Brenda Fricker
Born in Dublin, Ireland — Feb 17 1945
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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 (200…
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Casualty
Megan Roach
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Emma
The Oscars
Self
Screen Two
Ray's Mother
Playhouse
Dorothy
Angels
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Pigeon Lady
A Time to Kill
Ethel Twitty
Beautiful People
Narg
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lottie
Brides of Christ
Sister Agnes
Black and Blue
Ellie
Quatermass
Alison Thorpe
Closing the Ring
Eleanor
The Catch
Phyllis
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Mrs. Brown
Holding
as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
Cam Boy
Tilda
Angels in the Outfield
Maggie Nelson
A Woman of Independent Means
Mother Steed
The Gathering Seed
Kitty Henshaw
Armchair Theatre
Pat Moran
The Field
Maggie McCabe
So I Married an Axe Murderer
May Mackenzie
Veronica Guerin
Bernie Guerin
Albert Nobbs
Polly
Moll Flanders
madame Mazzawatty
No Tears
Grainne McFadden
Masterminds
Principal Claire Maloney
Pete's Meteor
Lily
Tara Road
Mona
Journey
Lottie
Deadly Advice
Iris Greenwood
Trauma
Petra
Stone of Destiny
Mrs. McQuarry
A Man of No Importance
Lily Byrne
The Miracle Club
Maureen (voice)
Sinful Davey
Maid (uncredited)
The Intended
Mrs. Jones
Omagh
Nuala O'Loan
I Was a Rat
Joan Jones
The Picnic
Ray's Mother
Utz
Marta
I Was a Rat
Joan Jones
Resurrection Man
Dorcas Kelly
The American
Mrs. Bread
Cupid & Cate
Willie Hendley
Conspiracy of Silence
Annie McLaughlin
How About You...
Heather Nightingale
The War Bride
Betty
Exploits at West Poley
Aunt Draycott
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Madame Alex
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Alexandra MacLean
Out of Ireland
Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
Cloudburst
Dot
Swann
Rose Hindmarch
Locked In
Joan
Muide Éire
Self
Seekers
Stella Hazard
Painted Angels
Annie Ryan
Inside I'm Dancing
Eileen
Bloody Kids
Nurse
The Quatermass Conclusion
Alison Thorpe
Resurrection
Clare's mother
A Long Way From Home
Brenda
The Music Machine
Mrs. Pearson
Deadly
Bridie
The Virgins
Pat Moran
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
Bridget
Your Man from Six Counties
Mollie
Watermelon
Teresa Ryan
Durango
Aunt Maeve
Relative Strangers
Maureen
The Ballroom of Romance
Bridie
Licking Hitler
Eileen Graham
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Eliza
Milk
Nan
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Mary
The Swallow
The Liberties
Self