Brenda Fricker
Biography
Brenda Fricker was an Irish actress who worked on stage and screen for six decades. Born in Dublin, she worked at The Irish Times before turning to acting by chance. Her first film part, uncredited, came in Of Human Bondage in 1964, and she had an early television role in Tolka Row, the first soap opera made in Ireland. Nursing roles in Coronation Street and the BBC One drama Casualty brought her wider notice in Britain. In 1990 she became the first Irish actress to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for My Left Foot (1989), and she was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Later films included The Field (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Veronica Guerin (2003) and Albert Nobbs (2011), a role that brought an Irish Film and Television Award nomination.
81years old at death
- Born Dublin
- Died Dublin
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 34 years1989 to 2023
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A change of course
Fricker worked as an assistant to the art editor at The Irish Times before she became an actress, and she wanted to be a reporter. She turned to acting by chance.
First role
Fricker's first feature film was the 1964 movie Of Human Bondage, based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1915 novel. She had a small part in it that went uncredited.
Behind the award
In 2008, Fricker received the inaugural Maureen O'Hara Award at the Kerry Film Festival, an honor given at that event.
Brenda Fricker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Joel Schumacher directed two of these films, Jim Sheridan two and Suri Krishnamma two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Joel Schumacher
All films by Jim Sheridan
Suri KrishnammaDirector, 2 films, 1994 to 2010
All films by Suri Krishnamma
Also two films together6 more actors
- Stephen ReaThe Miracle Club (2023) and Tara Road (2005)
- John LynchConspiracy of Silence (2003) and Moll Flanders (1996)
- Gerard McSorleyRory O'Shea Was Here (2004) and Veronica Guerin (2003)
- Sean McGinleyConspiracy of Silence (2003) and The Field (1990)
- Harry TowbConspiracy of Silence (2003) and Moll Flanders (1996)
- Tom HickeyRory O'Shea Was Here (2004) and My Left Foot (1989)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Brenda Fricker's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$619 million
14 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$359M58.0% of the total
- 2$152M24.6% of the total
- 3$50M8.1% of the total
- 4$15M2.4% of the total
- 5$12M1.9% of the total
- 6$9.4M1.5% of the total
- 7$6.8M1.1% of the total
- 8$5.6M0.9% of the total
$9.4 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1990 | Best Supporting Actress | My Left Foot | Won |
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