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Maria Doyle Kennedy is a Actor Irlandaise born on 25 september 1964 at Clontarf (Irlande)
Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and television/film actress. With a singing career that has spanned nearly thirty years and an acting career that has spanned twenty five, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. As an actress, she is best known for her film role as Natalie Murphy in The Commitments and for her extensive television roles as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors, Vera Bates on Downton Abbey, and Siobhán Sadler on Orphan Black. As a musician, she is well known for her world wide hit folk albums Mütter and Sing, as well as for releasing two albums between 1989 and 1992 as part of The Black Velvet Band.
Doyle Kennedy considers music to be the most integral aspect of her life, and she prefers her musical endeavors over her acting ones. She states "I do not miss acting when I am not doing it, but I would not spend a day without singing, even to myself." She still experiences nerves before she sings on stage, but she has learned ways to control them through pacing and breathing techniques. When acting, Doyle Kennedy is attracted to characters who are multi-faceted and able to display not only a loving, motherly side, but a fierce, determined side, as well.
She draws musical influence from jazz musician Billie Holiday, American country singer John Prine, and fellow Irish folk singer Dónal Lunny, a close personal friend of hers, and has been referred to as "an Irish Patti Smith". Additionally, she draws acting influences from her personal heroes Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton, with whom she starred on Downton Abbey. Irish artist Patrick Scott, one of Doyle Kennedy's dearest personal friends, also served as one of her biggest inspirations for her life, in general. She admired his ability to allow his life to inform his art and found inspiration in his sentiment that improvement, and not degradation, can still happen in old age.
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Birth name Maria Josephine Doyle
Nationality Irlande
Birth 25 september 1964 (59 years) at Clontarf (Irlande)
Nationality Irlande
Birth 25 september 1964 (59 years) at Clontarf (Irlande)
Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and television/film actress. With a singing career that has spanned nearly thirty years and an acting career that has spanned twenty five, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. As an actress, she is best known for her film role as Natalie Murphy in The Commitments and for her extensive television roles as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors, Vera Bates on Downton Abbey, and Siobhán Sadler on Orphan Black. As a musician, she is well known for her world wide hit folk albums Mütter and Sing, as well as for releasing two albums between 1989 and 1992 as part of The Black Velvet Band.
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Doyle Kennedy first met Kieran Kennedy at a gig she was performing, and he subsequently invited her to sing on one of his demos. This event turned into a first date for the couple, and they married soon after in 1988. The couple have four sons, including one of Doyle Kennedy's sons from a previous relationship; they are Louis, Jesse James, Daniel, and Salvador who range in age from 7 to 31. One of her sons has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. She states that music is what still keeps her and Kieran together after nearly 30 years of marriage. Doyle Kennedy, Kieran, and their four sons currently live together in Dublin.Doyle Kennedy considers music to be the most integral aspect of her life, and she prefers her musical endeavors over her acting ones. She states "I do not miss acting when I am not doing it, but I would not spend a day without singing, even to myself." She still experiences nerves before she sings on stage, but she has learned ways to control them through pacing and breathing techniques. When acting, Doyle Kennedy is attracted to characters who are multi-faceted and able to display not only a loving, motherly side, but a fierce, determined side, as well.
She draws musical influence from jazz musician Billie Holiday, American country singer John Prine, and fellow Irish folk singer Dónal Lunny, a close personal friend of hers, and has been referred to as "an Irish Patti Smith". Additionally, she draws acting influences from her personal heroes Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton, with whom she starred on Downton Abbey. Irish artist Patrick Scott, one of Doyle Kennedy's dearest personal friends, also served as one of her biggest inspirations for her life, in general. She admired his ability to allow his life to inform his art and found inspiration in his sentiment that improvement, and not degradation, can still happen in old age.
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, 1h38Directed by Stacie Passon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Taissa Farmiga, Sebastian Stan, Alexandra Daddario, Crispin Glover, Paula Malcomson, Peter O'Meara
Roles Mrs. Blackwood
Rating55%
Mary Katherine Blackwood a dix-huit ans et vit au « château » avec sa sœur Constance. Elle déteste le bruit, les chiens et les êtres humains. Même les membres de sa famille. Mais, en réalité, ceux-ci sont morts. Mystérieusement. On dit qu'ils ont été tous empoisonnés. On dit que Mary Katherine pourrait être la meurtrière. On dit même qu'elle se change parfois en loup-garou. On dit tant de choses. On dit que l'horreur a toujours habité le « château ».
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Directed by James Wan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Javier Botet
Roles Peggy Nottingham
Rating72%
Lorraine et Ed Warren se rendent dans le nord de Londres pour venir en aide à une mère qui élève seule ses quatre enfants dans une maison hantée par des esprits maléfiques. Il s'agira d'une de leurs enquêtes paranormales les plus terrifiantes…
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
, 2h14Directed by James Wan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Frances O'Connor, Simon McBurney, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Sterling Jerins
Roles Peggy Nottingham
Rating72%
Lorraine et Ed Warren se rendent dans le nord de Londres pour venir en aide à une mère qui élève seule ses quatre enfants dans une maison hantée par des esprits maléfiques. Il s'agira d'une de leurs enquêtes paranormales les plus terrifiantes…
Sing Street (2016)
, 1h46Directed by John Carney
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Teen movie
Actors Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Don Wycherley, Aidan Gillen, Keith McErlean
Roles Penny Lawlor
Rating78%
Dublin, en 1985, Conor Lawlor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo ), un jeune lycéen de 15 ans, est contraint de changer de lycée car ses parents, touchés par la crise économique, n'ont plus d'argent pour payer ses études. Dans ce nouvel établissement, il subit l'ambiance désastreuse du lycée religieux « Synge Street ». Inspiré par les groupes mythiques de l'époque tels que The Cure, Duran Duran ou encore A-ha, le jeune garçon forme un groupe de musique avec l'aide de ses nouveaux camarades et de son grand frère Brendan (Jack Reynor), pour séduire la belle et mystérieuse mannequin Raphina (Lucy Boynton).
