Ger Ryan

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Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress, whose credits include Queer as Folk , Family , The War of the Buttons , The Van , Moll Flanders , Intermission and Little Dog . [1] [2]

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Career

Ryan has twice been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Family and Amongst Women, [3] and received several nominations in the Irish Film and Television Awards, including for Amongst Women, Intermission and The Return.[ citation needed ] She is also a recipient of a Belfast Telegraph EMA Award in for her work on A Place with the Pigs and Song of the Yellow Bittern. In 2007, she received an IFTA for her work on the two-part docu-drama, Stardust , by RTÉ. [4] [5] She also played Margie McEvoy in the BBC drama series, The Street . [6] She later played the role of Maeve Harte in RTÉ's drama series, Raw , and that of Mary Carroll in the 2013 romantic comedy, The Callback Queen . [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The Courier Assistant in Jewellers
1991 The Commitments Pawnbroker
1994 War of the Buttons Fergus' Mum
1996 The Van Maggie
1996 Moll Flanders Orphanage Woman
1997DriftwoodWoman
1999A Love DividedAnna Walsh
2003 Intermission Maura
2005 Frozen Elsie
2007 Exodus Batya Mann
2008DorothyEileen McMahon
2009 Happy Ever Afters Bridie
2010Five Day ShelterJackie
2012Keys to the CityJo
2013 Hummingbird Mother Superior
2013 The Callback Queen Mary Carroll
2013The Food Guide to LoveAnna
2014 Love, Rosie Alice Dunne
2017 The Man Who Invented Christmas Mrs. Dickens
2019 Rialto Kathleen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Fair City Bernie KellyEpisode #1.1
1994 Family Paula Spencer4 episodes
1996 Kavanagh QC Maggie WarwickEpisode: "A Sense of Loss"
1997 Plotlands Grainne Mulligan6 episodes
1998Amongst WomenRose4 episodes
1999 Oliver Twist Mrs Sowerberry1 episode
1999, 2000 Queer as Folk Margaret Jones2 episodes
2000 Forgive and Forget Ruth O'NeilTelevision film
2000 Deceit Molly Sinclair2 episodes
2000–2005 Fat Friends Aisling Rymer3 episodes
2001 Shades Efa SullivanEpisode #1.2
2001–2002On Home GroundMaureen Fitzpatrick5 episodes
2002No TearsSiobhan CassidyMiniseries
2002 Clocking Off Maggie / ShirleyEpisode: "Gary's Story"
2002SinnersNiamhTelevision film
2003 The Clinic Ann ConnellEpisode #1.6
2003 The Return Maggie LynchTelevision film
2005 Malice Aforethought Constance Torr
2006 Stardust Christine Keegan2 episodes
2006–2009 The Street Margie McEvoy6 episodes
2007DamageLiz MaherTelevision film
2007 Prosperity Vera2 episodes
2010–2013 Raw Maeve Harte18 episodes
2011 The Body Farm Teresa QuinnEpisode #1.6
2012 Hit & Miss Claire
2018–2019 Little Dog Sylvia Ross15 episodes
2020The South WesterliesNoreen6 episodes
2021 Three Families Kathleen Nolan2 episodes

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References

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  3. "Winners". rts.org.uk. Royal Television Society. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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