- Frances Healy
Frances (Franny) Healy (born
August 24 ,1970 inLimerick ,Ireland ) is an Irish actress, comedienne, radio personality and TV presenter. She starred as "Niamh Corrigan" in the famousBBC Scotland soap operaRiver City . Other television credits includeTaggart and the Irish soapFair City . Film credits includeThe Magdalene Sisters andThe Serpent's Kiss , where she starred alongsideEwan McGregor . Theatre credits include "The Vagina Monologues", "The Seagull" and "Juno and the Paycock".Frances does stand up comedy, in venues all around Scotland including Mad Cap Comedy Club at The State Bar in
Glasgow , Scotland's oldest running comedy club. Capital Comedy at The Path Tavern in Kirkcaldy, Hamish's Hoose in Paisley, Splintered Comedy in The Woodside in Mussleburgh, Comedy In Action in Peebles, The Doghouse in Dundee, Hootenannies in Inverness, The Comedy Cave at Nichol Edwards Tavern in Edinburgh and The Stand Comedy in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.She was the winner of best new comedy act at The Govan Celtic Fringe Festival in 2004 and a semi finalist in
Channel 4 "So You Think Your Funny" competition. She has recently come back fromNew York where she performed in various different comedy clubs including: The Comedy Cellar, Gotham City Improv and The Comic Strip.External links
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