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Tina Kellegher
Irish actress
Tina Kellegher | |
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| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Cavan, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress |
Tina Kellegher (born 1967) is an Irish actress, best known for her work in film and television in the 1990s. She currently plays Ger Lynch in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City.
Early career
Kellegher began in theatre, working in Galway in the late 1980s, where she played a variety of roles with the Druid Theatre Company. She also worked with the Abbey Theatre playing, among other roles, Nora Clitheroe in the highly acclaimed production of The Plough and the Stars, opposite Aidan Kelly in 2004.
In 1993, she landed a small role in the Jim Sheridan movie In the Name of the Father. Also in this year, she was cast in one of the roles for which she would become best known: Sharon Curley in Stephen Frears' 1993 film The Snapper. Playing the role of a young woman from a working-class Dublin family dealing with an unintended pregnancy opposite Colm Meaney, she won a British Comedy Award[1] and a best actress award at the Valladoli
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Kellegher, Tina
Biography
Irish actress, best known for her role as Niamh Quigley in the BBC television series "Ballykissangel." She is also a well-known voice on BBC Radio 4, having played policewoman Tina Mahon in the first four series of "Baldi."
She is married to Gordon Wycherley, location manager on, among other projects, "Ballykissangel." They have two sons, Michael, who was born in 2003, and Brian, who was born in 2007. Her brother-in-law is fellow "Ballykissangel" star Don Wycherley.
She also starred opposite Colm Meaney as Sharon Curley in Stephen Frears' 1993 film "The Snapper" as a young woman from a working-class Dublin family dealing with an unintended pregnancy.
Link to Wikipedia biography
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni database, 'entertainment' file quotes Taeger.
Categories
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress (Film and TV)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star
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Tina Kellegher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tina Kellegher is an Irish actress, born in Dublin in 1967. She is best known for her role as Niamh Quigley in BBC television series Ballykissangel. She is also a well-known voice on BBC Radio 4, having played policewoman Tina Mahon in the first four series of Baldi. She is married to Gordon Wycherley, location manager on, among other projects, Ballykissangel.
They have two sons, Michael, who was born in 2003 and Brian who was born in 2007. Her brother-in-law is fellow Ballykissangel star Don Wycherley She also starred opposite Colm Meaney (The Commitments, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) as Sharon Curley in Stephen Frears' 1993 film, The Snapper, as a young woman from a working class Dublin family dealing with an unintended pregnancy.
Tina is currently based in Mullingar, County Westmeath where she is a member of the North Westmeath Hospice committee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tina Kellegher,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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