Brid Brennan

Brid Brennan

Born: January 1, 1955
in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Bríd Brennan is a Belfast born actress known for her work on the stage and screen.

Movies for Brid Brennan...

Room Taken
Title: Room Taken
Character: Victoria
Released: November 11, 2023
Type: Movie
When a man, new to Ireland, experiences homelessness and needs a place to sleep, he secretly takes up residence in the home of an elderly blind woman, which leads to them forming a unique bond.
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National Theatre Live: Dixon and Daughters
Title: National Theatre Live: Dixon and Daughters
Character: Mary
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it but Briana has other ideas. Over a tumultuous two days a family is forced to confront not just their past but themselves. Because even if you refuse to hear the truth, the truth doesn’t go away. Róisín McBrinn returns to Clean Break (Favour) to direct this powerful story of family and forgiveness by Deborah Bruce (The House They Grew Up In). A co-production from National Theatre and Clean Break.
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My Sailor My Love
Title: My Sailor My Love
Character: Annie
Released: September 30, 2022
Type: Movie
The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.
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Title: Hope Street
Character: Concepta O'Hare
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: TV
The arrival of DC Leila Hussain sets tongues wagging – what brings this big city girl to a sleepy Northern Irish seaside town? Warm-hearted detective drama in a stunning setting.
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Title: Dalgliesh
Character: Mrs. Dettinger
Released: November 4, 2021
Type: TV
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
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Doineann
Title: Doineann
Character: Labhaoise
Released: July 25, 2021
Type: Movie
When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.
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Calm with Horses
Title: Calm with Horses
Character: Maire Mirkin
Released: March 13, 2020
Type: Movie
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
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Phoenix
Title: Phoenix
Released: January 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Anton is about to lose the two most important women in his life but it takes the story of the king's son to make him face his fate.
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Lost Lives
Title: Lost Lives
Released: October 10, 2019
Type: Movie
This poignant testament to the physical and emotional cost of war, centres on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Stalker
Title: Stalker
Character: Diane
Released: June 30, 2019
Type: Movie
In the remote Scottish Highlands an aging stalker sets his wits and grit against a poacher who is taking the heads of his best stags.
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Florence Foster Jenkins
Title: Florence Foster Jenkins
Character: Kitty
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
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The Truth Commissioner
Title: The Truth Commissioner
Character: Catherine Gilroy
Released: February 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
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Brooklyn
Title: Brooklyn
Character: Miss Kelly
Released: October 20, 2015
Type: Movie
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
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Title: Unforgotten
Character: Suzanna Reid
Released: October 8, 2015
Type: TV
London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving missing persons, murder and long-hidden secrets.
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Title: Quirke
Character: Dolly Moran
Released: February 16, 2014
Type: TV
Quirke is the chief pathologist in the Dublin city morgue – a charismatic loner whose job takes him into fascinating places as he investigates sudden deaths in 1950s Dublin. His pleasures in life are raw and deep, a drink, a smoke, good food, a woman: With one woman in particular – his adoptive brother's wife Sarah and the forbidden love that has shaped and dominated Quirke's life.
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Title: The Escape Artist
Character: Mary
Released: October 29, 2013
Type: TV
A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.
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Title: Peaky Blinders
Character: Audrey Changretta
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: TV
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Title: Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Character: Queen Isabel
Released: June 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the arts of peace tells the romantic story of Henry’s campaign to recapture the English possessions in France. But the ambitions of this charismatic king are challenged by a host of vivid characters caught up in the real horrors of war. Henry V, which opened the new Globe with the words ‘O for a muse of fire’, celebrates the power of language to summon into life courts, pubs, ships and battlefields within the ‘wooden O’ - and beyond.
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Shadow Dancer
Title: Shadow Dancer
Character: Ma
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Set in 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.
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Title: South Riding
Character: Mrs Sigglesthwaite
Released: February 20, 2011
Type: TV
The lives and loves of a 1930s Yorkshire town explored in a passionate tale of politics in small places. South Riding charts the story of Sarah Burton's homecoming to Yorkshire in 1934 after twenty years teaching in London and the Empire. After a fiery interview with a conservative interview panel, outspoken Sarah takes up her first headmistress-ship at Kiplington High School for Girls, determined to demonstrate to her new pupils that the future is theirs for the taking.
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Title: Little Crackers
Character: Sister Mary Bernadette
Released: December 19, 2010
Type: TV
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
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Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Title: Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Character: Theresa Byrne
Released: July 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Born in London to single mum Bridget, Austin Byrne returns with her to her hometown in Ireland as a very young boy and learns that, from family to neighbours to the Church, no-one has a good word to say about either of them.
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Title: James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Character: Herself
Released: July 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
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Sunday
Title: Sunday
Character: Mrs Young
Released: January 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened
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Topsy-Turvy
Title: Topsy-Turvy
Character: Mad Woman
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
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Felicia's Journey
Title: Felicia's Journey
Character: Mrs Lysaght
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
Seventeen and pregnant, Felicia travels to England in search of her lover and is found instead by Joseph Ambrose Hilditch, a helpful catering manager whose kindness masks unsettling secret.
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Dancing at Lughnasa
Title: Dancing at Lughnasa
Character: Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy
Released: September 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
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Trojan Eddie
Title: Trojan Eddie
Character: Betty
Released: September 9, 1996
Type: Movie
Trojan Eddie sells stolen goods for John Power, aging godfather of a local network of Irish gypsies, known as "travelers." Having done time rather than inform on his partner in a failed burglary, Eddie now struggles to raise his two daughters alone. Power falls for and marries traveler girl Kathleen, but when she runs off with Power's nephew Dermot — and takes the $11,000 dowry with her — Eddie must track the couple down.
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Words Upon the Window Pane
Title: Words Upon the Window Pane
Character: Stella
Released: June 10, 1994
Type: Movie
In 1928 Dublin, during séances concerning Jonathan Swift, the spirits of his former lovers, Stella and Vanessa, emerge to resume their ancient quarrel.
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Guinevere
Title: Guinevere
Character: Morgan L'Fei
Released: May 7, 1994
Type: Movie
As border wars break out in Camelot, the young princess Guinevere is taken to live in safety with the High Priestess L'Fei. When King Arthur claims the crown, Guinevere is promised to him and she must leave her true love, Prince Lancelot in order to unite the land. In a tale of honor, loyalty and the price of war, Guinevere is forced to choose between the only man she has ever loved and her duty to her kingdom.
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Title: Cracker
Character: Maggie Harvey
Released: September 27, 1993
Type: TV
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
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Hedda Gabler
Title: Hedda Gabler
Character: Thea Elvsted
Released: March 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results
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Tell Tale Hearts
Title: Tell Tale Hearts
Character: Sally McCann
Released: November 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Anthony Steadman, a child murderer, is being released from prison after 17 years. Sally McCann, a mother whose child disappeared around the time of the original murders, pursues Steadman. Also on his trail is Becky Wilson, a local radio reporter, for whom the case brings back ghosts from her own past.
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Ghostwatch
Title: Ghostwatch
Character: Pamela Early
Released: October 31, 1992
Type: Movie
For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.
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'Itch
Title: 'Itch
Character: Susan Turnbull
Released: February 23, 1991
Type: Movie
A lone hitch hiker, marooned near a housing estate, has a dramatic effect on the lives of those around him.
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Title: Performance
Character: Thea Elvsted
Released: February 22, 1991
Type: TV
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Who Bombed Birmingham?
Title: Who Bombed Birmingham?
Character: Sister of IRA man
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted to the bombing under extreme duress, and that the five IRA members were in fact responsible for the deadly attacks
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She's Been Away
Title: She's Been Away
Character: Lillian's Nurse
Released: July 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband
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Title: South Of The Border
Character: Irene
Released: October 25, 1988
Type: TV
Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.
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Lorna
Title: Lorna
Character: Lorna Martin
Released: June 2, 1987
Type: Movie
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
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Up Line
Title: Up Line
Character: Grace O'Brien
Released: February 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.
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The Playboy of the Western World
Title: The Playboy of the Western World
Character: Pegeen Mike
Released: March 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A story of love, rivalry and betrayal – Synge’s best-known work is a must-see from this multi-award winning company.' Synge’s great comic masterpiece tells the story of Christy Mahon, who stumbles into a public house in County Mayo claiming he has killed his father and so capturing the romantic attention of the daughter of the house, Pegeen Mike. Performed at Donmar Warehouse in London's Covent Garden by the Druid Theatre Company of Galway, Ireland.
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Four Days in July
Title: Four Days in July
Character: Colette
Released: November 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland.
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Anne Devlin
Title: Anne Devlin
Character: Anne Devlin
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
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A Coming to Terms for Billy
Title: A Coming to Terms for Billy
Character: Lorna Martin
Released: February 21, 1984
Type: Movie
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.
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A Matter of Choice for Billy
Title: A Matter of Choice for Billy
Character: Lorna Martin
Released: May 10, 1983
Type: Movie
Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen. Second in the trilogy.
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Too Late to Talk to Billy
Title: Too Late to Talk to Billy
Character: Lorna Martin
Released: February 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
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The Ballroom of Romance
Title: The Ballroom of Romance
Character: Patty Byrne
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
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Maeve
Title: Maeve
Character: Roisin
Released: September 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Maeve returns home to Belfast after a long absence. Her arrival in the city stimulates a series of memories of childhood and adolescence both in herself and other people.
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Excalibur
Title: Excalibur
Character: Lady in Waiting
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.