Mairead McKinley

Mairead McKinley
Born	1970 daisy hill hospital newry co/down n.ireland
Occupation	Actress
Awards	TMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2002 The Clearing Cinéma Tout Ecran Award for Best Actress 2005 Molly's Way Ourense Film Festival Award for Best Actress 2005 Molly's Way Valdivia International Film Festival award for Best Actress 2005 Molly's Way Bogotá Film Festival Award for Best Actress 2005 Molly's Way

Mairead McKinley is an award-winning Irish actress.

Career

Before starting her professional career, McKinley trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where she won the Pauline Siddle Award.

Theatre

McKinley's work in theatre includes: Translations,^[1] Cyrano de Bergerac,^[2][3] Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards^[4] and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other^[5] at the National Theatre, London; Roberto Zucco,^[6] Shadows of the Glen,^[7] Riders to the Sea and Purgatory for the RSC; Ten Rounds^[8] and Further than the Furthest Thing^[9] (including tour) at the Tricycle Theatre, London; Macbeth and Don Juan at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; The Cherry Orchard^{[10][11][12][13]} for Oxford Stage Company; The Decameron at The Gate, London; The Terrible Voice of Satan at the Royal Court Theatre, London; The Playboy of the Western World^{[14][15][16][17]} for the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Wind in the Willows and The Servant of Two Masters at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; The Party's Over at the Royal Theatre, Northampton; Dancing at Lughnasa^{[18][19][20][21]} at The Lyric, Belfast; The Playboy of the Western World at the Ambassador Theatre, Dublin; Orestes^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]} and The Clearing^[31] (winning her the TMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role^[32]) for Shared Experience.

Television

Television appearances include: Doctors, Heartbeat, Casualty, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard,^[33] Murder Prevention, Peak Practice, Father Ted, The Bill, Resort to Murder and Life After Birth.

Film

In film, she appeared in Molly's Way^{[34][35][36][37][38][39]} (for which she won the Best Actress awards at Cinéma Tout Ecran, Geneva, Ourense Film Festival, Spain, Voldiva International Film Festival, Chile and the Bogotá Film Festival, Colombia), Sundays, Why Not and Velvet Goldmine.

Radio

Her radio work includes: The Archers, Japanese Gothic Tales,^[40][41] Feelings Under Siege^[42] and Evelina.

References

1. ^ National Theatre : Productions : Translations
2. ^ National Theatre : Productions : Cyrano de Bergerac
3. ^ Albemarle - Archive
4. ^ Productions
5. ^ National Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
6. ^ UK Theatre Web: Roberto Zucco (RSC98)
7. ^ UK Theatre Web: Shadows (An Irish Trrilogy) (RSC98)
8. ^ Deadly dalliances - Telegraph
9. ^ Tricycle Theatre
10. ^ The Cherry Orchard
11. ^ The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - The Cherry Orchard (Oxford Stage Company)
12. ^ [The Cherry Orchard, a CurtainUp London review The Cherry Orchard, a CurtainUp London review]
13. ^ UK Theatre Web: The Cherry Orchard (OXFORD03)
14. ^ Playboy of the Western World, Royal Exchange, Manchester | | guardian.co.uk Arts
15. ^ The Playboy of the Western World - Times Online
16. ^ UK Theatre Web: Tickets for Unknown
17. ^ Fear is the key - Telegraph
18. ^ The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - Dancing at Lughnasa (Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
19. ^ The Stage / Reviews / Dancing at Lughnasa
20. ^ UK Theatre Web: Tickets for Dancing at Lughnasa (Lyric Theatre, Belfast)
21. ^ © The Ulster Herald - Entertainment Section
22. ^ The Stage / Reviews / Orestes
23. ^ Daily Information, Oxford - Theatre Review: Orestes
24. ^ Orestes, a CurtainUp London review
25. ^ BBC - Oxford - Entertainment - Orestes
26. ^ BBC - Liverpool - Entertainment - Orestes @ Playhouse
27. ^ musicOMH.com - Theatre - Reviews - Orestes @ Tricycle Theatre, London
28. ^ Catalyst Reviews - Orestes
29. ^ ORESTES: BLOOD & LIGHT. To 2 December. :: ReviewsGate.com :: The Theatre Reviews site that covers the UK.
30. ^ Orestes
31. ^ The Clearing, a CurtainUp London review
32. ^ Previous Awards
33. ^ Masterpiece Theatre | The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard | Cast + Credits
34. ^ BBC - Movies - review - Molly's Way
35. ^ DOGWOOF PICTURES - Mollys Way - Synopsis
36. ^ Institute of Contemporary Arts : Film : Molly's Way + Q&A
37. ^ Molly's Way Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Movie Molly's Way
38. ^ Molly's Way Review. Movie Reviews - Film - Time Out New York
39. ^ Molly's Way - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - New York Times
40. ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Drama on 3 - Three Japanese Gothic Tales
41. ^ Three Japanese Gothic Tales
42. ^ Feelings Under Siege

Persondata
Name	McKinley, Mairead
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	daisy hill hospital newry co/down n.ireland
Date of death
Place of death