Brenda Fricker
Acting • Born 1945-02-17
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.
Filmography
82 credits
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Brown
A Time to Kill
Movie • 1996
Ethel Twitty
Utz
Movie • 1992
Marta
Veronica Guerin
Movie • 2003
Bernie Guerin
Tara Road
Movie • 2005
Mona
The Music Machine
Movie • 1979
Mrs. Pearson
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Movie • 1993
May Mackenzie
Omagh
Movie • 2005
Nuala O'Loan
Inside I'm Dancing
Movie • 2004
Eileen
The Field
Movie • 1990
Maggie McCabe
Angels in the Outfield
Movie • 1994
Maggie Nelson
Masterminds
Movie • 1997
Principal Claire Maloney
The Quatermass Conclusion
Movie • 1979
Alison Thorpe
How About You...
Movie • 2007
Heather Nightingale
Closing the Ring
Movie • 2007
Eleanor
The War Bride
Movie • 2001
Betty
Pete's Meteor
Movie • 2002
Lily
Watermelon
Movie • 2003
Teresa Ryan
A Man of No Importance
Movie • 1994
Lily Byrne
Conspiracy of Silence
Movie • 2003
Annie McLaughlin
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Movie • 2004
Madame Alex
Painted Angels
Movie • 1998
Annie Ryan
Cloudburst
Movie • 2011
Dot
Resurrection Man
Movie • 1998
Dorcas Kelly
A Long Way From Home
Movie • 2013
Brenda
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Movie • 2002
Alexandra MacLean
The Picnic
Movie • 1989
Ray's Mother
The Ballroom of Romance
Movie • 1982
Bridie
Locked In
Movie • 2010
Joan
Deadly Advice
Movie • 1994
Iris Greenwood
The Miracle Club
Movie • 2023
Maureen (voice)
Sinful Davey
Movie • 1969
Maid (uncredited)
Albert Nobbs
Movie • 2011
Polly
Moll Flanders
Movie • 1996
madame Mazzawatty
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Movie • 1993
Eliza
Journey
Movie • 1995
Lottie
Licking Hitler
Movie • 1978
Eileen Graham
Deadly
Movie • 2014
Bridie
Trauma
Movie • 2004
Petra
Milk
Movie • 2005
Nan
The Virgins
Movie • 1974
Pat Moran
Exploits at West Poley
Movie • 1985
Aunt Draycott
Bloody Kids
Movie • 1980
Nurse
The Intended
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Jones
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie • 1992
Pigeon Lady
Resurrection
Movie • 1999
Clare's mother
Swann
Movie • 1997
Rose Hindmarch
The American
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Bread
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Movie • 1985
Mary
Durango
Movie • 1999
Aunt Maeve
I Was a Rat
Movie • 2001
Joan Jones
Stone of Destiny
Movie • 2008
Mrs. McQuarry
Your Man from Six Counties
Movie • 1976
Mollie
Cupid & Cate
Movie • 2000
Willie Hendley
The Swallow
Movie • 2024
Out of Ireland
Movie • 1995
Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
The Liberties
Movie • 2009
Self
Muide Éire
Movie • 2011
Herself
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lottie
Angels
TV • 1975
Play for Today
TV • 1970
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Cam Boy
TV • 2021
Tilda
Casualty
TV • 1986
Megan Roach
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
TV • 1984
Bridget
Beautiful People
TV • 2008
Narg
Holding
TV • 2022
as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
Relative Strangers
TV • 1999
Maureen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Maeve
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Willie Hendley
The Gathering Seed
TV • 1983
Kitty Henshaw
No Tears
TV • 2002
Grainne McFadden
Seekers
TV • 1993
Stella Hazard
The Catch
TV • 2023
Phyllis
Brides of Christ
TV • 1991
Sister Agnes
I Was a Rat
TV • 2001
Joan Jones
Quatermass
TV • 1979
Alison Thorpe
A Woman of Independent Means
TV • 1995
Mother Steed
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Dorothy
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Emma
Black and Blue
TV • 1973
Ellie
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Ray's Mother