Biography
Maria Doyle Kennedy is an Irish film and television actress, singer and songwriter, best known for her roles as Queen Katherine of Aragon in the television series "The Tudors", the title character's wife Frances in "The General", and as Siobhan "Mrs. S" Sadler in the television series "Orphan Black".
Known For
Complete Filmography
Wolfwalkers
2020
as Mebh's Mother, Moll MacTíre (voice)
In a time of superstition and magic, when wolves are seen as demonic and nature an evil to be tamed, a young apprentice hunter comes to Ireland with h...
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
2019
as Mrs. Blackwood
In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live iso...
A Different Kind of Day
2017
Director, Writer
A teen couple who have special needs are harassed by a gang. Their response to the attack changes the day for everyone.
The Conjuring 2
2016
as Peggy Nottingham
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Sing Street
2016
as Penny Lawlor
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
The Timber
2015
as Maggie
In the wild west, two brothers embark on a journey to collect a bounty in a desperate attempt to save their home: but what they find along the way is ...
Jupiter Ascending
2015
as Aleksa
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers an...
Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay
2013
When Brazil won the war against Paraguay in 1870, they spared the life, but not the reputation of the woman they claimed was the chief villain in the ...
A Thousand Times Good Night
2013
as Theresa
On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home...
Byzantium
2013
as Morag
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local resort.
After the Triumph of Your Birth
2012
as Sister Roisin
A surreal, dark humored portrait of the outsider; a music driven celebration of uncertainty.
Albert Nobbs
2011
as Mary
Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a...
Tara Road
2005
as Rosemary
A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland.
Mystics
2003
as Foxy
A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
Spin the Bottle
2003
as Anastasia
Rats is released from prison and needs to make some money; fast. To his dismay, things have changed dramatically during his absence; his mother no lon...
Thursday the 12th
2003
as Nina Bannister
In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their propert...
Miss Julie
1999
as Christine
A footman seduces a count's daughter. Adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.
Gregory's Two Girls
1999
as Bel
Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils uncover...
I Could Read the Sky
1999
as Maggie
The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his fir...
The General
1998
as Frances
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwant...
The Matchmaker
1997
as Sarah Kelly
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory,...
A Further Gesture
1997
as Roisin
Dowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York...
Nothing Personal
1996
as Ann
A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Ken...
Moll Flanders
1996
as Alice
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest le...
The Commitments
1991
as Natalie Murphy
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First h...