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Ruth McCabe

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Ruth McCabe
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Ruth McCabe is an acclaimed Irish Actress who won an Irish Film and Television Academy Award in 2003 for her role in 'Any Time Now', and again in 2011 for 'Single-Handed'. She is considered one of the greatest names in Irish cinema and theatre. She has performed in numerous plays in the Abbey theatre in Dublin as well a in many TV shows and films.
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      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
    Breakfast on Pluto
    7.2
    • Ma Braden
    • 2005
    My Left Foot (1989)
    My Left Foot
    7.8
    • Mary
    • 1989
    Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in Philomena (2013)
    Philomena
    7.6
    • Mother Barbara
    • 2013
    Angeline Ball, Susan Lynch, and Zara Turner in Any Time Now (2002)
    Any Time Now
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Margaret McCutcheon

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    Actress

    • The Lost Children of Tuam
      9.2
      • Sister Bridget
      • 2026
    • Paddy Considine and Christina Hendricks in Small Town, Big Story (2025)
      Small Town, Big Story
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Betty Battles
      • 2025
    • Michael Harding in Where the Old Man Lives (2024)
      Where the Old Man Lives
      5.3
      Short
      • Margaret
      • 2024
    • That They May Face the Rising Sun (2023)
      That They May Face the Rising Sun
      7.2
      • Mary Murphy
      • 2023
    • Charlie Reid, Sean Crowe, Sam Crowe, Sé O'Neill Hasik, and Olivia Colman in Joyride (2022)
      Joyride
      6.2
      • Noreen
      • 2022
    • Letitia Wright and Josh O'Connor in Aisha (2022)
      Aisha
      6.6
      • Mrs. Keegan
      • 2022
    • Epic
      TV Series
      • Bea
      • 2021
    • Kerry Condon, Nina Sosanya, and Eileen Walsh in Women on the Verge (2018)
      Women on the Verge
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Aunty Bronagh
      • 2018
    • Ruth McCabe, Lewis Magee, Eimear Morrissey, and Andy Quirke in Damo & Ivor the Movie (2018)
      Damo & Ivor the Movie
      5.1
      • Grano
      • 2018
    • Judi Dench and Ali Fazal in Victoria & Abdul (2017)
      Victoria & Abdul
      6.8
      • Mrs. Tuck
      • 2017
    • Carrie Fisher, Caroline Lena Olsson, Ashley Jensen, Frances Tomelty, Michaela Watkins, Sharon Horgan, Sarah Niles, Sanchia McCormack, Tina Simmons, Catherine Skinner, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Susannah Fielding, Claire Dargo, Yemisi Oyinloye, Sonny Hyman, Dexter Hyman, and Danielle Harrison in Catastrophe (2015)
      Catastrophe
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Dympna
      • 2017
    • Out of Innocence (2016)
      Out of Innocence
      6.8
      • Patsy Kerrigan
      • 2016
    • Andy Quirke in Damo and Ivor (2013)
      Damo and Ivor
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Grano
      • 2013–2014
    • Chris O'Dowd and David Rawle in Moone Boy (2012)
      Moone Boy
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Gwen
      • 2012–2014
    • Christopher Eccleston and Rory Kinnear in Lucan (2013)
      Lucan
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Nanny Roberts
      • 2013

    Soundtrack

    • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
      Silent Witness
      7.9
      TV Series
      • performer: "Daughter of Elysium"
      • 1997

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      "Takin' Over The Asylum", as Rosealie (1994)

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