Mairead McKinley is a Northern 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, Cyrano de Bergerac, Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each OtherNational Theatre : Productions : The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other at the National Theatre, London; Roberto Zucco, Shadows of the Glen, Riders to the Sea and Purgatory for the RSC; Ten Rounds and Further than the Furthest Thing (including tour) at the Tricycle Theatre, London; Macbeth and Don Juan at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; The Cherry Orchard[The Cherry Orchard, a CurtainUp London review The Cherry Orchard, a CurtainUp London review] 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 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 The Ulster Herald – Entertainment Section at The Lyric, Belfast; The Playboy of the Western World at the Ambassador Theatre, Dublin; Orestes and The Clearing (winning her the TMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role) for Shared Experience.
Television Television appearances include: Doctors, Heartbeat, Casualty, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Murder Prevention, Peak Practice, Father Ted, The Bill, Resort to Murder and Life After Birth & Unforgotten.
Film In film, she appeared in Molly's WayDOGWOOF PICTURES – Mollys Way – Synopsis Molly's Way Review. Movie Reviews – Film – Time Out New York (for which she won the Best Actress awards at: Cinéma Tout Ecran, Geneva; Ourense Film Festival, Spain; Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile; and the Bogotá Film Festival, Colombia), Sundays, Why Not and Velvet Goldmine.
In 2014, she appeared as a barmaid in the film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
Radio Her radio work includes: The Archers, Japanese Gothic Tales, Feelings Under Siege and Evelina.
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