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Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe at JDIFF 2013

Ruth McCabe is an Irish stage, screen and voice actress known from Clones, County Monaghan.[1] She is known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears' The Snapper,[2] Christy Brown's paramour Mary in My Left Foot,[3] and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan, in three seasons of Silent Witness.[4] She originated the role of Kay McCoy, proprietor of McCoy's bar in RTÉ's soap opera Fair City.[5]

Awards and recognition

McCabe won the inaugural IFTA in 2003 for Best Actress in a Supporting role, for playing Margaret McCutcheon in BBC One Northern Ireland's Any Time Now,[6][7] and again in 2011, for her role as Eithne Driscoll in the Irish police series Single-Handed.[8][9]

Personal life

Ruth's father was Irish playwright and screenwriter Eugene McCabe.[10]

McCabe took a break from acting to raise her first child, but performed in the one-woman play "The Worm in the Heart" while pregnant with her second child.[11]

Filmography

Theatre work

References

  1. ^ "Fact File Clones". Independent.ie. 6 March 2014.
  2. ^ "What The Cast Of The Snapper Look Like 29 Years Later". Evoke.ie. 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Daniel Day Lewis missed Haughey's 'My Left Foot' gala dinner". Independent.ie. 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Silent Witness: why did these former stars leave the show?". HELLO!. 30 May 2022.
  5. ^ "The real McCoy". Independent.ie. 21 January 2001.
  6. ^ "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Any Time Now". IFTN.ie.
  8. ^ "awards photo" – via gstatic.com.
  9. ^ "IFTA winners 2011". IFTA.ie. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "King of the Castle playwright and author, Eugene McCabe dies aged 90". BreakingNews.ie. 27 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b "The Worm In The Heart". RTÉ Archives.
  12. ^ "New comedy drama shot in Wicklow coming to SKY in 2024 - WicklowNews". wicklownews.net. 24 October 2023.
  13. ^ "That They May Face The Rising Sun - Members' Screening". IFTA.ie.
  14. ^ "Aisha". 16 May 2023.
  15. ^ Corr, Alan (1 August 2022). "Olivia Colman passes the Irish accent test in Joyride". RTÉ TEN.
  16. ^ "Ruth McCabe". British Comedy Guide.
  17. ^ "Film Review | Torturous Damo and Ivor: The Movie - A Big Step Backwards for Irish Comedy". HeadStuff.
  18. ^ Weintraub, Steve (27 September 2017). "Eddie Izzard on Victoria & Abdul and Voicing Voldemort in LEGO Batman Movie". Collider.com.
  19. ^ "Life of Crime (2013)". The A.V. Club.
  20. ^ Lemire, Christy. "Run & Jump movie review * film summary (2014)". RogerEbert.com.
  21. ^ "Exclusive: Irish Cast Join 'Foyle's War' As Production Gets Underway In Dublin | The Irish Film & Television Network". IFTN.ie.
  22. ^ "Television: Not so lucky Lord Lucan". The Irish Times.
  23. ^ "IFTA Events | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". IFTA.ie.
  24. ^ Moon, Aileen (21 March 2011). "Interview: 'Wake Wood' Writer Brendan McCarthy". Iftn.ie.
  25. ^ "Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Everyone's Favourite Irish Film The Snapper". Extra.ie. 27 December 2023.
  26. ^ "What lies beneath". New Statesman. 10 August 2009. p. 49.
  27. ^ "The Street. S01 E06. Sean & Yvonne". 25 March 2021 – via Dailymotion.
  28. ^ "From Star Trek to Father Ted: What the stars of The Snapper did next". Independent.ie. 14 April 2023.
  29. ^ "Callan Takes Breakfast On Pluto". RTÉ Archives.
  30. ^ "Inside I'm Dancing - Screen Ireland". ScreenIreland.ie.
  31. ^ Sheehy, Ted (2001). "An Everlasting Piece". Film Ireland. No. 80 (Apr/May. p. 38 – via ProQuest.
  32. ^ "Sinners (2002)". Letterboxd.com.
  33. ^ Flynn, Roderick; Brereton, Patrick (2007). Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema. Scarecrow Press historical dictionary series. p. 8. ISBN 978-0810855571 – via ebin.pub.
  34. ^ Fitzsimons, Craig. "The Closer You Get". Hotpress.com.
  35. ^ "British Council Film: Wild About Harry". film-directory.britishcouncil.org.
  36. ^ "Relative Strangers: The Irish in Film". IrishFilm.net.
  37. ^ Hamm, Nick. "Talk of Angels | Film Review | Spirituality & Practice". SpiritualityAndPractice.com.
  38. ^ "Circle of Friends (1995) - Cast & Crew on MUBI". Mubi.com.
  39. ^ "Takin' Over The Asylum cast and crew credits". British Comedy Guide.
  40. ^ Schickel, Richard (12 June 1993). "The chaos of life, Irish-style". TIME Magazine. Vol. 142, no. 24. p. 89. ISSN 0040-781X. EBSCOhost 9311307557.
  41. ^ "Ruth McCabe : Actress - Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv". DigiGuide.
  42. ^ "Fair City Episode One". RTÉ Archives.
  43. ^ O'Hanlon, Alison (17 September 2022). "The Dráioct presents: The Blackwater Lightship". Dublin Gazette.
  44. ^ "Best Man Speech Template, Irish Actress Ruth McCabe & Garth Brooks' Goodbye | Ireland AM (18/09/22)". Ireland AM. September 2022.
  45. ^ "Watch Gaybo". Independent.ie. 3 February 2014.
  46. ^ "Irish Theatre Magazine | Reviews | Current | Love in a Glass Jar | Ribbons". ITMArchive.ie.
  47. ^ "The New Electric Ballroom at St. Ann's Warehouse 2009". AboutTheArtists.com.
  48. ^ Fricker, Karen (16 April 2003). "The House of Bernarda Alba". The Guardian.
  49. ^ "Abbey The National Theatre Peacock Stage 'Prayers of Sherkin' ..." Abbey Theatre. 9 February 1990 – via NLI.ie.
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