Maria Doyle Kennedy
Irish singer · Ireland · On the map · Musicians · Born 1964 · age 62
Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy 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.
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Bronagh Gallagher Also in Albert Nobbs and The Commitments
Ned Dennehy Also in The Tudors, Outlander and The Matchmaker
Brenda Fricker Also in Moll Flanders and Tara Road
Stephen Rea Also in Tara Road and The Body Is Water
Allen Leech Also in Downton Abbey and The Tudors
Brendan Coyle Also in Downton Abbey and The General
Gerard McSorley Also in The Tudors and Father Ted
Bosco Hogan Also in The Tudors and Tara Road
Angeline Ball Also in The Commitments and The General
Glenn Close Produced Albert Nobbs (2013)
Alan Parker Directed The Commitments (1991)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers Also in The Tudors and Albert Nobbs
Ed Speleers Also in Downton Abbey and Outlander
Milo O'Shea Also in The Matchmaker and Mystics
John Lynch Also in Moll Flanders and Nothing Personal
Perdita Weeks Also in The Tudors and Titanic
Graham Linehan Wrote Father Ted and The Matchmaker
Lü Yue Directed Downton Abbey
James Greene Also in Downton Abbey and Albert Nobbs
Ronnie Masterson Also in The Tudors and Byzantium
Rupert Frazer Also in Downton Abbey and Jupiter Ascending
Brendan Patricks Also in Downton Abbey and Outlander
Geoffrey Perkins Produced Father Ted
Tom Murphy Also in The General and Mystics
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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 (2018-2022). 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.
