Biography
Brenda Fricker (born February 17, 1945) is an Irish actress, whose career has 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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1990
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1990 · nominated
Filmography37 titles
A Woman of Independent Means
My Left Foot
Rory O'Shea Was Here
A Time to Kill
Out of Ireland
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Veronica Guerin
Stone of Destiny
Cloudburst
The Miracle Club
Holding
Albert Nobbs
How About You
Closing the Ring
Durango
Journey
A Man of No Importance
Casualty
Moll Flanders
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Cupid & Cate
Angels in the Outfield
Seekers
The War Bride
The Body Farm
A Long Way From Home
The American
Masterminds
Sinful Davey
Trauma
The Intended
Pete's Meteor
The Catch
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Watermelon
Cam Boy
Locked In