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