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
, 2h7Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Vanessa Kirby
Roles Aleksa
Rating53%
At the beginning of the story, Earth's residents are unaware that the human species on Earth and countless other planets were established by families of transhuman and alien royalty for the purpose of later "harvesting" the resulting organisms to produce a type of youth serum for the elites on still other planets. After the death of the matriarch of the House of Abrasax, the most powerful of the alien dynasties, her children, Balem (Eddie Redmayne), Kalique (Tuppence Middleton), and Titus (Douglas Booth), quarrel over the inheritance, with Balem inheriting an enormous refinery on Jupiter and Titus declaring his intention to dismantle the youth serum trade, of which Earth is the next intended source. Protagonist Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) narrates that her father, Maximilian Jones (James D'Arcy), met her mother, Aleksa (Maria Doyle Kennedy), in Saint Petersburg. After Maximilian is killed in a robbery, Aleksa names their daughter Jupiter, after his favorite planet, and they move to Chicago to live with Aleksa's family.
The Timber (2015)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors James Ransone, William Gaunt, David Bailie, Josh Peck, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Roles Maggie
Rating44%
In 1898 during the Yukon Gold Rush, brothers Wyatt (Ransone) and Samuel (Peck) face harsh elements, crazed men, and death at every corner in pursuit of their violent and commanding father, a twisted man who has turned the Yukon Territory into his own personal hell in a time where intense greed, betrayal, redemption and bloodshed are common.
Byzantium (2013)
, 1h58Directed by Neil Jordan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Vampires in film, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays, Caleb Landry Jones
Roles Morag
Rating64%
In 2010 an old man picks up a discarded note dropped by teenage vampire Eleanor Webb, who has taken to writing her life story but then throwing the individual pages to the wind. Realising what she is, the old man invites Eleanor to his house, and tells her that he is ready for death. Eleanor proceeds to kill him and consume his blood. Elsewhere, Eleanor's mother, Clara, is chased from the lap-dancing club where she has been working by Werner, a member of the vampiric Brethren, who demands to know where Eleanor is. Clara decapitates Werner, burns his body and leaves town with her daughter.
A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
, 1h57Directed by Erik Poppe
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Chloë Annett, Peter Coonan
Roles Theresa
Rating69%
Rebecca (Binoche) is a photo journalist obsessed with reporting in dangerous war zones. She documents a group of female suicide bombers in Afghanistan. She accompanies one of the suicide bombers to Kabul, where the premature detonation of the bomb severely injures her. While recuperating at her home in Ireland, she is confronted by her husband Marcus (Coster-Waldau) and her daughter Steph (Lauryn Canny), who force her to choose between covering war zones, or her family. She chooses her family.
Albert Nobbs (2011)
, 1h53Directed by Rodrigo García
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Roles Mary
Rating66%
Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) is a woman living as a man in order to find work in the harsh environment of 19th-century Ireland. After living as a male for thirty years, Albert, working as a hotel waiter, is known for his extreme dedication to his job, as well as for a very introverted personality. Albert has been secretly saving all his earnings to buy a tobacco shop to gain some measure of freedom and independence.
Tara Road (2005)
, 1h37Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
Genres Drama
Actors Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Iain Glen, Johnny Brennan, Sarah Bolger
Roles Rosemary
Rating59%
Two women trade houses without ever having met. They're both looking for an escape from their problems, but by running away, both come to discover a great deal about themselves.
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
, 1h50Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Actors Bono, Simon Williams, Jillian Armenante, Edward Asnere, Stephanie Beacham, Helen Baxendale
Rating64%
Spin the Bottle (2003)
Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon
Actors Michael McElhatton, Simon Delaney, Samantha Mumba, Bronagh Gallagher, Peter McDonald, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Roles Anastasia
Rating62%
The film is a story about a man named Rats who tries to form a band after being released from Mountjoy Prison to get money for a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Mystics (2003)
, 1h30Directed by David Blair
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Milo O'Shea, David Kelly, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Liam Cunningham, Doreen Keogh, Stanley Townsend
Roles Foxy
Rating58%
Dave et Locky ont créé une entreprise florissante en tant que médium du monde des esprits. S'appuyant sur leur passé théâtral, ils tiennent des séances dans une pièce qu'ils appellent le Temple de la vérité, chargeant les familles endeuillées de s'entretenir avec leur cher défunt.
Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
, 1h56Directed by Bill Forsyth
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Association football films
Actors John Gordon Sinclair, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dougray Scott, Dawn Steele, Alexander Morton, Gary Lewis
Roles Bel
Rating51%
Eighteen years after the events of Gregory's Girl, Greg Underwood (Sinclair) – now a 35-year-old English teacher in his former secondary school – has fantasies about 16-year-old student Frances (McKinnon). His politically motivated lessons inspire Frances and Douglas, another student, to plot to overthrow a businessman they suspect of trading in torture equipment.
I Could Read the Sky (1999)
, 1h24Genres Drama
Actors Maria Doyle Kennedy, Stephen Rea, Brendan Coyle, Mick Lally
Roles Maggie
Rating61%
The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his first love, emigrating to England, searching for his brother Joe, who disappeared after he emigrated several years previously. His marriage and wife's later depth is also remembered.