Brenda Fricker
February 17, 1945 (79 years old) in Dublin, Ireland
Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 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 Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Miracle Club as Maureen (voice)
- 2023 · The Catch as Phyllis
- 2022 · Holding as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
- 2021 · Cam Boy as Tilda
- 2014 · Deadly as Bridie
- 2013 · A Long Way From Home as Brenda
- 2011 · Albert Nobbs as Polly
- 2011 · Cloudburst as Dot
- 2010 · Locked In as Joan
- 2008 · Stone of Destiny as Mrs. McQuarry
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Narg
- 2007 · How About You... as Heather Nightingale
- 2007 · Closing the Ring as Eleanor
- 2005 · Tara Road as Mona
- 2005 · Omagh as Nuala O'Loan
- 2005 · Milk as Nan
- 2004 · Inside I'm Dancing as Eileen
- 2004 · Trauma as Petra
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Madame Alex
- 2003 · Veronica Guerin as Bernie Guerin
- 2003 · Conspiracy of Silence as Annie McLaughlin
- 2003 · Watermelon as Teresa Ryan
- 2002 · Pete's Meteor as Lily
- 2002 · The Intended as Mrs. Jones
- 2002 · Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story as Alexandra MacLean
- 2002 · No Tears as Grainne McFadden
- 2001 · I Was a Rat as Joan Jones
- 2001 · I Was a Rat as Joan Jones
- 2001 · The War Bride as Betty
- 2000 · Cupid & Cate as Willie Hendley
- 1999 · Durango as Aunt Maeve
- 1999 · Resurrection as Clare's mother
- 1999 · Relative Strangers as Maureen
- 1998 · The American as Mrs. Bread
- 1998 · Painted Angels as Annie Ryan
- 1998 · Resurrection Man as Dorcas Kelly
- 1997 · Masterminds as Principal Claire Maloney
- 1997 · Swann as Rose Hindmarch
- 1996 · A Time to Kill as Ethel Twitty
- 1996 · Moll Flanders as madame Mazzawatty
- 1995 · Journey as Lottie
- 1995 · A Woman of Independent Means as Mother Steed
- 1994 · A Man of No Importance as Lily Byrne
- 1994 · Angels in the Outfield as Maggie Nelson
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Iris Greenwood
- 1994 · Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
- 1993 · So I Married an Axe Murderer as May Mackenzie
- 1993 · The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story as Eliza
- 1993 · Seekers as Stella Hazard
- 1992 · Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Pigeon Lady
- 1992 · Utz as Marta
- 1991 · Brides of Christ as Sister Agnes
- 1990 · The Field as Maggie McCabe
- 1989 · My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown as Mrs. Brown
- 1989 · The Picnic as Ray's Mother
- 1986 · Casualty as Megan Roach
- 1985 · The Woman Who Married Clark Gable as Mary
- 1985 · Exploits at West Poley as Aunt Draycott
- 1984 · Eh Brian! It's A Whopper as Bridget
- 1983 · The Gathering Seed as Kitty Henshaw
- 1982 · The Ballroom of Romance as Bridie
- 1980 · Bloody Kids as Nurse
- 1979 · Quatermass as Alison Thorpe
- 1979 · The Quatermass Conclusion as Alison Thorpe
- 1979 · The Music Machine as Mrs. Pearson
- 1978 · Licking Hitler as Eileen Graham
- 1976 · Your Man from Six Counties as Mollie
- 1975 · Angels as
- 1974 · The Virgins as Pat Moran
- 1973 · High Kampf as Ellie
- 1973 · Black and Blue as
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1969 · Sinful Davey as Maid
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Emma
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lottie
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Willie Hendley
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Maeve