Brenda Fricker

Biography

Born 02/17/1945

This frumpy, maternal, Irish character actress gained experience in Irish theatre and with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Court Theatre Company in Great Britain. Brenda Fricker received great acclaim for her Oscar-winning supporting performance as the determined mother...
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Awards

  • In 1989, received Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
  • In 1989, received Oscar for Best Supporting Actress

Highlights

  • In 2005, Portrayed 'Big Mama' in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Geffen Playhouse
  • In 2004, Featured in the made for TV movie "Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss"
  • In 2003, Cast opposite Cate Blanchett in "Veronica Guerin"

Family & Companions

  • father: wrote for The Irish Times

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