Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker, (d. 17 Şubat 1945), Oscar Ödülü sahibi İrlandalı aktris.

Fricker, 17 Şubat 1945'te Dublin, İrlanda'da dünyaya gelmiştir. Gazeteci bir ailede büyümüştür. Bundan dolayı gençliğinde gazeteci olmaya yöneldi. Irish Times gazetesinde sanat editörü asistanlığı yaptı. Asıl hedefi başarılı bir muhabir olmaktı. Oyunculuk kariyeri 1964 yılında Of Human Bondage adlı filmde küçük bir rolle başladı. 1989'da en iyi yardımcı kadın oyuncu Oscar ödülünü aldığı My Left Foot adlı filmde Christy Brown'un annesi rolündeydi. Daha sonraları sinema filmleri ve dizilerinde rol aldı.

Filmleri

1964 : Of Human Bondage : Bit Part
1969 : Sinful Davey
1973 : High Kampf (TV)
1979 : The Quatermass Conclusion : Alison Thorpe
1979 : The Music Machine : Bayan. Pearson
1979 : Telford's Change (Tv Dizisi) : Pat Burton
1979 : Bloody Kids : Hemşire
1982 : The Ballroom of Romance : Bridie
1983 : The Gathering Seed (Tv Dizisi) : Kitty Henshaw
1984 : Eh Brian! It's a Whopper (Tv Dizisi)
1985 : The Woman Who Married Clark Gable : Mary
1985 : Exploits at West Poley (TV) : Aunt Draycott
1989 : My Left Foot (My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown) : Christy Brown’un Annesi
1990 : The Field : Maggie McCabe
1991 : Brides of Christ (TV) : Abla Agnes
1991 : Lethal Innocence (TV) : Vinnie
1992 : Seekers (TV) : Stella Hazard
1992 : Utz : Marta
1992 : The Sound and the Silence (TV) : Eliza
1992 : Home Alone 2: Lost in New York : Central Park’taki Güvercin Kadın
1993 : Deadly Advice : Iris Greenwood
1993 : So I Married an Axe Murderer : May Mackenzie
1994 : 'Angels in the Outfield : Maggie Nelson
1994 : A Man of No Importance : Lily Byrne
1995 : A Woman of Independent Means : Anne Steed
1995 : Journey : Lottie
1996 : Moll Flanders : Mrs. Mazzawatti
1996 : A Time to Kill : Ethel Twitty
1996 : Swann : Rose Hindmarch
1997 : Masterminds : Principal Claire Maloney
1998 : Painted Angels : Annie Ryan
1998 : Resurrection Man : Dorcas Kelly
1998 : Pete's Meteor : Lily
1999 : Relative Strangers : Maureen Lessing
1999 : Resurrection (TV) : Clare'in Annesi
1999 : Durango(TV) : Aunt Maeve
2000 : Cupid & Cate(TV) : Willie Hendley
2001 : The American (TV) : Bayan Bread
2001 : The War Bride : Betty
2001 : I Was a Rat (TV) : Joan Jones
2002 : No Tears (TV) : Grainne McFadden
2002 : Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (TV) : Alexandra MacLean
2002 : The Intended : Bayan Jones
2003 : Watermelon (TV) : Teresa Ryan
2003 : Conspiracy of Silence : Annie McLaughlin
2003 : Veronica Guerin : Bernie Guerin
2004 : Trauma : Petra
2004 : Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (TV) : Madame Alex
2004 : Omagh (TV) : Polis Müdürü Nuala O'Loan
2004 : Inside I'm Dancing : Eileen
2004 : Razor Fish : Molly
2005 : Milk : Nan
2005 : Tara Road : Mona
2007 : How About You
2007 : Closing the Ring : Grandma Reilly

g t d En İyi Yardımcı Kadın Oyuncu Akademi Ödülü
1936–1950	Gale Sondergaard (1936) Alice Brady (1937) Fay Bainter (1938) Hattie McDaniel (1939) Jane Darwell (1940) Mary Astor (1941) Teresa Wright (1942) Katina Paksinu (1943) Ethel Barrymore (1944) Anne Revere (1945) Anne Baxter (1946) Celeste Holm (1947) Claire Trevor (1948) Mercedes McCambridge (1949) Josephine Hull (1950)
1951–1975	Kim Hunter (1951) Gloria Grahame (1952) Donna Reed (1953) Eva Marie Saint (1954) Jo Van Fleet (1955) Dorothy Malone (1956) Miyoshi Umeki (1957) Wendy Hiller (1958) Shelley Winters (1959) Shirley Jones (1960) Rita Moreno (1961) Patty Duke (1962) Margaret Rutherford (1963) Lila Kedrova (1964) Shelley Winters (1965) Sandy Dennis (1966) Estelle Parsons (1967) Ruth Gordon (1968) Goldie Hawn (1969) Helen Hayes (1970) Cloris Leachman (1971) Eileen Heckart (1972) Tatum O'Neal (1973) Ingrid Bergman (1974) Lee Grant (1975)
1976–2000	Beatrice Straight (1976) Vanessa Redgrave (1977) Maggie Smith (1978) Meryl Streep (1979) Mary Steenburgen (1980) Maureen Stapleton (1981) Jessica Lange (1982) Linda Hunt (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Anjelica Huston (1985) Dianne Wiest (1986) Olympia Dukakis (1987) Geena Davis (1988) Brenda Fricker (1989) Whoopi Goldberg (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Marisa Tomei (1992) Anna Paquin (1993) Dianne Wiest (1994) Mira Sorvino (1995) Juliette Binoche (1996) Kim Basinger (1997) Judi Dench (1998) Angelina Jolie (1999) Marcia Gay Harden (2000)
2001–günümüz	Jennifer Connelly (2001) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2002) Renée Zellweger (2003) Cate Blanchett (2004) Rachel Weisz (2005) Jennifer Hudson (2006) Tilda Swinton (2007) Penélope Cruz (2008) Mo'Nique (2009) Melissa Leo (2010) Octavia Spencer (2011) Anne Hathaway (2012) Lupita Nyong'o (2013) Patricia Arquette (2014) Alicia Vikander (2015) Viola Davis (2016) Allison Janney (2017) Regina King (2018) Laura Dern (2019) Youn Yuh-jung (2020) Ariana DeBose (2021) Jamie Lee Curtis (2022) Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023) Zoe Saldaña (2024)