Acting
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Born 1964-09-25
Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Department: Acting
Biography
Maria Doyle Kennedy is an Irish film and television actress, singer and songwriter, best known for her roles as Queen Katherine of Aragon in the television series "The Tudors", the title character's wife Frances in "The General", and as Siobhan "Mrs. S" Sadler in the television series "Orphan Black".
Known For
Prominent works featuring Maria Doyle Kennedy
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The Conjuring 2
2016
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Jupiter Ascending
2015
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Dexter
2006
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Outlander
2014
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The Wheel of Time
2021
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Sing Street
2016
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Downton Abbey
2010
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Orphan Black
2013
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Wolfwalkers
2020
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The Tudors
2007
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (51 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Song | Mother | Movie | 2025 |
 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Sandra | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Recipes for Love and Murder | Tannie Maria | TV Series | 2022 |
 | The Wheel of Time | Ila | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Kin | Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Wolfwalkers | Mebh's Mother, Moll MacTíre (voice) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Cold Courage | Suzie Hawkins | TV Series | 2020 |
 | We Have Always Lived in the Castle | Mrs. Blackwood | Movie | 2019 |
 | A Different Kind of Day | Director | Movie | 2017 |
| A Different Kind of Day | Writer | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Conjuring 2 | Peggy Nottingham | Movie | 2016 |
 | Sing Street | Penny Lalor | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Timber | Maggie | Movie | 2015 |
 | Jupiter Ascending | Aleksa | Movie | 2015 |
 | Outlander | Jocasta Cameron | TV Series | 2014 |
| Outlander | Jocasta Innes | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | A Thousand Times Good Night | Theresa | Movie | 2013 |
 | Byzantium | Morag | Movie | 2013 |
 | Orphan Black | Siobhan 'Mrs. S' Sadler | TV Series | 2013 |
 | After the Triumph of Your Birth | Sister Roisin | Movie | 2012 |
 | Titanic | Muriel Batley | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Call the Midwife | Attracta | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Albert Nobbs | Mary | Movie | 2011 |
 | Corp + Anam | Mairéad Mhic Iarnáin | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Downton Abbey | Vera Bates | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Meaning of Life | Self | TV Series | 2009 |
 | The Tudors | Catherine of Aragon | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Dexter | Sonya | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Sorted | Roisin | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Tara Road | Rosemary | Movie | 2005 |
 | Mystics | Foxy | Movie | 2003 |
 | Spin the Bottle | Anastasia | Movie | 2003 |
 | Thursday the 12th | Nina Bannister | Movie | 2003 |
 | No Tears | Kitty Fogarty | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Miss Julie | Christine | Movie | 1999 |
 | Oliver Twist | Irish Shop Assistant | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Gregory's Two Girls | Bel | Movie | 1999 |
 | I Could Read the Sky | Maggie | Movie | 1999 |
 | Queer as Folk | Marie Threepwood | TV Series | 1999 |
| Queer as Folk | Marie Jones | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The General | Frances | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Matchmaker | Sarah Kelly | Movie | 1997 |
 | A Further Gesture | Roisin | Movie | 1997 |
 | Nothing Personal | Ann | Movie | 1996 |
 | Moll Flanders | Alice | Movie | 1996 |
 | Father Ted | Patsy | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Commitments | Natalie Murphy | Movie | 1991 |
| The Body Is Water | Self / Appearance | Movie | — | |
| Untitled Granny Lee Film | Irene | Movie | — | |
| Untitled Granny Lee Film | Executive Producer | Movie | — |