Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker is an Irish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in more thanfilms and television roles. In 1989, she became the first Irish actress to win an Oscar, earning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for My Left Foot.

Fricker was born in Dublin. Her mother, Bina , was a teacher at Stratford College, and her father, Desmond Frederick Fricker, was an officer in the Department of Agriculture and a journalist for The Irish Times. In her teens, she aspired to follow her parents footsteps into journalism. Fricker has a younger brother named Daniel, who both works and lives in the Baltimore, MD area.

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