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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
1997 | Driftwood | Woman | |
1999 | A Love Divided | Anna Walsh | |
2003 | Intermission | Maura | |
2005 | Frozen | Elsie | |
2007 | Exodus | Batya Mann | |
2008 | Dorothy | Eileen McMahon | |
2009 | Happy Ever Afters | Bridie | |
2010 | Five Day Shelter | Jackie | |
2012 | Keys to the City | Jo | |
2013 | Hummingbird | Mother Superior | |
2013 | The Callback Queen | Mary Carroll | |
2013 | The Food Guide to Love | Anna | |
2014 | Love, Rosie | Alice Dunne | |
2017 | The Man Who Invented Christmas | Mrs. Dickens | |
2019 | Rialto | Kathleen |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Fair City | Bernie Kelly | Episode #1.1 |
1994 | Family | Paula Spencer | 4 episodes |
1996 | Kavanagh QC | Maggie Warwick | Episode: "A Sense of Loss" |
1997 | Plotlands | Grainne Mulligan | 6 episodes |
1998 | Amongst Women | Rose | 4 episodes |
1999 | Oliver Twist | Mrs Sowerberry | 1 episode |
1999, 2000 | Queer as Folk | Margaret Jones | 2 episodes |
2000 | Forgive and Forget | Ruth O'Neil | Television film |
2000 | Deceit | Molly Sinclair | 2 episodes |
2000–2005 | Fat Friends | Aisling Rymer | 3 episodes |
2001 | Shades | Efa Sullivan | Episode #1.2 |
2001–2002 | On Home Ground | Maureen Fitzpatrick | 5 episodes |
2002 | No Tears | Siobhan Cassidy | Miniseries |
2002 | Clocking Off | Maggie / Shirley | Episode: "Gary's Story" |
2002 | Sinners | Niamh | Television film |
2003 | The Clinic | Ann Connell | Episode #1.6 |
2003 | The Return | Maggie Lynch | Television film |
2005 | Malice Aforethought | Constance Torr | |
2006 | Stardust | Christine Keegan | 2 episodes |
2006–2009 | The Street | Margie McEvoy | 6 episodes |
2007 | Damage | Liz Maher | Television film |
2007 | Prosperity | Vera | 2 episodes |
2010–2013 | Raw | Maeve Harte | 18 episodes |
2011 | The Body Farm | Teresa Quinn | Episode #1.6 |
2012 | Hit & Miss | Claire | |
2018–2019 | Little Dog | Sylvia Ross | 15 episodes |
2020 | The South Westerlies | Noreen | 6 episodes |
2021 | Three Families | Kathleen Nolan | 2 episodes |
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