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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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