Irish character actress Brenda Fricker was born in Dublin, and gained experience in Irish theatre and with the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Court Theatre Company in Great Britain. Brenda received great acclaim for her Oscar-winning supporting performance as the determined mother of a son afflicted with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot" (1989). Venturing to Hollywood in the 1990s, she played a homeless woman befriended by kid-on-the-loose Macaulay Culkin in the sequel "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" (1992) and followed up with a more zany mother role in the little-seen "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (1993). Having acted on English TV on the BBC series "Casualty", Fricker began conquering US TV with roles in the "American Playhouse" presentation "Lethal Innocence" (1991) and the miniseries "The Sound and the Silence" (1993). Fricker offered memorable support as Albert Finney's exasperated sister in "A Man of No Importance" (1994) and appeared in support of Robin Wright in Pen Densham's "Moll Flanders" and as Matthew McConaughey's secretary in Joel Schumacher's 杀戮时刻 (1996) (both 1996).
As a teenager, a car accident left her out of commission for nearly two years; later she suffered from a case of tuberculosis and the removal of a kidney.
Ventured into acting, beginning on the stage, whilst working as a journalist for The Irish Times and worked extensively on the Irish stage before moving to London.
Is diabetic.
Became pregnant six times during her marriage to Barry Davies; on all of those occasions she suffered miscarriages.
Divorced 巴瑞·戴维斯 in 1988 due to his alcoholism; they later reconciled in 1990 and remained together until his untimely death the following year.
Residing in The Liberties neighborhood of Dublin, Ireland. [2010]
Was the 99th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for 我的左脚 (1989) at 第62届奥斯卡颁奖典礼 (1990) on March 26, 1990.
Is one of 4 actresses to have won an Oscar for a movie where they acted out a labor, Fricker's being for 我的左脚 (1989). The others are Luise Rainer for 大地 (1937), 玛丽·阿斯特 for 弥天大谎 (1941) and 金·亨特 for 欲望号街车 (1951).
Is one of 6 actresses to have won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing a character who is pregnant at some point during the film, hers being for 我的左脚 (1989). The others are 玛丽·阿斯特 for 弥天大谎 (1941), 金·亨特 for 欲望号街车 (1951), 玛丽·斯汀伯根 for 天外横财 (1980), 蕾切尔·薇兹 for 不朽的园丁 (2005), and 詹妮弗·哈德森 for 梦女孩 (2006).
