Brenda Fricker
Acting

Brenda Fricker

Born 17 February 1945 · Dublin, Ireland · Died 17 July 2026

Brenda Fricker (February 17, 1945 – July 17, 2026) was an Irish actress, whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She 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). She was also a regular as a nurse in the BBC drama Casualty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
A Time to Kill
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Albert Nobbs
Angels in the Outfield
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Veronica Guerin
Inside I'm Dancing
The Miracle Club
The Field
Closing the Ring
Casualty
The Swallow
The Miracle Club
Deadly
A Long Way From Home
Cloudburst
Albert Nobbs
Locked In
Stone of Destiny
How About You...
Closing the Ring
Tara Road
Omagh
Milk
Inside I'm Dancing
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Trauma
Veronica Guerin
Watermelon
Conspiracy of Silence
Pete's Meteor
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
The War Bride
I Was a Rat
Cupid & Cate
Resurrection
Durango
Painted Angels
Resurrection Man
The American
Masterminds
Swann
A Time to Kill
Moll Flanders
Journey
Out of Ireland
Angels in the Outfield
A Man of No Importance
Deadly Advice
So I Married an Axe Murderer
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Utz
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Field
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
The Picnic
Exploits at West Poley
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
The Ballroom of Romance
Bloody Kids
The Music Machine
The Quatermass Conclusion
Licking Hitler
Your Man from Six Counties
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