Portrait of Maria Doyle Kennedy

Acting

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Career

Active from 1991 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2003 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lost Boys and Fairies
Lost Boys and Fairies
GoodWatch score90/100

Characters

8

The characters Maria Doyle Kennedy played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maria Doyle Kennedy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Sports
    0.0, average 0.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Gritty Crime Drama 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Feel-Good 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Untitled Granny Lee Film
Untitled Granny Lee Film

as Irene

Sing Street: Música e Sonho
Sing Street: Música e Sonho

as Penny Lalor

2020s

7 titles · average score 67
A Song
A Song (2025)

as Mother

Lost Boys and Fairies
Lost Boys and Fairies (2024)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Sandra

Recipes for Love and Murder
Recipes for Love and Murder (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Tannie Maria

Kin
Kin (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Bridget 'Birdy' Goggins

The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Ila

Wolfwalkers
Wolfwalkers (2020)
GoodWatch score 88

as Mebh's Mother, Moll MacTíre (voice)

Cold Courage
Cold Courage (2020)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Suzie Hawkins

2010s

16 titles · average score 68
Sing Street
Sing Street (2016)
GoodWatch score 85

as Penny Lalor

The Conjuring 2
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

as Peggy Nottingham

Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Aleksa

Outlander
Outlander (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Jocasta Cameron / Jocasta Innes

Orphan Black
Orphan Black (2013)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Siobhan 'Mrs. S' Sadler

A Thousand Times Good Night
A Thousand Times Good Night (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Theresa

Byzantium
Byzantium (2013)
GoodWatch score 66

as Morag

Titanic
Titanic (2012)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Muriel Batley

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Attracta

After the Triumph of Your Birth
After the Triumph of Your Birth (2012)

as Sister Roisin

Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mary

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Vera Bates

2000s

8 titles · average score 63
The Tudors
The Tudors (2007)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Catherine of Aragon

Dexter
Dexter (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Sonya

Sorted
Sorted (2006)

TV show · as Roisin

Tara Road
Tara Road (2005)
GoodWatch score 51

as Rosemary

Mystics
Mystics (2003)
GoodWatch score 50

as Foxy

Spin the Bottle
Spin the Bottle (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

as Anastasia

Thursday the 12th
Thursday the 12th (2003)

as Nina Bannister

No Tears
No Tears (2002)

TV show · as Kitty Fogarty

1990s

12 titles · average score 64
Miss Julie
Miss Julie (1999)
GoodWatch score 45

as Christine

Gregory's Two Girls
Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
GoodWatch score 35

as Bel

Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Marie Threepwood / Marie Jones

I Could Read the Sky
I Could Read the Sky (1999)

as Maggie

Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist (1999)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Irish Shop Assistant

The General
The General (1998)
GoodWatch score 74

as Frances

The Matchmaker
The Matchmaker (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as Sarah Kelly

A Further Gesture
A Further Gesture (1997)
GoodWatch score 60

as Roisin

Nothing Personal
Nothing Personal (1996)
GoodWatch score 56

as Ann

Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders (1996)
GoodWatch score 53

as Alice

Father Ted
Father Ted (1995)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Patsy

The Commitments
The Commitments (1991)
GoodWatch score 79

as Natalie Murphy