Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 1945) 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 Oscar, for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). At the time of writing she remains the only Irish actress to have done so. She also appeared in films and TV series and shows such as Licking Hitler (1978), Casualty (1986–1990), 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), Swann (1996), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I’m Dancing (2004), Albert Nobbs (2011), Cloudburst (2011), Holding (2022) and The Swallow (2024). Now in her eighties, Brenda is continuing to explore her love of language through the medium of literature.