Rosemary Henderson (born 1961), also known as Rose, is an Irish actress. She is known for playing Sister Assumpta in the Father Ted episodes "And God Created Woman" and "Cigarettes and Alcohol and Rollerblading".
Background Henderson is from Dublin, Ireland. After graduating from Alexandra College secondary school, she began work as a secretary at Guinness. In 1983, she left Guinness to become an actress. She is married to Derek Seymour, an executive at Allied Irish Banks, with whom she has 4 children. She lives in Dún Laoghaire. Henderson is a Presbyterian.
Career Henderson has worked mainly in theatre and television. As a teenager, she attended the Betty Ann Norton summer school. As an adult, she undertook training at the Dublin Oscar Theatre School of Acting from 1981 to 1982 and at Stefan Niedziałkowski's American School of Polish Mime from 1983 to 1984. She took an 11-year hiatus, to raise her family.
Henderson has written several plays and has performed at the Peacock Theatre, Gaiety Theatre, Bewley's Café Theatre and in the Dublin Fringe Festival. She was nominated for a Hennessy Literary Award for her short story, The Box. She is also known for appearing in the music video for the 1987 Def Leppard hit Pour Some Sugar on Me.https://apmassociates.net/actors/rose-henderson/
Filmography + Year Title Role2025Kit & Nitro: Cybernetic InvestigatorsBarbara2025Abode Molly2025Romance is Dad Maura2024'Tis the Season to Be IrishMary O’Loughlin 2024 Mob The Trench (short)Gran 2024 Dear Imelda Imelda 2022 Wireless (short)https://filmireland.net/2022/05/25/irish-short-film-review-wireless/ Ziggy Dublin Crust Daisy 2021 Chicken Out Marian As Luck Would Have It Adelia Gallagher 2019 A Deal's A Deal Kate Ordinary Love Woman #2 Rip to the Rescue! Mammy 2017 Nowhere Fast Cepta 2016 The Middle Finger Dennis' Mother 2015 Penny Dreadful Nun 2014 A Nightingale Falling Mrs. Johnston 2013 Swords: Building Landlady 2012 Earthbound Mrs. Reilly Fair City Val O'Dwyer 2011 Sometimes People... Emily's Mother The Centre of the Universe Nan 2010 Single-Handed Breda Raw Registrar 2009 Belonging to Laura Rosaleen Fitzpatrick 1998 Soft Sand, Blue Sea Christine 1995-1996 Father Ted Sister Assumpta (2 episodes) 1992 The Bargain Shop Newsreader 1989 Dear Sarah Maggie 1988 Nighthawks 1986 Pajo's Junkbox Grabbit
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