Brenda Fricker
Known for: Acting
Born: February 17, 1945
Died: July 17, 2026
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
58 movies · 26 TV shows, newest first
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The Swallow
2024
6.3
The Miracle Club
2023
4.8
The Catch
2023
6.3
Holding
2022
4.2
Cam Boy
2021
NR
Deadly
2014
5.5
A Long Way From Home
2013
6.3
Albert Nobbs
2011
NR
Muide Éire
2011
6.4
Cloudburst
2011
5.6
The Body Farm
2011
4.0
Locked In
2010
7.0
The Meaning of Life
2009
NR
The Liberties
2009
6.5
Stone of Destiny
2008
6.8
Beautiful People
2008
6.3
How About You...
2007
6.2
Closing the Ring
2007
5.4
Tara Road
2005
6.6
Omagh
2005
9.0
Milk
2005
7.4
Inside I'm Dancing
2004
5.2
Trauma
2004
4.6
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004
6.7
Veronica Guerin
2003
4.8
Conspiracy of Silence
2003
4.3
Watermelon
2003
4.9
Pete's Meteor
2002
5.2
The Intended
2002
5.8
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
2002
10.0
No Tears
2002
9.0
I Was a Rat
2001NR
I Was a Rat
2001
5.9
The War Bride
2001
6.0
Cupid & Cate
2000
6.2
Durango
1999
5.7
Resurrection
1999
6.5
Relative Strangers
1999
5.4
The American
1998
6.9
Painted Angels
1998
6.2
Resurrection Man
1998
5.3
Masterminds
1997
4.7
Swann
1997
7.4
A Time to Kill
1996
6.1
Moll Flanders
1996
6.2
Journey
1995
7.0
Out of Ireland
1995
10.0
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
6.2
A Man of No Importance
1994
6.0
Angels in the Outfield
1994
4.7
Deadly Advice
1994
6.1
So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993
6.0
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
1993
6.0
Seekers
1993
6.8
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
5.8
Utz
1992
7.3
Brides of Christ
1991
7.0
The Field
1990
7.5
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
1989
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The Picnic
1989
6.2
Casualty
1986
7.5
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
5.8
Exploits at West Poley
19858.0
Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
1984
10.0
The Gathering Seed
1983
7.4
The Ballroom of Romance
1982
6.5
Bloody Kids
1980
4.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
6.8
Quatermass
1979
10.0
The Music Machine
1979
NR
Licking Hitler
1978
10.0
Your Man from Six Counties
1976
4.5
Angels
1975NR
The Virgins
1974
7.0
Playhouse
19746.5
Black and Blue
1973
6.6
Play for Today
1970NR
The Sinners
1970
5.2
Sinful Davey
1969
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
7.0
The Oscars
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951