

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
as Ethel Twitty
as Brenda

The Liberties
as Self

Stone of Destiny
as Mrs. McQuarry

How About You...
as Heather Nightingale

Closing the Ring
as Eleanor

Tara Road
as Mona

Omagh
as Nuala O'Loan

Milk
as Nan

Inside I'm Dancing
as Eileen

Trauma
as Petra

Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
as Madame Alex

Veronica Guerin
as Bernie Guerin

Conspiracy of Silence
as Annie McLaughlin

Watermelon
as Teresa Ryan

Pete's Meteor
as Lily

The Intended
as Mrs. Jones

Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
as Alexandra MacLean

I Was a Rat
as Joan Jones

The War Bride
as Betty

Cupid & Cate
as Willie Hendley

Durango
as Aunt Maeve

Resurrection
as Clare's mother

The American
as Mrs. Bread

Painted Angels
as Annie Ryan

Resurrection Man
as Dorcas Kelly

Masterminds
as Principal Claire Maloney

Swann
as Rose Hindmarch

A Time to Kill
as Ethel Twitty

Moll Flanders
as madame Mazzawatty

Journey
as Lottie

Out of Ireland
as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)

A Man of No Importance
as Lily Byrne

Angels in the Outfield
as Maggie Nelson

Deadly Advice
as Iris Greenwood

So I Married an Axe Murderer
as May Mackenzie

The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
as Eliza

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Pigeon Lady

Utz
as Marta

The Field
as Maggie McCabe