Maria Doyle Kennedy

Academy Member

Maria Doyle Kennedy is an actor and singer with a career spanning over 30 years. Doyle Kennedy's debut film role was in the first of "The Barrytown Trilogy" The Commitments by Roddy Doyle. Other film roles include Moll Flanders, The General, Gregory's Two Girls, Sing Street, and Wolfwalkers.

She has had an extensive career in television appearing in multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed shows such as Father Ted, The Tudors, Dexter, Outlander and Kin.

Her performances in The Tudors and Kin have earned Doyle Kennedy three IFTA Awards.

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"It’s a lovely thing to be nominated in your home country and I’m totally honoured to be considered in the same frame as these magnificent women Cathy, Simone, Justine and Lola whose work is just brilliant, thanks very much IFTA!"

Maria Doyle Kennedy
(on receiving her IFTA Nomination in 2022)

Awards & Recognition

Kin

IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama (2022)

The Tudors

IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Television (2009)
IFTA Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Television (2008)

Key Credits

Kin, 2021-present
Outlander, 2018-present
The Wheel of Time, 2021
Wolfwalkers, 2020
Orphan Black, 2013-2017
The Conjuring 2, 2016
Sing Street, 2016
Jupiter Ascending, 2015
Corp & Anam, 2011-2014
Byzantium, 2012
Downton Abbey, 2011
Albert Nobbs, 2011
Dexter, 2010
The Tudors, 2007-2010
The General, 1998
Father Ted, 1989
The Commitments, 1991