Brenda Fricker

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Brenda Fricker is an Irish retired actress, whose career 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 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in My Left Foot (1989). As of 2014, she has tentatively retired from acting.

Born

Saturday, 17 February 1945

Actress Filmography

Holding	Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany	2022
Coronation Street: Compilations	Staff Nurse Maloney	2020
A Long Way from Home	Brenda	2013
Albert Nobbs	Polly	2011
Cloudburst	Dot	2011
The Body Farm	Eileen Quinn	2011
Locked In	Joan	2010
Stone of Destiny	Mrs. McQuarry	2008
Beautiful People	Narg	2008
How About You	Heather Nightingale	2007

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Actress Filmography

Holding	Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany	2022
Coronation Street: Compilations	Staff Nurse Maloney	2020
A Long Way from Home	Brenda	2013
Albert Nobbs	Polly	2011
Cloudburst	Dot	2011
The Body Farm	Eileen Quinn	2011
Locked In	Joan	2010
Stone of Destiny	Mrs. McQuarry	2008
Beautiful People	Narg	2008
How About You	Heather Nightingale	2007
Closing the Ring	Eleanor	2007
Tara Road	Mona / Mona McCarthy	2005
Tubridy Tonight	Herself	2004
Rory O'Shea Was Here	Eileen	2004
Trauma	Petra	2004
Omagh	Nuala O'Loan / Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan	2004
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss	Madame Alex	2004
Veronica Guerin	Bernie Guerin	2003
Conspiracy of Silence	Annie McLaughlin	2003
Watermelon	Teresa Ryan	2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Past Winner	2003
Pete's Meteor	Lily	2002
The Intended	Mrs. Jones	2002
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story	Alexandra MacLean	2002
War Bride	Betty	2001
Cupid & Cate	Willie Hendley	2000
Durango	Aunt Maeve	1999
The American	Mrs. Bread	1998
Painted Angels	Annie Ryan	1998
The 70th Annual Academy Awards	Self - Past Winner	1998
Resurrection Man	Dorcas Kelly	1998
Masterminds	Principal Maloney / Principal Claire Maloney	1997
A Time to Kill	Ethel Twitty	1996
Moll Flanders	madame Mazzawatty / Mrs. Mazzawatti	1996
Journey	Lottie	1995
Out of Ireland	(voice)	1995
A Woman of Independent Means	Mother Steed	1995
A Man of No Importance	Lily Byrne	1994
Angels in the Outfield	Maggie Nelson	1994
Deadly Advice	Iris Greenwood	1994
So I Married an Axe Murderer	May Mackenzie	1993
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Pigeon Lady	1992
Utz	Marta	1992
Alexander Graham Bell: The Sound and the Silence	Eliza	1991
Brides of Christ	Sister Agnes	1991
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards	Self - Presenter	1991
The Field	Maggie McCabe	1990
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards	Self - Winner	1990
My Left Foot	Mrs. Brown / Bridget Fagan-Brown	1989
Casualty	Megan Roach	1986
Screen Two	Ray's mother	1985
The Ballroom of Romance	Bridie	1982
Juliet Bravo	Marion Kershaw	1980
The Quatermass Conclusion	Alison Thorpe	1979
Quatermass	Alison Thorpe	1979
The Music Machine	Mrs. Pearson	1979
Telford's Change	Pat Burton	1979
Angels	Margaret O'Donnell	1975
BBC2 Playhouse	Dorothy	1974
Black and Blue	Ellie	1973
Play for Today	Eileen Graham, Mollie	1970
BBC Play of the Month	Emma	1965
Deirdre	Third Musician	1965
Of Human Bondage	Bit Part	1964
Armchair Theatre	Pat Moran	1956