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Maria Doyle Kennedy is an Irish singer, songwriter, and actress. With a singing and acting career that has spanned nearly 30 years, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. As an actress, she is best known for her extensive television roles as Patsy on Father Ted (1998), Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors (2007–2010), Vera Bates on Downton Abbey (2011), and Siobhán Sadler on Orphan Black (2013–2017). As a musician, she is well known for her world-wide hit folk albums Mütter and Sing.
Birth Name
Maria Josephine Doyle
Born
Friday, 25 September 1964
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Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Recipes for Love and Murder | Tannie Maria (Maria Purvis) | 2022 |
| The Wheel of Time | Ila | 2021 |
| Kin | Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins / Bridget Goggins | 2021 |
| Wolfwalkers | Moll MacTíre (voice) / Mebh's Mother, Moll MacTíre | 2020 |
| Cold Courage | Suzie Hawkins | 2020 |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Mrs. Blackwood | 2019 |
| Redwater | Roisín Kelly | 2017 |
| Striking Out | George Cusack | 2017 |
| The Conjuring 2 | Peggy Nottingham | 2016 |
| Sing Street | Penny Lawlor / Penny | 2016 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Recipes for Love and Murder | Tannie Maria (Maria Purvis) | 2022 |
| The Wheel of Time | Ila | 2021 |
| Kin | Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins / Bridget Goggins | 2021 |
| Wolfwalkers | Moll MacTíre (voice) / Mebh's Mother, Moll MacTíre | 2020 |
| Cold Courage | Suzie Hawkins | 2020 |
| We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Mrs. Blackwood | 2019 |
| Redwater | Roisín Kelly | 2017 |
| Striking Out | George Cusack | 2017 |
| The Conjuring 2 | Peggy Nottingham | 2016 |
| Sing Street | Penny Lawlor / Penny | 2016 |
| The Timber | Maggie | 2015 |
| Jupiter Ascending | Aleksa | 2015 |
| Outlander | Jocasta Cameron | 2014 |
| Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay | Eliza Lynch | 2013 |
| 1,000 Times Good Night | Theresa | 2013 |
| Orphan Black | Siobhan Sadler / Siobhan "Mrs. S" Sadler | 2013 |
| Byzantium | Morag | 2012 |
| After the Triumph of Your Birth | Sister Roisin | 2012 |
| Titanic | Muriel Batley | 2012 |
| Call the Midwife | Attracta | 2012 |
| Albert Nobbs | Mary | 2011 |
| Corp & Anam | Mairéad Mhic Iarnáin | 2011 |
| Downton Abbey | Vera Bates | 2010 |
| The Tudors | Queen Catherine of Aragon / Catherine of Aragon | 2007 |
| Dexter | Sonya | 2006 |
| Sorted | Roisin | 2006 |
| Tara Road | Rosemary / Rosemary Ryan | 2005 |
| Mystics | Foxy | 2003 |
| Spin the Bottle | Anastasia | 2003 |
| Miss Julie | Christine | 1999 |
| Oliver Twist | Irish Shop Assistant | 1999 |
| Gregory's Two Girls | Bel | 1999 |
| I Could Read the Sky | Maggie | 1999 |
| Queer as Folk | Marie Threepwood / Marie Jones | 1999 |
| The General | Frances | 1998 |
| The MatchMaker | Sarah Kelly | 1997 |
| The Break | Roisin | 1997 |
| Moll Flanders | Alice | 1996 |
| Nothing Personal | Ann | 1996 |
| Father Ted | Patsy | 1995 |
| The Commitments | Natalie Murphy | 1991 |
