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Brenda Fricker

1945–2026 · Irish actress

Brenda Fricker was an Irish actress whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She appeared in more than 30 films and television productions. In 1990, Fricker 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).

Brenda Fricker, in order

  1. 1969 Sinful Davey: acted · directed by John Huston
  2. 1979 My Left Foot: acted · directed by Jim Sheridan · critics 98%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, MGM+
  3. 1979 The Quatermass Conclusion: acted · directed by Piers Haggard
  4. 1980 Bloody Kids (TV movie): acted · directed by Stephen Frears and Stephen Poliakoff
  5. 1982 The Ballroom of Romance: acted · directed by Pat O'Connor
  6. 1990 The Field: acted · directed by Jim Sheridan
  7. 1991 Brides of Christ (TV series): acted · directed by Ken Cameron
  8. 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York: acted · directed by Chris Columbus · critics 35%, audiences 63% · streaming on Disney+
  9. 1992 The Sound and the Silence: acted · directed by John Kent Harrison
  10. 1992 Utz: acted · directed by George Sluizer
  11. 1993 Seekers (TV series): acted
  12. 1993 So I Married an Axe Murderer: acted · directed by Thomas Schlamme
  13. 1994 A Man of No Importance: acted · directed by Suri Krishnamma
  14. 1994 Angels in the Outfield: acted · directed by William Dear · critics 31%, audiences 50% · streaming on Disney+
  15. 1994 Deadly Advice: acted · directed by Mandie Fletcher
  16. 1996 A Time to Kill: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher · critics 70%, audiences 85% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  17. 1996 Moll Flanders: acted · directed by Pen Densham
  18. 1997 Masterminds: acted · directed by Roger Christian
  19. 1997 Painted Angels: acted · directed by Jon Sanders
  20. 1998 Pete's Meteor: acted · directed by Joe O'Byrne
  21. 1998 Resurrection Man: acted · directed by Marc Evans
  22. 2002 The Intended: acted · directed by Kristian Levring
  23. 2003 Veronica Guerin: acted · directed by Joel Schumacher
  24. 2004 Inside I'm Dancing: acted · directed by Damien O'Donnell · critics 50%, audiences 88%
  25. 2004 Omagh (TV movie): acted · directed by Pete Travis
  26. 2004 Trauma: acted · directed by Marc Evans
  27. 2005 Tara Road: acted · directed by Gillies MacKinnon
  28. 2007 Closing the Ring: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough
  29. 2007 How About You: acted · directed by Anthony Byrne
  30. 2008 Stone of Destiny: acted · directed by Charles Martin Smith
  31. 2010 Locked In: acted · directed by Suri Krishnamma
  32. 2011 Albert Nobbs: acted · directed by Rodrigo García Márquez · critics 56%, audiences 48% · streaming on Kanopy
  33. 2011 Cloudburst: acted · directed by Thom Fitzgerald
  34. 2022 Holding (TV series): acted · directed by Kathy Burke