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Brenda Fricker
Birth at
17 February 1945
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Brenda Fricker is an Irish film actress from Dublin. Fricker comes from a journalistic family. Before becoming a film actress, she worked as an assistant editor for the Irish Times and wanted to become a reporter in the same way as her parents did. However, her interests changed significantly, and Brenda became interested in theater. She worked at the Irish Theatre, then switched to the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
In the cinema Brenda Fricker first appeared at the age of
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Brenda Fricker is an Irish film actress from Dublin.
Fricker comes from a journalistic family. Before becoming a film actress, she worked as an assistant editor for the Irish Times and wanted to become a reporter in the same way as her parents did. However, her interests changed significantly, and Brenda became interested in theater. She worked at the Irish Theatre, then switched to the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
In the cinema Brenda Fricker first appeared at the age of nineteen in the film
The Burden of Human Passion She had an episodic role that wasn’t even credited. Subsequently, Brenda collaborated with British television, where one of her most popular works was participation in the film “Catastrophe”. In 1989, the actress became the winner of the prestigious award “Oscar” thanks to the role of Mrs. Brown in the film.
"My left leg" .
After filming several successful films, including such projects as Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, So I Married a Ex-Murderer and Angels at the Edge of the Field, the actress decided to resume her television career, starring in a variety of television films, as well as in two series of the multi-part film “Catastrophe”, in which she participated in the eighties.
In the future, Brenda Fricker starred in several other successful films, among which were such popular films as “Closing the Circle” and “Inside me I dance.”
Brenda was married to actor Barry Davis, with whom she lived until 1990, after which the couple broke up. Today, the actress lives in Bristol in the company of her partner Joe.