Brenda Fricker
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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.
Known for
Credits
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
as Pigeon Lady
A Time to Kill (1996)
as Ethel Twitty
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
as Mrs. Brown
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
as Maggie Nelson
Moll Flanders (1996)
as madame Mazzawatty
Veronica Guerin (2003)
as Bernie Guerin
Albert Nobbs (2011)
as Polly
The Miracle Club (2023)
as Maureen (voice)
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
as May Mackenzie
The Intended (2002)
as Mrs. Jones
The Field (1990)
as Maggie McCabe
The American (1998)
as Mrs. Bread
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Eleanor
Trauma (2004)
as Petra
Tara Road (2005)
as Mona
Masterminds (1997)
as Principal Claire Maloney
Locked In (2010)
as Joan
Cupid & Cate (2000)
as Willie Hendley
How About You... (2007)
as Heather Nightingale
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
as Eileen
Bloody Kids (1980)
as Nurse
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (2004)
as Madame Alex
Deadly Advice (1994)
as Iris Greenwood
I Was a Rat (2001)
as Joan Jones
Stone of Destiny (2008)
as Mrs. McQuarry
The War Bride (2001)
as Betty
The Picnic (1989)
as Ray's Mother
Journey (1995)
as Lottie
Cloudburst (2011)
as Dot
Sinful Davey (1969)
as Maid (uncredited)
Resurrection Man (1998)
as Dorcas Kelly
Pete's Meteor (2002)
as Lily
Omagh (2005)
as Nuala O'Loan
A Man of No Importance (1994)
as Lily Byrne
Muide Éire (2011)
as Self
Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
as Annie McLaughlin
Licking Hitler (1978)
as Eileen Graham
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)
as Alison Thorpe
Utz (1992)
as Marta
Resurrection (1999)
as Clare's mother
Out of Ireland (1995)
as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
Watermelon (2003)
as Teresa Ryan
Your Man from Six Counties (1976)
as Mollie
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002)
as Alexandra MacLean
Swann (1997)
as Rose Hindmarch
Exploits at West Poley (1985)
as Aunt Draycott
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story (1993)
as Eliza
A Long Way From Home (2013)
as Brenda
Painted Angels (1998)
as Annie Ryan
Durango (1999)
as Aunt Maeve
The Music Machine (1979)
as Mrs. Pearson
The Ballroom of Romance (1982)
as Bridie
The Swallow (2024)
Actor
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985)
as Mary
The Virgins (1974)
as Pat Moran
Deadly (2014)
as Bridie
The Liberties (2009)
as Self
Milk (2005)
as Nan