Lorraine McIntosh is a Scottish singer and actress. Alongside her husband Ricky Ross, she is one of the vocalists of the pop rock band Deacon Blue.
Career
McIntosh is a vocalist with Deacon Blue, whose second studio album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid", which became their first UK top ten single.
McIntosh took a break from music to play the character Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010. Further television appearances include the police drama Taggart and BBC One comedy-drama Hope Springs. McIntosh has also appeared in Scottish cinema, including Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe, and Lone Scherfig's Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself.
In November 2024, Abertay University honoured McIntosh with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree.
Personal life McIntosh was born on 13 May 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland and was raised in the Ayrshire town of Cumnock. She married Deacon Blue lead singer Ricky Ross on 12 May 1990; they have four children.
She is of maternal Irish Catholic descent: her mother, Sarah McIntosh (née Gallagher), was from the townland of Dore in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster.
Discography
Raintown (1987) When the World Knows Your Name (1989) Fellow Hoodlums (1991) Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993) Walking Back Home (1999) Homesick (2001) The Hipsters (2012) A New House (2014) Believers (2016) City of Love (2020) Riding on the Tide of Love (2021) The Great Western Road (2025)
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 My Name Is Joe Maggie 2000 Aberdeen Nurse 2002 Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself Ruby 2004 Wise Guys Pauline Short film 2014 Gasping AA Attendee Short film 2016 West Skerra Light Joan Television film 2018 Long Night at Blackstone Faye Bowers Television film
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Screen Two Deacon Blue - Girl in Graveyard Series 7, Episode 10: "Dreaming" 1999Psychos Carrie Burns Mini-series, Episode 5 Life Support Bethan Gilchrist Episode 3: "The Price of Love" and Episode 5: "Soul and Conscience" 199920032008 Taggart Cocktail WaitressBrenda JohnstoneSharon Nash Series 15, Episode 4: "Long Time Dead"Series 19, Episode 6: "Halfway House"Series 24, Episode 7: "Safer" 2002 Fran's People Janis Dunlop Series 1, Episode 2 2002–2023 River City Alice Henderson 4 episodes 2009 Hope Springs Ina Harries 7 episodes Happy Hollidays Rosalind Episode 5: "Donkey" 2017 Scot Squad Barbara Edwards Series 4, Episode 2 2020 Outlander Mrs. Sylvie Series 5, Episode 10: "Mercy Shall Follow Me" 2021 Princess Mirror-Belle Ruth Episode 3: "Big Bad Wolf" 2023 Shetland Heather Bain Series 8, 2 episodes
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