Áine Ní Mhuirí

Biography

Áine Ní Mhuirí (born Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish actress. She began her career at the Damer Theatre, later working in the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Áine is a fluent Irish language speaker. In 1975, she appeared in a play by Irish playwright Teresa Deevy called "Katie Roche" where she played the part of Margaret Drybone. She appeared in the 1987 film, The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne based on the novel by Brian Moore. In 1989 she played Masie Madigan in the London National Theatre production of Juno and the Paycock. She played Lily in the Irish Soap Opera Fair City on RTÉ One. In 2001, Mhuirí won the CFT Excellence Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for her role as Kathleen Hendley in Ballykissangel. She appeared in 53 episodes, from 1996 to 2001. In 2012, Áine appeared in Pan Pan Theatre Company's production of Ibsen's A Doll House at Smock Alley Theatre. She played Mrs. Taylor in several of the Jack Taylor, an Irish television drama based on a series of novels by Ken Bruen including "The Magdalen Martyrs" (2011), and "The Dramatist" (2013). Áine Ní Mhuirí is scheduled to play in Embers, a theatricalized presentation of a radio play by Samuel Beckett, staged by the Pan Pan Theatre Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in September 2015.

Most Known For

Bodkin

as Sister McDonagh

Brooklyn

as Mrs. Byrne

Ballykissangel

as Kathleen Hendley

Fair City

Blood

as Rita

Filleann an Feall

as An Bean

Quirke

as Maggie

The Field

as Priest's Housekeeper

End of Sentence

as Dolores

The Playboys

as Mrs. Smith the Blind Lady

No Tears

as Nurse

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

as Edie Marinan

Puckoon

as Madam Grinns

Róise & Frank

as Monica

The Run of the Country

as Danny's Aunt

The Brylcreem Boys

as Nonie

The Belly of the Whale

as Margaret

The Lilac Bus

Time After Time

as Elizabeth

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

as Mother on Train