Ruth McCabe is an Irish stage, screen and voice actress known from Clones, County Monaghan. [1] She is known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears ' The Snapper , [2] Christy Brown's paramour Mary in My Left Foot , [3] and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan, in three seasons of Silent Witness . [4] She originated the role of Kay McCoy, proprietor of McCoy's bar in RTÉ's soap opera Fair City . [5]
McCabe won the inaugural IFTA in 2003 for Best Actress in a Supporting role, for playing Margaret McCutcheon in BBC One Northern Ireland's Any Time Now , [6] [7] and again in 2011, for her role as Eithne Driscoll in the Irish police series Single-Handed . [8] [9]
Ruth's father was Irish playwright and screenwriter Eugene McCabe. [10]
McCabe took a break from acting to raise her first child, but performed in the one-woman play "The Worm in the Heart" while pregnant with her second child. [11]
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.
Niall Tóibín was an Irish comedian and actor. Born in Cork into an Irish speaking family, Tóibín grew up on the north-side of the city in Bishop's Field.
Ruth Negga is an Irish actress known for her roles in the AMC television series Preacher (2016–2019) and the film Loving (2016). For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the latter, Negga received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. For her Broadway debut as Lady Macbeth in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth in 2022, she earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Keith McErlean is an Irish actor from Carndonagh in Inishowen, County Donegal, in Ireland. His career began when he graduated from the Gaiety School of Acting in 1998. McErlean has appeared in a number of plays for the Abbey Theatre and Peacock Theatre, including Making History, Lovers at Versailles and Tartuffe.
Stanley Townsend is an Irish actor.
Tina Kellegher is an Irish actress, best known for her work in film and television in the 1990s. She currently plays Ger Lynch in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City.
Derek O'Connor is an Irish writer and filmmaker, and one half of the award-winning film-making duo Doris/Magee. Their film Ponydance: An Scannan won a 2014 Celtic Media Award, in the Young People's category. His short documentary The Prince of Ballyfermot won the 2015 Ulster Media Award. O'Connor has also written for a number of TV shows, including several episodes of the BAFTA and IFTA-winning CBBC children's series Roy.
Love/Hate is an Irish dramatic television series broadcast on RTÉ Television. The show aired between 2010 and 2014 on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player. The show depicts fictional characters in Dublin's criminal underworld.
The 8th Irish Film & Television Awards were held on 12 February 2011 in the Convention Centre, Dublin.
Damo and Ivor was a comedy duo act from Ireland, composed of two contrasting Dublin stereotypes, both portrayed by Andrew Quirke. The characters first appeared on bebo and YouTube - most notably in 'Skanger Me Banger(sic)'in late 2007/early 2008 and first on television in RTE's, Republic of Telly in 2011. Their musical parody, "Everybody's Drinkin'" debuted at sixth position in the Irish Singles Chart in April 2011 after the music video was shown on the programme. On 16 September 2013 their television show, Damo and Ivor debuted on RTÉ Two.
Ned Dennehy is an Irish actor who has appeared in multiple films and television programmes. He is best known for his role as Mider in The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. He also appeared in Blitz, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and the independent British feature film Downhill.
The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), honouring Irish film and television released in 2011.
Emma Eliza Regan is an Irish actress who has appeared in Irish feature films The Fading Light (2009), Love Eternal (2013), Darkness on the Edge Of Town (2014), and Penance 2018, and on television in Aisling's Diary (2009), Jack Taylor (2012), and Vikings (2020).
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is an Irish actor. He is best known in Ireland for his roles as Nigel 'Nidge' Delaney in the RTÉ One series Love/Hate (2010–2014), and is known internationally for his role as Ebony Maw in Avengers: Infinity War and its sequel Avengers: Endgame.
Owen McDonnell is an Irish actor. He is known for his roles in the RTÉ drama Single-Handed (2007–2010), the TG4 Western An Klondike (2015–2017), and the BBC spy thriller Killing Eve (2018–2022).
The IFTA Film & Drama Awards are awards given by the Irish Film & Television Academy for Irish television and film, the awards began in 1999. The ceremonies recognise Irish creative talent working in film, drama, and television, and winners receive a cast bronze statuette.
Radharc Films, also known as the Radharc Trust, is an Irish charity which oversees the film archive of the Radharc series of documentary programs. The organisation is based in Blackrock in Dublin, Ireland. The archive, overseen by the trust, includes a collection of over 400 topical and religious documentaries spanning over 30 years.
Julie Ryan is an Irish film and TV producer from Cork, Ireland, known for her work on The Young Offenders (2016), I Never Cry (2020), and Finding You (2020).
Gary Lydon is a British-Irish stage and screen actor from Northolt in England. He is known for playing the Garda Peadar Kearney in The Banshees of Inisherin.
Declan Recks is an IFTA Award-winning television and film director from Clara, County Offaly. He directed the Irish language film Tarrac in 2023.
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