Brenda Fricker
Acting
1945-02-17 · Dublin, Ireland
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.
Filmography
The Swallow
2024 · Movie
The Miracle Club
2023 · Movie
The Catch
2023 · Series
Holding
2022 · Series
Cam Boy
2021 · Series
Deadly
2014 · Movie
A Long Way From Home
2013 · Movie
Albert Nobbs
2011 · Movie
Muide Éire
2011 · Movie
Cloudburst
2011 · Movie
The Body Farm
2011 · Series
Locked In
2010 · Movie
The Meaning of Life
2009 · Series
The Liberties
2009 · Movie
Stone of Destiny
2008 · Movie
Beautiful People
2008 · Series
How About You...
2007 · Movie
Closing the Ring
2007 · Movie
Tara Road
2005 · Movie
Omagh
2005 · Movie
Milk
2005 · Movie
Inside I'm Dancing
2004 · Movie
Trauma
2004 · Movie
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004 · Movie
Veronica Guerin
2003 · Movie
Conspiracy of Silence
2003 · Movie
Watermelon
2003 · Movie
Pete's Meteor
2002 · Movie
The Intended
2002 · Movie
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
2002 · Movie
No Tears
2002 · Series
I Was a Rat
2001 · Movie
I Was a Rat
2001 · Series
The War Bride
2001 · Movie
Cupid & Cate
2000 · Movie
Durango
1999 · Movie
Resurrection
1999 · Movie
Relative Strangers
1999 · Series
The American
1998 · Movie
Painted Angels
1998 · Movie
Resurrection Man
1998 · Movie
Masterminds
1997 · Movie
Swann
1997 · Movie
A Time to Kill
1996 · Movie
Moll Flanders
1996 · Movie
Journey
1995 · Movie
Out of Ireland
1995 · Movie
A Woman of Independent Means
1995 · Series
A Man of No Importance
1994 · Movie
Angels in the Outfield
1994 · Movie
Deadly Advice
1994 · Movie
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993 · Movie
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
1993 · Movie
Seekers
1993 · Series
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Movie
Utz
1992 · Movie
Brides of Christ
1991 · Series
The Field
1990 · Movie
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989 · Movie
The Picnic
1989 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Exploits at West Poley
1985 · Movie
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
1984 · Series
The Gathering Seed
1983 · Series
The Ballroom of Romance
1982 · Movie
Bloody Kids
1980 · Movie
Quatermass
1979 · Series
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979 · Movie
The Music Machine
1979 · Movie
Licking Hitler
1978 · Movie
Your Man from Six Counties
1976 · Movie
Angels
1975 · Series
The Virgins
1974 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Black and Blue
1973 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
The Sinners
1970 · Series
Sinful Davey
1969 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series