Danica Kirka

LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.

Fricker became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award in 1990 for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of the determined mother of painter Christy Brown.

Entertainment By Por DANICA KIRKA Associated Press July 17, 2026

LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.

LONDON — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.

LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who became the first

She became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot."

Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,'' has died

LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,'' has died. She was 81.

Brenda Fricker, who became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award, for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film My Left Foot , has died. She was 81.