Ger Ryan

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]}

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

References

1. "CBC Media Center - Bios - Ger Ryan". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 20 December 2020.
2. "Little Dog - Cast - Ger Ryan". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. "Winners". rts.org.uk. Royal Television Society. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
4. "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2016 - Actress In A Supporting Role Film". ifta. Irish Film & Television Academy. 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
5. "Winners Of The 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". ifta.ie. Irish Film & Television Academy. 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
6. "Q&A With IFTA Winning Actress Ger Ryan". iftn.ie. Irish Film and Television Network. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
7. "Where are they now? The cast of RTÉ's restaurant drama Raw". evoke.ie. Associated Newspapers (Ireland) Limited. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links

• Ger Ryan at IMDb