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data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/84\/21\/53\/1536x864_cmsv2_4ceba52a-6f06-5d33-8c06-70b4aad1d62f-9842153.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker dies aged 81 \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Oscar-winning actress Brenda Fricker dies aged 81<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspDavid Mouriquand\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1784299244\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-07-17 16:40:44 +02:00\">17\/07\/2026 &#8211; 16:40 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"16:46\">16:46<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label 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loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Brenda Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an Oscar in 1990 for her role in &#8216;My Left Foot&#8217;. She leaves cinema and TV lovers a remarkable legacy &#8211; including a particularly memorable role in &#8216;Home Alone 2: Lost In New York&#8217;.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--culture js-article-content\">\n<p>Celebrated actress Brenda Fricker &#8211; the first Irish woman to win an Oscar &#8211; has died aged 81.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She won Best Supporting Actress in 1990 for playing the mother of Irish writer and painter Christy Brown in the biographical drama <em>My Left Foot<\/em> &#8211; for which Daniel Day Lewis won Best Actor.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a career spanning six decades, Fricker also starred in films like <em>So I Married An Axe Murderer<\/em> (1993), <em>A Time To Kill<\/em> (1996), <em>Veronica Guerin<\/em> (2003), <em>Albert Nobbs<\/em> (2011), and is fondly remembered by many as the Central Park &#8220;pigeon lady&#8221; who befriends Macaulay Culkin&#8217;s character Kevin in <em>Home Alone 2: Lost In New York<\/em> (1992). <\/p>\n<p>Phil Belfield, her agent, said she had died after a period of ill health. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement, he said: &#8220;We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her. I was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The US ambassador to Ireland, Edward Walsh, paid tribute to Fricker, describing her as &#8220;a giant of Irish film&#8221; and praising her &#8220;unforgettable&#8221; performance in <em>My Left Foot<\/em>. He wrote on X: &#8220;From Dublin to Hollywood, her work brought Ireland&#8217;s stories to the world and inspired generations on both sides of the Atlantic. 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