Brenda Fricker

Brenda Fricker 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 Academy Award, earning the award for Best Supporting Actress for the biopic My Left Foot (1989). She also appeared in films such as 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), Veronica Guerin (2003), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) and Albert Nobbs (2011).

17 February 1945

Born on the same birth date (17 February 1945): Zina Bethune

Born on the same birth day (17 February): AB de Villiers • Banjo Paterson • Benjamin Fain • David Douillet • Giuseppe Signori • Jibanananda Das • José José • Jozef Murgaš • Kathleen Freeman • Leevi Madetoja • Loreena McKennitt • Luc Robitaille • Madison Keys • Phil Pressey • Rebecca Adlington • Valeria Mazza • Zina Bethune

Born in the same month (February 1945): Allan Boesak • Carol Wood • Douglas Hogg • Ferruccio Mazzola • John Eatwell, Baron Eatwell • Johnny Cymbal • King Floyd • Mary Jane Reoch • Mia Farrow • Mitch Ryder • William Sleator • Yuri Antonov