Niamh McGrady
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Niamh McGrady | |
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| Born | Niamh McGrady 4 October 1983[1][2] |
| Education | Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch |
| Alma mater | Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
Niamh McGrady (born 4 October 1983) is a film, stage and television actress from Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. She is perhaps better known for her part as Mary-Claire Carter in Holby City and Danielle Ferrington in the psychological thriller The Fall.
Early life and education
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Born and raised in Castlewellan, Co. Down, she attended Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down. From age 18 she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Career
After landing a role in Summer 2003 in Italy,[3] on graduation she joined a Welsh production of Romeo and Juliet and then pantomime in Belfast,[4] before moving to London for Northern Irish playwright Lisa McGee's production of Girls & Dolls. McGrady then featured in a production of the Shakespeare play Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart. After a critically acclaimed run in London's West End, it then relocated to Broadway, New York City in 2008.[3]
On return to London, she made her television début in the George Best biopic Best: His Mother's Son in 2009, but her part was eventually removed in the cutting room.[3] Shortly afterwards she joined the cast of Holby City as a cast semi-regular, in the role of nurse Mary-Claire Carter.
After appearing in many short independent films through mainly uncredited roles, she was cast in the crime drama television series The Fall,[3] based in Northern Ireland, alongside Gillian Anderson and Northern Irish actor and model Jamie Dornan. She rejoined the cast of Holby City in 2013 as a regular cast member,[5] after which she gave-up her part-time waitressing and bar jobs.[3] However in early 2015, McGrady left Holby City to coincide with the departure of Jules Knight and their departure scenes aired in April 2015.[citation needed]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best: His Mother's Son | Martha Devine | |
| 2009 | Holby City | Mary-Claire Carter | Semi-regular |
| 2012 | Doctors | Sarah Needham | 1 Episode |
| 2012 | Upstairs Downstairs | Enid Soaper | |
| 2013-15 | Holby City | Mary-Claire Carter | Regular 103 episodes as of 14 Apr 2015 |
| 2013- | The Fall | P.C Danielle Ferrington | 10 episodes as of 18 Dec 2014 |
| 2014 | Crossing Lines | Rose McConnell | 2 episodes |
| 2015- | Learning to Breathe | Amelia | post-production |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MacBeth | Witch | |
| 2011 | Bats and Balls | Girl | Short Film |
| 2012 | Thank you for coming | Sara | Short Film |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Building site | Shauna | Arcola Theatre |
| 2009 | Girls and Dolls | Clare | Old Red Lion, Islington |
| 2008 | MacBeth | Witch | BAM and Lyceum Theatre on Broadway |
| 2007 | MacBeth | Witch | Chichester Festival Theatre & Gielgud Theatre |
| 2007 | Twelfth Night | Olivia's Maid | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2006 | Jack and the Beanstalk | Princess Jill | Waterfront Hall, Belfast |
| 2005 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet and Mercutio | Volcano Theatre Company |
| 2003 | A life of the Mind | Sally | Royal Welsh College |
| 2003 | Ecstasy | Mary Fisher | Royal welsh college |
| 2003 | The Importance of being earnest | Cecily | Royal Welsh College |
| 2002 | King Lear | Regan | Royal Welsh College |
| 2001 | Three Sisters | Masha | Royal Welsh College |
References
- ^ Maeve Quigley (29 November 2014). "The Fall: Actress Niamh McGrady backs female violence message in crime drama". The Irish Mirror.
- ^ Pavel Barter (30 November 2014). "Legend of the fall". The Sunday Times.
- ^ a b c d e f Legend of The Fall, The Sunday Times, 2 December 2014
- ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10727226.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mwcqv
External links
- Use dmy dates from September 2013
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from County Down
- Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- British Shakespearean actresses
- Broadway theatre people
- Stage actresses from Northern Ireland
- Television actresses from Northern Ireland
- 20th-century Irish actresses
- 21st-century Irish actresses