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Brenda Fricker


Born
in Dublin, Ireland
February 17, 1945

Died
July 16, 2026

Genre
Memoir


Brenda Fricker (17 February 1945 – 16 July 2026) was an Irish actress, whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She appeared in more than thirty 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).

Fricker was honoured with the inaugural Maureen O'Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival in 2008. In 2020, The Irish Times ranked her 26th on its list of the ...more

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