Brenda Fricker

Born: 1945-02-17

Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 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.


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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

as Pigeon Lady
Released: 1992-11-15

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a...

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A Time to Kill

as Ethel Twitty
Released: 1996-07-24

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old...

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Albert Nobbs

as Polly
Released: 2011-12-21

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to...

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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown

as Mrs. Brown
Released: 1989-04-07

No one expects much from Christy Brown, a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class...

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Closing the Ring

as Eleanor
Released: 2007-09-14

During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love...

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Veronica Guerin

as Bernie Guerin
Released: 2003-07-11

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the...

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Angels in the Outfield

as Maggie Nelson
Released: 1994-07-15

Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's...

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The Field

as Maggie McCabe
Released: 1990-09-21

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the...

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So I Married an Axe Murderer

as May Mackenzie
Released: 1993-07-30

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and...

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The Miracle Club

as Maureen (voice)
Released: 2023-07-14

Three close friends who have never left the outskirts of Dublin (much less Ireland) get the...

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Inside I'm Dancing

as Eileen
Released: 2004-10-15

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore...

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Trauma

as Petra
Released: 2004-09-17

Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as...

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Moll Flanders

as madame Mazzawatty
Released: 1996-06-14

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of...

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Masterminds

as Principal Claire Maloney
Released: 1997-08-22

A rebellious teen uses his talent for pranks to outwit the security consultant who has taken the...

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Tara Road

as Mona
Released: 2005-05-11

A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.

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Cloudburst

as Dot
Released: 2011-09-23

When Dot's granddaughter puts her into a nursing home, Stella stages a breakout, and takes Dot...

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A Man of No Importance

as Lily Byrne
Released: 1994-12-24

Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of...

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Locked In

as Joan
Released: 2010-09-17

Josh leaves his advertising career at its peak, everyone wants either to be him or to have him....

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Stone of Destiny

as Mrs. McQuarry
Released: 2008-12-19

Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic...

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How About You...

as Heather Nightingale
Released: 2007-11-16

A young woman, struggling with the direction of her life, spends Christmas watching over a...

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The Intended

as Mrs. Jones
Released: 2002-06-06

A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian...

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Omagh

as Nuala O'Loan
Released: 2005-03-23

The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack...

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Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss

as Madame Alex
Released: 2004-03-29

The story of Heidi Fleiss, known as "The Hollywood Madam", who was the daughter of a prominent...

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Journey

as Lottie
Released: 1995-12-10

Deserted by their mother, a young boy and his sister discover the true meaning of family while...

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Out of Ireland: The Story of Irish Emigration to America

as Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
Released: 1994-01-01

Originally broadcast to critical acclaim on PBS, this documentary traces the story of flight...

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Pete's Meteor

as Lily
Released: 2002-12-31

Lives change for members of an Irish family after a meteor crashes in their backyard. The kids...

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The Music Machine

as Mrs. Pearson
Released: 1979-05-01

At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a...

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The War Bride

as Betty
Released: 2001-03-21

During World War II, a Cockney woman marries a Canadian soldier and adjusts to life in Alberta.

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Sinful Davey

as Maid
Released: 1969-02-10

A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing...

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The American

as Mrs. Bread
Released: 1998-12-26

After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to...

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Cupid & Cate

as Willie Hendley
Released: 2000-05-07

Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating some snob whose mother...

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Conspiracy of Silence

as Annie McLaughlin
Released: 2003-05-15

When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts...

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Deadly Advice

as Iris Greenwood
Released: 1994-04-29

Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see...

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A Long Way From Home

as Brenda
Released: 2013-12-06

Joseph and Brenda have done what many only dream of and retired to the South of France to live...

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Utz

as Marta
Released: 1992-03-15

Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who...

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The Quatermass Conclusion

as Alison Thorpe
Released: 1979-10-24

Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the...

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Swann

as Rose Hindmarch
Released: 1997-03-01

Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney...

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The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

as Eliza
Released: 1993-07-18

True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.

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Resurrection Man

as Dorcas Kelly
Released: 1998-02-13

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that...

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Watermelon

as Teresa Ryan
Released: 2003-04-16

A tangled web of deciet pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.

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Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story

as Alexandra MacLean
Released: 2002-03-18

The 1946/1947 murder trial of young and beautiful Evelyn Dick remains the most lurid murder case...

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Painted Angels

as Annie Ryan
Released: 1998-07-21

The story centers on the life of a bordello in a midwestern prairie town in the 1870s. The...

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Exploits at West Poley

as Aunt Draycott
Released: 1985-01-01

Somerset 1850. Two boys exploring an underground cave, divert the course of a river and...

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Bloody Kids

as Nurse
Released: 1980-03-22

Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an...

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Licking Hitler

as Eileen Graham
Released: 1978-01-10

1941 and the upper class Anna Seaton is hired as part of an allied radio propaganda project,...

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Durango

as Aunt Maeve
Released: 1999-04-25

In 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his...

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Your Man from Six Counties

as Mollie
Released: 1976-10-26

When his father becomes a bomb victim, Jimmy leaves Belfast for his uncle’s farm in remote west...

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The Woman Who Married Clark Gable

as Mary
Released: 1985-08-28

Period drama. A woman living in Dublin in the late 1930's relieves her humdrum existence with...

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The Ballroom of Romance

as Bridie
Released: 1982-01-01

A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.

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I Was a Rat

as Joan Jones
Released: 2001-12-09

A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy...

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Milk

as Nan
Released: 2005-02-12

Reluctant Jennifer must bathe her mischievous grandmother. Once close, they are now virtually...

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Deadly

as Bridie
Released: 2014-07-12

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That...

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The Picnic

as Ray's Mother
Released: 1989-02-19

A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own...

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Casualty

as Megan Roach
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Angels

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-01

Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Emma
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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The Catch

as Phyllis
First aired: 2023-01-25

The story follows fisherman Ed Collier, who is highly protective over his family, which includes...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Lottie
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Maeve
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Willie Hendley
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Quatermass

as Alison Thorpe
First aired: 1979-10-24

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his...

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Beautiful People

as Narg
First aired: 2008-10-02

Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys...

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Cam Boy

as Tilda
First aired: 2021-04-30

When Aston finds himself left to his own devices with bills to pay while his boyfriend is in New...

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Holding

as as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
First aired: 2022-03-14

Local police officer Sergeant PJ Collins is a gentle man who hides from people and fills his...

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Brides of Christ

as Sister Agnes
First aired: 1991-09-04

Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to...

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A Woman of Independent Means

as Mother Steed
First aired: 1995-02-19

Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a...

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No Tears

as Grainne McFadden
First aired: 2002-01-14

Based on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women...

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Seekers

as Stella Hazard
First aired: 1993-04-25

Seekers is a four-part TV mini-series released in 1992 about a police officer who disappears,...

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Relative Strangers

as Maureen
First aired: 1999-01-01

Maureen is an Irishwoman, happily married and living in Germany. Or so she thinks. When her...

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The Gathering Seed

as Kitty Henshaw
First aired: 1983-09-07

The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and...

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