Brid Brennan
Brid Brennan (born 1955 in Belfast ) is an Irish actress .
Life and accomplishments
Briod Brennan made her debut as an actress in Dublin , where she appeared at the Abbey Theater and the Gate Theater. Her first film role she played on the side of Nigel Terry and Helen Mirren in the fantasy film Excalibur from 1981. In the Irish drama Anne Devlin (1984) she took the title role.
Brennan starred in the play Lughnasa - Time of Dance by Brian Friel in 1991 and 1992 . For this role she received the Tony Award in 1992 . In the film adaptation of the play Tanz in die Freiheit (1998) she played alongside Meryl Streep and won the Irish Film and Television Award for this role in 1999 . The role in the play The Little Foxes , which was staged in the Donmar Warehouse theater in London , earned her a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award in 2002 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Excalibur
- 1982: Maeve
- 1982: The Ballroom of Romance
- 1984: Anne Devlin
- 1985: Four Days in July (TV movie)
- 1987: Lorna (TV movie)
- 1994: Words Upon the Window Pane
- 1995: Cracker : brotherly love (Cracker: Brotherly Love) (TV movie)
- 1998: Tanz in die Freiheit (Dancing at Lughnasa)
- 1999: Felicia, my angel (Felicia's Journey)
- 1999: Topsy-Turvy - turned upside down (Topsy-Turvy)
- 2002: Sunday (TV movie)
- 2009: Swansong (Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne)
- 2012: Shadow Dancer
- 2016: Florence Foster Jenkins
Web links
- Brid Brennan in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Brid Brennan in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Brid Brennan in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography in the IMDb , accessed on May 27, 2008
- ↑ Entry on www.ibdb.com, accessed on May 27, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brennan, Brid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast , Ireland |