Cast & creator
Brenda Fricker
Best known for Casualty, Play for Today, Screen Two
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 was also a regular as a nurse in the BBC drama Casualty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: برندا فریکر
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film credits
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television credits
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1951–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
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Casualty
Megan Roach
1986
Play for Today
1970
Screen Two
Ray's Mother
1985Screen Two
Lily Byrne
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Emma
1965
Playhouse
Dorothy
1974
The Oscars
Self
1953
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Pigeon Lady
1992
Angels
1975
Quatermass
Alison Thorpe
1979
A Time to Kill
Ethel Twitty
1996
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Mrs. Brown
1989
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lottie
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Willie Hendley
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Maeve
1951The Sinners
Joan Twomey
1970
The Catch
Phyllis
2023
The Meaning of Life
Self
2009Black and Blue
Ellie
1973
Angels in the Outfield
Maggie Nelson
1994
The Body Farm
Eileen Quinn
2011
Beautiful People
Narg
2008
Armchair Theatre
Pat Moran
1956
Veronica Guerin
Bernie Guerin
2003
A Woman of Independent Means
Mother Steed
1995
So I Married an Axe Murderer
May Mackenzie
1993
The Miracle Club
Maureen (voice)
2023
Albert Nobbs
Polly
2011
Moll Flanders
madame Mazzawatty
1996
Cam Boy
Tilda
2021
Brides of Christ
Sister Agnes
1991
Closing the Ring
Eleanor
2007
Holding
as Lizzie Meany, Mrs. Meany
2022
The Gathering Seed
Kitty Henshaw
1983
Inside I'm Dancing
Eileen
2004
Licking Hitler
Eileen Graham
1978
Masterminds
Principal Claire Maloney
1997
The Field
Maggie McCabe
1990
No Tears
Grainne McFadden
2002
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
Madame Alex
2004
The Swallow
Woman
2024Eh Brian! It's A Whopper
Bridget
1984
Trauma
Petra
2004
A Man of No Importance
Lily Byrne
1994I Was a Rat
Joan Jones
2001The Intended
Mrs. Jones
2002
Stone of Destiny
Mrs. McQuarry
2008
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
Eliza
1993
How About You...
Heather Nightingale
2007
Bloody Kids
Nurse
1980
Pete's Meteor
Lily
2002
Relative Strangers
Maureen
1999
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story
Alexandra MacLean
2002
Locked In
Joan
2010
I Was a Rat
Joan Jones
2001
Exploits at West Poley
Aunt Draycott
1985
The Ballroom of Romance
Bridie
1982
Omagh
Nuala O'Loan
2005
Deadly Advice
Iris Greenwood
1994
Tara Road
Mona
2005
Seekers
Stella Hazard
1993
Resurrection Man
Dorcas Kelly
1998
The War Bride
Betty
2001
Journey
Lottie
1995
Cloudburst
Dot
2011
The Quatermass Conclusion
Alison Thorpe
1979
The Woman Who Married Clark Gable
Mary
1985
Utz
Marta
1992
Sinful Davey
Maid (uncredited)
1969
Cupid & Cate
Willie Hendley
2000
Resurrection
Clare's mother
1999
Conspiracy of Silence
Annie McLaughlin
2003
The American
Mrs. Bread
1998
Out of Ireland
Mary Ann Rowe (voice)
1995
The Music Machine
Mrs. Pearson
1979
Your Man from Six Counties
Mollie
1976
Muide Éire
Self
2011
A Long Way From Home
Brenda
2013
Deadly
Bridie
2014
The Picnic
Ray's Mother
1989
Painted Angels
Annie Ryan
1998
Durango
Aunt Maeve
1999
Swann
Rose Hindmarch
1997
Watermelon
Teresa Ryan
2003
Milk
Nan
2005The Virgins
Pat Moran
1974
The Liberties
Self
2009