Brenda Fricker (born February 17, 1945 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Academy Award-winning Irish actress.
She began her feature film career with a small uncredited part in the 1964 movie Of Human Bondage, based on the 1915 novel by William Somerset Maugham of the same name.
Initially better known in the United Kingdom for her role as Megan Roach in the BBC One series Casualty, she won the 1989 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Christy Brown's mother in My Left Foot. She then co-starred in the 1990 film The Field. During this time she remained with the series.
