Brenda Fricker Highlights

  • 2005: Portrayed 'Big Mama' in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Geffen Playhouse
  • 2004: Featured in the made for TV movie "Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss"
  • 2003: Cast opposite Cate Blanchett in "Veronica Guerin"
  • 2002: Co-starred with Janet McTeer and Olympia Dukakis in "The Intended," directed by Kristian Levering
  • 2001: Had featured role in "The War Bride"
  • 2000: Co-starred in a second "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production, "Cupid and Cate" (CBS)
  • 1999: Had co-starring role in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "Durango" (CBS)
  • 1996: Acted in the feature film "Moll Flanders"
  • 1996: Appeared as a secretary in "A Time to Kill"
  • 1995: Co-stared in the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means", starring Sally Field
  • 1994: Appeared with Albert Finney in "A Man of No Importance"
  • 1993: Cast as the mother of Mike Myer's character in the comedy "So I Married an Axe Murderer"
  • 1992: First American film, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"
  • 1991: Had featured role in the Australian-produced miniseries "Brides of Christ"; aired in 1993 in USA
  • 1991: US television dramatic debut on the PBS "American Playhouse" presentation, "Lethal Innocence"
  • 1990: Co-starred with Richard Harris in "The Field"
  • 1989: Breakthrough screen role as Mrs. Brown in "My Left Foot"; received Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress
  • 1986: Played Megan Roach on the popular BBC hospital drama series, "Casualty"
  • 1985: Acted in the Irish short film, "The Woman Who Married Clark Gable", opposite Bob Hoskins
  • 1979: Had regular role in the British TV series "Quartermass"
  • 1969: Film debut in small role in "Sinful Davey"
  • Spent childhood summers in County Kerry
  • Raised in Dublin, Ireland
  • Contracted tuberculosis in her teens
  • Worked extensively on the Irish stage before moving to London
  • Still a teenager, suffered the loss of kidney
  • Acted with the National Theater in plays including "The Plough and the Stars" and "Lavender Blue", with the Royal Court Theater in "Within Two Shadows" and "A Pagan's Place" and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in works including "TV Times" and "The Irish Play"
  • As a teenager, was seriously injured in car accident
  • Ventured into acting while employed as a journalist for The Irish Times

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