Brenda Fricker
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Biography
Biography
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 of a son afflicted with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" (1989). Venturing to Hollywood in the 1990s, she played a homeless woman befriended by kid-on-the-loose Macaulay Culkin in the sequel "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992) and followed up with a more zany mother role in the little-seen "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993). Having acted on English TV on the BBC series "Casualty," Fricker began conquering US TV with roles in the "American Playhouse" presentation "Lethal Innocence" (1991) and the miniseries "The Sound and the Silence" (1993). Fricker offered memorable support as Albert Finney's exasperated sister in "A Man of No Importance" (1994) and appeared in support of Robin Wright in Pen Densham's "Moll Flanders" and as Matthew McConaughey's secretary in Joel Schumacher's "A Time to Kill" (both 1996).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1969
Film debut in small role in "Sinful Davey"
1979
Had regular role in the British TV series "Quartermass"
1985
Acted in the Irish short film, "The Woman Who Married Clark Gable", opposite Bob Hoskins
1986
Played Megan Roach on the popular BBC hospital drama series, "Casualty"
1989
Breakthrough screen role as Mrs. Brown in "My Left Foot"; received Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress
1990
Co-starred with Richard Harris in "The Field"
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"
1992
First American film, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"
1993
Cast as the mother of Mike Myer's character in the comedy "So I Married an Axe Murderer"
1994
Appeared with Albert Finney in "A Man of No Importance"
1995
Co-stared in the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means", starring Sally Field
1996
Acted in the feature film "Moll Flanders"
1996
Appeared as a secretary in "A Time to Kill"
1999
Had co-starring role in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation "Durango" (CBS)
2000
Co-starred in a second "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production, "Cupid and Cate" (CBS)
2001
Had featured role in "The War Bride"
2002
Co-starred with Janet McTeer and Olympia Dukakis in "The Intended," directed by Kristian Levering
2003
Cast opposite Cate Blanchett in "Veronica Guerin"
2004
Featured in the made for TV movie "Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss"
2005
Portrayed 'Big Mama' in Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Geffen Playhouse
