Brenda Fricker
Acting · Born 1945-02-17 · age 81 at death · 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.
Titles
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
Moll Flanders
Stone of Destiny
Trauma
Cloudburst
Masterminds
Tara Road
How About You...
Omagh
Locked In
Beautiful People
Cupid & Cate
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
A Man of No Importance
The War Bride
Quatermass
Sinful Davey
A Long Way From Home
The Catch
Bloody Kids
Holding
Resurrection Man
Pete's Meteor
Conspiracy of Silence
The Intended
Play for Today
The Quatermass Conclusion
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Brides of Christ
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
BBC Play of the Month
Watermelon
Screen Two
Painted Angels
The Body Farm
The American
Deadly Advice
Durango
Armchair Theatre
Utz
The Ballroom of Romance
Journey
Cam Boy
Exploits at West Poley
Angels
Resurrection
Swann
A Woman of Independent Means
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable