Brid Brennan Movies and Career Information

Brid Brennan (born 1953) is an Irish actress, best known for her theatre work. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Brennan created the role of Agnes Mundy in Brian Friel's play Dancing at Lughnasa. She played the role in the original Dublin, West End and Broadway productions, winning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised her performance on screen in Noel Pearson's much acclaimed 1998 film version of the play starring Meryl Streep, for which Brennan won an Irish Film and Television Award. In 1999, Brennan played Maisie Madigan in Noel Pearson's production of Juno and the Paycock at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and starred as Sister Aloysius in the Abbey Theatre Dublin production of Doubt. She has received two Olivier Award nominations: for Rutherford and Son at the National Theatre and for The Little Foxes at the Donmar Warehouse. She has also played roles in productions of Dallas Streetman, Woman and Scarecrow, By the Bog of Cats, Pillars of the Community, Man Beast and Virtue, Macbeth, La Lupa, Bliss, Bone Bailegangaire, A Kind of Alaska, Intemperance, Smelling a Rat, The Playboy of the Western World and Holy Days. For RTÉ Radio 1, Brennan played the