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Maria Doyle Kennedy

Actress / Composer / Film Actress / Singer-songwriter / Lecturer / Lyricist | * 09/25/1964 (59) | Clontarf, Dublin (Ireland)
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Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer and actress. With a singing and acting career that has spanned more than 30 years, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. As an actress, she is best known for her extensive television roles as Patsy in Father Ted (1998), Catherine of Aragon in The Tudors (2007–2010), Vera Bates in Downton Abbey (2011), Siobhán Sadler in Orphan Black (2013–2017), and Jocasta Cameron in Outlander (2018–present). More recently in 2022, she starred as the Scottish journalist Tannie Maria in the series Recipes for Love and Murder, set in the Karoo in South Africa and adapted for the screen from the book of the same name by Sally Andrew. Doyle Kennedy has also appeared in numerous films, including ()
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Maria Doyle Kennedy is an Irish film and television actress, singer and songwriter, best known for her roles as Queen Katherine of Aragon in the television series "The Tudors", the title character's wife Frances in "The General", and as Siobhan "Mrs. S" Sadler in the television series "Orphan Black".

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to ...

The Commitments

R

1991 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Comedy, Drama, Music
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The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V. ...

The General

R

1998 | 3.4/5 | 2h 4min
Crime, History
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A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her. ...

Orphan Black

TV-MA

2013 | 3.9/5 | 43min per episode
Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equ ...

The Tudors

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2007 | 3.9/5 | 55min per episode
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Maria Doyle Kennedy

Gemini Awards
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Movies with Maria Doyle Kennedy as Actress(24)

as Moll MacTíre (voice)2020 Wolfwalkers
as Mrs. Blackwood2019 We Have Always Lived in the Castle
as Peggy Nottingham2016 The Conjuring 2
as Penny Lalor2016 Sing Street
as Maggie2015 The Timber
as Aleksa2015 Jupiter Ascending
as Theresa2013 A Thousand Times Good Night
2013 Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay
as Sister Roisin2012 After the Triumph of Your Birth
as Morag2012 Byzantium
as Mary2011 Albert Nobbs
as Rosemary2005 Tara Road
as Nina Bannister2003 Thursday the 12th
as Anastasia2003 Spin the Bottle
as Foxy2003 Mystics
as Christine1999 Miss Julie
as Bel1999 Gregory's Two Girls
as Maggie1999 I Could Read the Sky
as Frances1998 The General
as Sarah Kelly1997 The Matchmaker
as Roisin1997 A Further Gesture
as Ann1996 Nothing Personal
as Alice1996 Moll Flanders
as Natalie Murphy1991 The Commitments

TV Shows/Series with Maria Doyle Kennedy as Actress(13)

as Tannie Maria2022 Recipes for Love and Murder
as Ila2021 The Wheel of Time
as Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins2021 Kin
as Jocasta Cameron2014 Outlander
as Jocasta Innes2014 Outlander
as Jocasta (MacKenzie) Cameron2014 Outlander
as Siobhan "Mrs. S" Sadler2013 Orphan Black
as Muriel Batley2012 Titanic
as Vera Bates2010 Downton Abbey
as Catherine of Aragon2007 The Tudors
as Sonya2006 Dexter
as Marie Threepwood1999 Queer as Folk
as Patsy1995 Father Ted

Movies with Maria Doyle Kennedy as Crew(2)

Directing/Director2017 A Different Kind of Day
Writing/Writer2017 A Different Kind of Day

Additional Information

Full Name: Maria Doyle
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Friday, 09/25 1964 (September) in Clontarf, Dublin (Ireland) (current age: 59 years + 208 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Trinity College Dublin, St David's Holy Faith Secondary School, Greystones
Record Label: Mermaid Records
Other names for Maria Doyle Kennedy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Maria Josephine Doyle"
"Maria Doyle"
"Maria Doyle-Kennedy"
Maria Doyle Kennedy frequently works together with these people:
Tomm Moore (7x, Crew)
Julian Fellowes (5x, Actor)
Bronagh Gallagher (5x, Actress)
Graham Linehan (5x, Crew)
Hugo Ekornes (5x, Crew)
Alex Levine (5x, Crew)
Ciaran Donnelly (5x, Crew)
Stephen Rea (4x, Actor)
James Wan (4x, Crew)
Edd Osmond (4x, Actor)
Pen Densham (4x, Crew)
Ross Stewart (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:52964, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024