Brid Brennan
Acting
Biography
Bríd Brennan is a Belfast born actress known for her work on the stage and screen.
Born: January 1, 1955
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Known For
Peaky Blinders
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.
Unforgotten
London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving missing persons, murder and long-hidden secrets.
Sunday
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
Brooklyn
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
The Ballroom of Romance
A lonely farmer's daughter hopes to find love at the village ballroom.
The Escape Artist
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.
Who Bombed Birmingham?
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
Excalibur
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.
Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
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.
Ghostwatch
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.
Filmography
as Older Cushla
as Cáit
as Victoria
as Annie
as Concepta O'Hare
as Mrs. Dettinger
as Labhaoise
as Maire Mirkin
as Diane
as Niamh Keening
as Kitty
as Catherine Gilroy
as Miss Kelly
as Suzanna Reid
as Dolly Moran
as Mary
as Audrey Changretta
as Queen Isabel
as Ma
as Mrs Sigglesthwaite
as Sister Mary Bernadette
as Theresa Byrne
as Herself
as Mrs Young
as Mad Woman
as Mrs Lysaght
as Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy
as Betty
as Stella
as Morgan L'Fei
as Maggie Harvey
as Thea Elvsted
as Pamela Early
as Thea Elvsted
as Susan Turnbull
as Sister of IRA man
as Lillian's Nurse
as Irene
as Lorna Martin
as Grace O'Brien
as Colette
as Anne Devlin
as Lorna Martin
as Lorna Martin
as Lorna Martin
as Patty Byrne
as Roisin
as Lady in Waiting
as Helen