1992Nominee
Best Performance
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Brenda Fricker
Actor
Dublin, Ireland
February 17, 1945
Biography
Brenda Fricker (February 17, 1945 – July 17, 2026) was an Irish actress, whose career spanned six decades on stage and screen. She appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Award, earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). She also appeared in films such as The Field (1990), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), So I Married An Axe Murderer (1993), Angels in the Outfield (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011). She was also a regular as a nurse in the BBC drama Casualty. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brenda Fricker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1996Nominee
Best Performance
A Time to Kill
1989Winner
Best Performance
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Career Highlights
2011Highlight
Best Performance
Albert Nobbs
2003Highlight
Best Performance
Veronica Guerin
Video
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
A Time to Kill
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown