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

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

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2011Muide Éire — Self
• 2009The Liberties — Self
• The Meaning of Life — Self
• The Oscars — Self