Brenda Fricker

Actor Feb 17 (age 81) Dublin, Ireland 1951–2024 (73 year career)

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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

Film

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Pigeon Lady

Film

A Time to Kill

Ethel Twitty

Film

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

Mrs. Brown

Film

Inside I'm Dancing

Eileen

Film

Albert Nobbs

Polly

Film

Veronica Guerin

Bernie Guerin

Film

So I Married an Axe Murderer

May Mackenzie

Film

Angels in the Outfield

Maggie Nelson

Filmography

Acting (84)

Movies (58)

The Swallow

The Miracle Club

as Maureen (voice)

Deadly

as Bridie

A Long Way From Home

as Brenda

Albert Nobbs

as Polly

Muide Éire

as Herself

Cloudburst

as Dot

Locked In

as Joan

The Liberties

as Self

Stone of Destiny

as Mrs. McQuarry

Closing the Ring

as Eleanor

How About You...

as Heather Nightingale

Tara Road

as Mona

Milk

as Nan

Omagh

as Nuala O'Loan

Trauma

as Petra

Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss

as Madame Alex

Inside I'm Dancing

as Eileen

Veronica Guerin

as Bernie Guerin

Conspiracy of Silence

as Annie McLaughlin

Watermelon

as Teresa Ryan

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

as Alexandra MacLean

The Intended

as Mrs. Jones

Pete's Meteor

as Lily

I Was a Rat

as Joan Jones

The War Bride

as Betty

Cupid & Cate

as Willie Hendley

Resurrection

as Clare's mother

Durango

as Aunt Maeve

The American

as Mrs. Bread

Painted Angels

as Annie Ryan

Resurrection Man

as Dorcas Kelly

Masterminds

as Principal Claire Maloney

Swann

as Rose Hindmarch

A Time to Kill

as Ethel Twitty

Moll Flanders

as madame Mazzawatty

Journey

as Lottie

Out of Ireland

as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)

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Angels in the Outfield

as Maggie Nelson

Deadly Advice

as Iris Greenwood

A Man of No Importance

1994

as Lily Byrne

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The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

1993

as Eliza

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So I Married an Axe Murderer

1993

as May Mackenzie

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

as Pigeon Lady

Utz

as Marta

The Field

as Maggie McCabe

My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

1989

as Mrs. Brown

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The Picnic

1989

as Ray's Mother

The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

1985

as Mary

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Exploits at West Poley

1985

as Aunt Draycott

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The Ballroom of Romance

as Bridie

Bloody Kids

as Nurse

The Quatermass Conclusion

1979

as Alison Thorpe

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The Music Machine

1979

as Mrs. Pearson

Licking Hitler

1978

as Eileen Graham

Your Man from Six Counties

1976

as Mollie

The Virgins

1974

as Pat Moran

Sinful Davey

1969

as Maid (uncredited)

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Television (26)

The Catch

2023

as Phyllis

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Holding

2022

as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany

Cam Boy

as Tilda

The Meaning of Life

as Self

Beautiful People

as Narg

No Tears

as Grainne McFadden

I Was a Rat

2001

as Joan Jones

Relative Strangers

1999

as Maureen

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A Woman of Independent Means

as Mother Steed

Seekers

as Stella Hazard

Brides of Christ

as Sister Agnes

Casualty

as Megan Roach

Casualty

as Megan Roach

Screen Two

as Ray's Mother

Eh Brian! It's A Whopper

1984

as Bridget

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The Gathering Seed

1983

as Kitty Henshaw

Quatermass

as Alison Thorpe

Angels

Playhouse

as Dorothy

Black and Blue

as Ellie

Play for Today

The Sinners

as Joan Twomey

BBC Play of the Month

as Emma

Armchair Theatre

as Pat Moran

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lottie

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