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3	'''Maria Doyle Kennedy''' (born 25 September 1964 in Clontarf, Ireland) is an Irish actress and singer. She first garnered the attention of the general public in ''Series/TheTudors'' as UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon and then later as Siobhan Sadler in the Canadian sci-fi/thriller series ''Series/OrphanBlack'', though she had done some television work before either of those. Though she's more known for her television work, she's also done some film work, including ''Film/JupiterAscending'', ''Film/{{Byzantium}}'' and ''Film/AlbertNobbs'' and also is a skilled singer.
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5	Her characters tend to be the EnsembleDarkhorse and she's known to love her fans. She also [[https://mobile.twitter.com/mariadkennedy has a Twitter]].
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9	!She appeared in
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11	* ''Series/TheTudors''
12	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey''
13	* ''Theatre/MissJulie''
14	* ''Film/{{Byzantium}}''
15	* ''Film/JupiterAscending''
16	* ''Film/SingStreet''
17	* ''Series/OrphanBlack''
18	* ''Film/TheCommitments''
19	* ''Series/CallTheMidwife''
20	* ''Series/{{Dexter}}''
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}''
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24	!Tropes
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26	* TheCastShowOff: Is a professional singer, which she showed in her film debut ''Film/TheCommitments''. She also sang in episode 3:9 of ''Orphan Black'', doing a song that she co-wrote with her husband, who was in the on-screen band.
27	* ChronicallyKilledActor: ''Series/TheTudors'' = illness, ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' = [[ThanatosGambit malicious]] [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]], ''Series/OrphanBlack'' = HeroicSacrifice.
28	* CostumeDrama: Most of her filmography.
29	* FakeNationality: Played Jupiter Jones' Russian mother Aleksa in ''Film/JupiterAscending'' and Englishwomen several times. In fact, like her fellow Irish actress Creator/SaoirseRonan, she rarely plays characters who are actually Irish.
30	* ManipulativeBitch: Her role as Vera Bates in ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
31	* OlderThanTheyLook: Like Creator/GillianAnderson, she is in her 50's and yet is shockingly gorgeous.
32	* PlayingAgainstType: Her role as Attracta in 4x07 of ''Series/CallTheMidwife''.

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