Brenda Fricker, première actrice irlandaise récompensée par un Oscar, est morte à 81 ans à Dublin. Révélée au grand public par "My Left Foot", elle a également joué dans "Maman, j’ai encore raté l’avion".

Ela foi a primeira irlandesa a triunfar em sua categoria

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.’