Celebrated Irish actor Brenda Fricker, whose memorable performances in 'My Left Foot', 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New York' and the BBC medical drama 'Casualty' earned her worldwide acclaim, has died at the age of 81. She passed away on Thursday in Dublin.

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Dublin born and raised, Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left Foot

The history-making Dublin native also appeared in ‘The Field,’ ‘Home Alone 2: Lost in New York’ and ‘So I Married an Axe Murderer.’