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Maggie Cronin

About: Maggie is an award-winning actress, writer and director.  She starred in the Academy Award winning short film ‘The Shore’ and has appeared on London’s West End and Broadway. Her one woman play, ‘A Most Notorious Woman’, won the Stewart Parker Trust/BBC Radio Drama Award. Maggie trained at Webber Douglas Academy. She has a BA Hons Combined Studies from Nene College, Northampton and a Creative Writing MA (Distinction) from Queen’s University Belfast. She also completed the one-year Meisner Technique course at Scott William’s Impulse Theatre Company. Maggie is currently undertaking a PhD at Queen’s University Belfast, researching the “Lived experiences and unique challenges facing women in theatre in Northern Ireland”.
Playing Range: 45 – 55 years
Height: 5’6″ (167cm)
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green
Skills: Irish Step, Soprano, Actor-Singer, ADR-Additional Dialogue Recording, Audio Books, Audio Drama, Comedy, Comedy Improv, Musical Comedy, Poetry Reading, Repertory, Story Telling, Voice Over, Swimming, Car Driving Licence, Director, Drama Workshop Leader, Improvisation, Narration, Story Telling, Writer
Accents: American-New York, American-North East, Belfast, Cockney, Dublin, Essex, Galway, Irish-Northern, Irish-Southern, London, Manchester, RP*
Showreel: https://www.spotlight.com/1710-1209-1357

Stage
ProductionRoleDirectorCompany
THE SHEEHY-SKEFFINGTON DIALOGUES  Hanna Paula McFetridge   Kabosh
UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE Lena Murphy & others Paul Bosco McEneaney Cahoots NI
FREAK FLOODS Director Emily De Dakis/Úna Monaghan Maggie Cronin
NIVELLI’S WAR Tante Sophie Paul Bosco McEneaney CahootsNI; New Victory. Broadway and NYC
1932 THE PEOPLE OF GALLAGHER STREET Director Martin Lynch/Maggie Cronin Community Cast
THE GIFT Ma Paul Bosco McEneaney Cahoots NI
THE KITCHEN THE BEDROOM AND THE GRAVE Martha Richard Lavery Accidental Theatre
GREENSTICK BOY – ONE WOMAN SHOW ‘M’ Sarah Tipple Lyric Theatre Belfast; Bozar, Brussels and Dublin for ABSOLUT Fringe
HAPPY DAYS Winnie Joel Beddows University of Ulster- research performance
CARNIVAL Vadoma Paula McFetridge Kabosh
BRUISED Nora Ryan Anna Newell Tinderbox
THE TRESTLE AT POPE LICK CREEK
Gin Patrick O’Kane Prime Cut Productions
1974 – THE END OF THE YEAR SHOW Marie
Carol Moore
Stage
The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
UNLESS Reta Tim Sheader Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
GIVE ME YOUR ANSWER DO Daisy Ben Twist Belfast Lyric Theatre
SHADOWLANDS
Joy Gresham Zoe Seaton Belfast Lyric Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Titania Robin Midgley Belfast Lyric Theatre
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD Widow Quin David Grant Belfast Lyric Theatre
A MOST NOTORIOUS WOMAN – ONE WOMAN SHOW
Grace O’Malley Paddy Scully Calypso
Film
ProductionRoleDirectorCompany
MUSHROOMS Diana Meghan McArdle Richter Media Ltd
TRUTH OF MURDER Florence Terry Loane Innovation Factory
NORMAL PEOPLE Glamorous Woman Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn Bankside
ZOO Matron Colin McIvor Ripple World Pictures
HIGH RISE Mrs Munrow Ben Wheatley Recorded Picture Company
SHOOTING FOR SOCRATES Landlady (Mrs Thompson) James Erskine New Black
A BELFAST STORY Sinéad Nathan Todd JoltMe
WHOLE LOTTA SOLE (‘STAND OFF’ IN USA) Alice Weller Terry George Generator
CHANCER (short)
Daughter in Law Patrick Maxwell Cinemagic NI
THE LIGHT OF MY EYES (short) Sarah Daniel Holmes Canderblinks
TO LOSE CONTROL (short) Susan Williams Marty Stalker Visionworks
THE SHORE (short) Mary Terry George All Ashore
PICNIC (short) Freida Audrey Concannon Premiere
TV
ProductionRoleDirectorCompany
PABLO Grandma David McGrath Paper Owl Productions for CBBC
MY MOTHER AND OTHER STRANGERS Ellen Quinn Adrian Shergold BBC
THE FRANKENSTEIN CHRONICLES Betsy Benjamin Ross Rainmark for ITV
A YEAR OF GREATER LOVE Sandra Michael McDowell BBC TV
MARÚ Laura Cross Lawrence Gough Stirling films for TG4
SCAPEGOAT Doris Curran Michael McDowell Hole In The Wall Gang for BBC TV
THE CLINIC
Emer O’Callaghan Liam Cunningham RTÉ
HOLBY CITY
Bel Ferris James Strong BBC TV
DOCTORS Kate McGuire Various over several episodes BBC TV
THAT’S NOT ME Sarah Peter Lawrence BBC TV
UNITED (BAFTA WINNER)
Mrs McGinley Michael McGowan BBC TV
Voice/Other
ProductionRoleDirectorCompany
TALKING TO BILLY (Voice Over) Narrator Clare Delargy BBC NI TV
ATLANTIS THE EVIDENCE (Voice Over) Narrator Detlef Siebert BBC Worldwide
QUITTING CRIME (Voice Over) Narrator Kelda Crawford McCann Crawford McCann for BBC NI
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL (Voice Over) Narrator Laura Doherty Doubleband for BBC Northern Ireland
WHEN THE POPE CAME TO IRELAND (Voice Over) Narrator Tony Curry BBC1 NI
SHOW ME THE MUMMY (Voice Over) Narrator Ian Dougan BBC1 NI
THE CROWN JEWEL (Voice Over)
Amelia Clare Delargy BBC1 NI
TALKING BOOKS (Audio)  Narrator/ Regular Reader RNIB Talking Books Camden
MAHLER’S MUSE (Radio) Anna Moll Gemma McMullan BBC Radio 4
THE WOMEN WHO STAGED THE RISING (Radio) Maire Nic Shiublaigh Conor Garrett BBC Radio 3 / BBC Radio Ulster
DEAR BABY MINE (Radio) Therapist Heather Larmour BBC Radio 4
THE LADY COMPUTER OF STRABANE (Radio) Narrator Louisa McCartney BBC Radio Ulster
THE BLACKTHORN TREE (Radio) Reader Heather Larmour BBC Radio 4
BOWEN AND BETJEMAN (Radio)
Rosamond Lehmann Gemma McMullan BBC Radio 4
ULSTER’S FORGOTTEN DARLING (Radio) Narrator/ Helen Waddel Regina Gallen BBC Radio 4
LOVE’S WORST DAY (Radio)
Bridget Gemma McMullan BBC Radio 4
KICKING THE AIR –  Zebbie Award Winner (Radio) Black/Judge Heather Larmour BBC NI / Radio 4
TITANIC LETTERS (Radio) Bertha Mulvihill Ian Dougan BBC Northern Ireland/Radio 4
SOME SECLUDED GLADE (Radio)
Megan/Susan Eoin O’Callaghan BBC Radio 4
GIRL FROM MARS – Zebbie Award Winner (Radio) Judith Heather Larmour BBC Radio 4
ONE BY ONE IN THE DARKNESS (Radio)
Reader Sara Johnson BBC Radio 4