Mary McEvoy
Acting
Biography
Mary McEvoy is an Irish actress best known for her role as Biddy Byrne in the television series "Glenroe", which aired from 1983 to 2000. She has also appeared in various plays and films, and is recognized for her work in television advertisements.
Place of Birth: Delvin, County Westmeath, Ireland
Known For
Extra Ordinary
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
End of Sentence
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
Moll Flanders
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.
Nowhere Fast
After being fired, Angela moves back to the small town in which she grew up. This is her chance to reassess things and get her life back on track, if her friends don't ruin everything.
Lost and Found
'Lost and Found' is a film with 7 interconnecting stories set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station.
Peat
Anne Byrne, recently widowed, lives with her useless adult son. She’s left juggling housework and the bog, until her witchy neighbour suggests building a Golem. When Anne develops feelings for it, her man-child son tries to destroy it.
Abode
In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
Callan Kicks The Years
Callan Kicks the Years is a six-part TV series unlike any comedy ever made in Ireland, romping through the 100 years since the 1921 Treaty using sketches and satirical documentary. The series will kick Dev’s grim legacy, the 60s showbands versus feminism era, the twin 80s crazes of Haughey and moving statues, Jackie’s Army, the Bertie Boom through to the Hangover of recession, in a way only comedy can. The most controversial periods of Irish history stripped down for a kicking? There may be calls to Liveline. Talk to Joe.
Filmography
as Peggy
as Helen
as Peig Sayers
as Brigid
as Janet
as Pauline
as June
as Mother Superior