach
Casualty
1986as Megan Roach
Screen Two
1985as Ray's Mother
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
1984as Bridget
The Gathering Seed
1983as Kitty Henshaw
Quatermass
1979as Alison Thorpe
Angels
1975
Playhouse
1974as Dorothy
Black and Blue
1973as Ellie
Play for Today
1970The Sinners
1970as Joan Twomey
BBC Play of the Month
1965as Emma
Armchair Theatre
1956as Pat Moran
The Oscars
1953as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Lottie
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