Brenda Fricker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

82

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-02-17 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Brenda Fricker

Biography

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

  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Angels

    Angels

  • The Catch

    The Catch

  • Milk

    Milk

  • Deadly Advice

    Deadly Advice

  • Muide Éire

    Muide Éire

  • Trauma

    Trauma

  • The Picnic

    The Picnic

  • The Liberties

    The Liberties

  • Watermelon

    Watermelon

  • Painted Angels

    Painted Angels

  • The Field

    The Field

  • The Virgins

    The Virgins

  • Locked In

    Locked In

  • Cloudburst

    Cloudburst

  • Albert Nobbs

    Albert Nobbs

  • Swann

    Swann

  • My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

    My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

  • Sinful Davey

    Sinful Davey

  • Tara Road

    Tara Road

  • Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss

    Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss

  • Veronica Guerin

    Veronica Guerin

  • Angels in the Outfield

    Angels in the Outfield

  • Moll Flanders

    Moll Flanders

  • Resurrection Man

    Resurrection Man

  • The Intended

    The Intended

  • Utz

    Utz

  • Journey

    Journey

  • Omagh

    Omagh

  • Deadly

    Deadly

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Cupid & Cate

    Cupid & Cate

  • The Miracle Club

    The Miracle Club

  • The American

    The American

  • The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

    The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

  • Your Man from Six Counties

    Your Man from Six Counties

  • The Swallow

    The Swallow

  • A Man of No Importance

    A Man of No Importance

  • Cam Boy

    Cam Boy

  • Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

  • How About You...

    How About You...

  • Exploits at West Poley

    Exploits at West Poley

  • The Quatermass Conclusion

    The Quatermass Conclusion

  • Quatermass

    Quatermass

  • Pete's Meteor

    Pete's Meteor

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • So I Married an Axe Murderer

    So I Married an Axe Murderer

  • A Long Way From Home

    A Long Way From Home

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • Stone of Destiny

    Stone of Destiny

  • Inside I'm Dancing

    Inside I'm Dancing

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • The Ballroom of Romance

    The Ballroom of Romance

  • The Music Machine

    The Music Machine

  • Out of Ireland

    Out of Ireland

  • The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

    The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

  • Brides of Christ

    Brides of Christ

  • The Gathering Seed

    The Gathering Seed

  • Holding

    Holding

  • No Tears

    No Tears

  • A Woman of Independent Means

    A Woman of Independent Means

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

    Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

  • Masterminds

    Masterminds

  • Conspiracy of Silence

    Conspiracy of Silence

  • Seekers

    Seekers

  • Eh Brian! It's A Whopper

    Eh Brian! It's A Whopper

  • The War Bride

    The War Bride

  • Durango

    Durango

  • Relative Strangers

    Relative Strangers

  • Licking Hitler

    Licking Hitler

  • Bloody Kids

    Bloody Kids