Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has 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).