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Ruth McCabe

Ruth McCabe

Irish actress

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]

Ruth McCabe at JDIFF 2013

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

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