Portrait of Brid Brennan

Acting

Brid Brennan

Career

Active from 1981 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brid Brennan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    0.8, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Bleak Realism 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 66
A Talent for Murder
A Talent for Murder (2026)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kathryn Grierson

Aontas
Aontas (2026)
GoodWatch score 70

as Cáit

Tender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care (2026)
GoodWatch score 68

as Woman in Park

The Galley
The Galley (2026)

as Helen

Trespasses
Trespasses (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Older Cushla

Room Taken
Room Taken (2023)
GoodWatch score 69

as Victoria

National Theatre Live: Dixon and Daughters
National Theatre Live: Dixon and Daughters (2023)

as Mary

My Sailor, My Love
My Sailor, My Love (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Annie

Doineann
Doineann (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

as Labhaoise

Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Mrs. Dettinger

Hope Street
Hope Street (2021)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Concepta O'Hare

Calm with Horses
Calm with Horses (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as Maire Mirkin

2010s

14 titles · average score 71
Stalker
Stalker (2019)

as Diane

Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

as Kitty

Unforgotten
Unforgotten (2015)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Suzanna Reid

Brooklyn
Brooklyn (2015)
GoodWatch score 85

as Miss Kelly

Quirke
Quirke (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Dolly Moran

The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Mary

Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Audrey Changretta

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ma

Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry V - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

as Queen Isabel

South Riding
South Riding (2011)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Mrs Sigglesthwaite

Upstairs Downstairs
Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Miss Poulson

Little Crackers
Little Crackers (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Sister Mary Bernadette

2000s

2 titles · average score 73
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne (2009)

as Theresa Byrne

Sunday
Sunday (2002)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs Young

1990s

13 titles · average score 66
Felicia's Journey
Felicia's Journey (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs Lysaght

Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mad Woman

Dancing at Lughnasa
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Agnes 'Aggie' Mundy

Trojan Eddie
Trojan Eddie (1996)
GoodWatch score 43

as Betty

Guinevere
Guinevere (1994)
GoodWatch score 36

as Morgan L'Fei

Words Upon the Window Pane
Words Upon the Window Pane (1994)

as Stella

Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler (1993)

as Thea Elvsted

Cracker
Cracker (1993)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Maggie Harvey

Ghostwatch
Ghostwatch (1992)
GoodWatch score 87

as Pamela Early

Tell Tale Hearts
Tell Tale Hearts (1992)

as Sally McCann

Performance
Performance (1991)

TV show · as Thea Elvsted

Who Bombed Birmingham?
Who Bombed Birmingham? (1990)

as Sister of IRA man

1980s

14 titles · average score 68
She's Been Away
She's Been Away (1989)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lillian's Nurse

South of the Border
South of the Border (1988)

TV show · as Irene

Lorna
Lorna (1987)

as Lorna Martin

Up Line
Up Line (1987)

TV show · as Grace O'Brien

Four Days in July
Four Days in July (1984)
GoodWatch score 73

as Colette

A Coming to Terms for Billy
A Coming to Terms for Billy (1984)

as Lorna Martin

Anne Devlin
Anne Devlin (1984)

as Anne Devlin

A Matter of Choice for Billy
A Matter of Choice for Billy (1983)

as Lorna Martin

Too Late to Talk to Billy
Too Late to Talk to Billy (1982)

as Lorna Martin

The Ballroom of Romance
The Ballroom of Romance (1982)

as Patty Byrne

Maeve
Maeve (1981)
GoodWatch score 65

as Roisin

Excalibur
Excalibur (1981)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lady in Waiting