Brenda Fricker
Known For
Acting
Born
1945-02-17 in Dublin, Ireland
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.
Most Known For
Casualty
as Megan Roach
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
as Emma
The Oscars
as Self
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Pigeon Lady
Playhouse
as Dorothy
Screen Two
as Ray's Mother
Veronica Guerin
as Bernie Guerin
A Time to Kill
as Ethel Twitty
Moll Flanders
as madame Mazzawatty
Angels
So I Married an Axe Murderer
as May Mackenzie
The Catch
as Phyllis
Omagh
as Nuala O'Loan
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
as Mrs. Brown
Deadly
as Bridie
Beautiful People
as Narg
Angels in the Outfield
as Maggie Nelson
Brides of Christ
as Sister Agnes
Cam Boy
as Tilda