# Brenda Fricker

| Brenda Fricker |
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| Fricker at the 62nd Academy Awards in March 1990 |
| Ọjọ́ìbí | 17 Oṣù Kejì 1945 (1945-02-17) Dublin, Ireland |
| Iṣẹ́ | Actress |
| Ìgbà iṣẹ́ | 1964–present |
| Olólùfẹ́ | Barry Davies (m. 1979; div. 1988) |
| Parent(s) | * Bina Fricker
* Desmond Frederick Fricker
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**Brenda Fricker** (tí a bí ní ọjọ́ kẹta-dín-lógún ọdún 1945) jẹ́ òṣèré Irish kan, tí iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ ti kọjá ọgbọ̀n ọdún ní orí ìtàgé àti lórí ojú ìwòrán. Ó ti farahàn ní fíìmù àti àwọn ipò tẹlifísàn tó ju ọgbọ̀n lọ. Ní ọdún 1990, ó di òṣèré Irish àkọkọ́ láti gba Ààmì-ẹ̀rí Ilé-ẹ̀kọ́ gíga kan, tí ó gba ẹ̀bùn náà fún òṣèré Àtìlẹ́yìn tí ó dára jùlọ fún "My left foot" (ní ọdún 1989). Arábìnrin náà tún farahàn nínú àwọn fíìmù bíi "The Field" (ní ọdún 1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ní ọdún 1992), So I married an Axe Murderer (ní ọdún 1993), Angels in the Outfield (ní ọdún 1994), A time to kill (ní ọdún 1996) , Veronica Guerin (ní ọdún 2003), Inside I'm dancing (ní ọdún 2004) àti Albert Nobbs (ní ọdún 2011).

A bu iyì fún un pẹ̀lú Ààmì ẹ̀rí "Maureen O'Hara Award" ní Keri Film Festival ní ọdún 2008, ẹbùn tí a fún un jẹ́ sí àwọn obìnrin tí ó ní ìlọsíwájú ní ààyè yíyan wọn ní ojú ìwòrán fíìmù. Ní ọdún 2020, ó wà lórí nọ́mbà ẹẹ́rin-dín-lọ́gbọ̀n lórí àkójọ orúkọ ti Irish Times ti àwọn òṣèré fíìmù ńlá ti Ilẹ̀ Ireland.

## Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀pẹ̀pẹ̀ Ayé Rẹ̀

A bí Fricker ní Dublin, Ilẹ̀ Ireland. Ìyá rẹ̀, "Bina" (née Murphy), jẹ́ olùkọ́ ní ilé ìwé gíga Stratford, àti bàbá rẹ̀, Desmond Frederick Fricker, ṣiṣẹ́ ní ẹ̀ká ògbìn bíi 'Fred Desmond' olùgbóhùn-sáfẹ́fẹ́ pẹ̀lú RTE àti oníròyìn fún The Irish Times.

Ṣáájú kí ó tó di òṣèré, Fricker jẹ́ olùrànlọwọ sí olóòtú àwòrán ti Irish Times, pẹ̀lú ìrètí à ti di oníròyìn. Ní ìgbà tó pé ọ̀kàn-dín-lógún ní ọjọ́-orí, ó di òṣèré “nípasẹ̀ àyẹ̀” iṣẹ́ fíìmù ẹ̀yà rẹ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú apá kan tí kò ní àpónlé nínú fíìmù ọdún 1964 Human Bondage, tí ó dá lórí ìwé àràmàdà ọdún 1915 nípasẹ̀ W. Somerset Maugham. Ó tún farahàn ní Tolka Row, soap opera àkọ́kọ́ ti Ireland.

## Ayé Rẹ̀

Fricker lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́ ńgbé ní Liberties, Dublin. Ó jẹ́ ìyàwó ti tẹ́lẹ̀ sí Olùdarí Barry Davies. Ó sọ pé àwọn ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ajá ọsin rẹ̀, mímú Guinness, kíkà ewì àti ṣíṣeré snooker (ó sọ ní ìgbà kan pé ó ti gbá gbogbo àwọn ará òṣèré ti "My Left Foot". “Mo ṣe adágún-odò sí ẹẹ́ta-dín-lógún nínú wọn, mo sì lu gbogbo wọn,” Brenda wí).

## Àwọn Eré Tó Ti Ṣe

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1964 | *Of Human Bondage* |  | Uncredited |
| 1969 | *Sinful Davey* |  | Uncredited |
| 1975 | *Upstairs, Downstairs* |  | Uncredited (extra) |
| 1977 | *Coronation Street* | Staff Nurse Maloney | 4 episode arc |
| 1978–1979 | *The Quatermass Conclusion* | Alison Thorpe | Television series |
| 1979 | *The Music Machine* | Mrs. Pearson |  |
| 1980 | *Bloody Kids* | Nurse |  |
| 1982 | *Ballroom of Romance, TheThe Ballroom of Romance* | Bridie |  |
| 1984 | *Cockles* | Ms Kyte | Television series |
| 1985 | *Woman Who Married Clark Gable, TheThe Woman Who Married Clark Gable* | Mary |  |
| 1986–1990; 1998; 2007; 2010 | *Casualty* | Megan Roach | Television series |
| 1989 | *My Left Foot* | Bridget Fagan Brown | * Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
* Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
* Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
* Montreal World Film Festival Jurisdiction Award
* Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
* Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
* Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
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| 1990 | *The Field* | Maggie McCabe |  |
| 1991 | *Brides of Christ* | Sister Agnes |  |
| 1992 | *Sound and the Silence, TheThe Sound and the Silence* | Eliza | Television series |
| 1992 | *Utz* | Marta |  |
| 1992 | *Seekers* | Stella Hazard | Television series |
| 1992 | *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* | Central Park Pigeon Woman |  |
| 1993 | *So I Married an Axe Murderer* | May Mackenzie |  |
| 1993 | *Deadly Advice* | Iris Greenwood |  |
| 1994 | *Man of No Importance, AA Man of No Importance*
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