Ann Skelly
Biography
Ann Skelly is an Irish actress who first came to fame in 2015 with her role as the troubled teenager Rachel Reid in TV3's soap opera/crime drama Red Rock, a role that placed her at the heart of the drama across two seasons. In 2016, she starred as Biddy Lambert in RTÉ's historical drama Rebellion and she appeared as Annie Moffat in the BBC's adaptation of Little Women over Christmas 2017. In 2018, she was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for best actress for her first film Kissing Candice, in which she played the titular role. Also that year she starred in the adaptation of Eugene McCabe's novel Death and Nightingales alongside Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys. In 2021 she played Penance Adair in the TV series The Nevers for HBO.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ann Skelly
Vikings
The Sandman
The Nevers
House of Guinness
Little Women
Rebellion
Red Rock
Rose Plays Julie
Death and Nightingales
Playground
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (16 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | TRAD | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2026 |
 | House of Guinness | Adelaide 'Dodo' Guinness | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Four Letters of Love | Isabel Gore | Movie | 2025 |
 | The Sandman | Nuala | TV Series | 2022 |
 | 100 Years of Ulysses | Self - Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Nevers | Penance Adair | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Rose Plays Julie | Rose | Movie | 2021 |
 | Death and Nightingales | Beth Winters | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Kissing Candice | Candice | Movie | 2018 |
| Seanie & Flo | Flo | Movie | 2018 | |
 | Little Women | Annie Moffat | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Playground | Hannah Baylor | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Rebellion | Biddy Lambert | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Red Rock | Rachel Reid | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Vikings | Ethelfled | TV Series | 2013 |
| Honey | Martha Schmitt | TV Series | — |