Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81

The Irish actor won an Oscar for playing Daniel Day-Lewis’s mother in the 1989 drama ‘My Left Foot’

The film, directed by Jim Sheridan, was released to enormous acclaim in 1989, winning the best actor Oscar for Daniel Day-Lewis as well as best supporting actress for Fricker.

Irish actress Brenda Fricker, renowned for her Oscar-winning performance in the 1989 film My Left Foot, as well as her memorable roles in Home Alone 2 and the television series Casualty, has passed away at the age of 81. he passed away peacefully in her cherished home in Dublin.

She played nurse Megan Roach in the BBC's Casualty from 1986, making her final appearance in 2010; and was the Central Park pigeon lady in 1992's Home Alone sequel.