Maria McDermottroe
Maria McDermottroe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 or 1953 (age 71–72)[1] Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland[2] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | Late 1970s – present |
| Partner | John Costigan |
Maria McDermottroe is an Irish stage and screen actress. She is best known for playing the role of Venetia in Glenroe from 1983 to 2000 and Mrs. Gilhooley in Killinaskully.[3] She has performed in a number of plays on the Irish stage, including Seachange, The Chastitute, A Skull in Connemara,[4] and Moll.[5][6]
Early life
[edit]McDermottroe was born in Sligo town in the 1950s, one of four children (including writer/director Conor)[2] of Eddie and Nora McDermottroe.[2][1][7]
Career
[edit]McDermottroe's first theatre role was in a production of The Merchant of Venice featuring Micheál Mac Liammóir and Hilton Edwards.[8]
Her character in Glenroe was introduced in 1995, as, Venetia, the matriarch of the Crosby family. Venetia later divorced and married divorcé Dick Moran.[9][10]
In Pat Shortt's rural sitcom, Killinaskully, McDermottroe portrayed Mrs. Gilhooley, known for repeatedly not being "in the habit of repeating" herself.[2][11]
She played crime figure John Gilligan's wife in 2003's Veronica Guerin, a film in which her daughter Gina Costigan portrayed the wife of criminal figure John Traynor.[2]
In 2010, McDermottroe's performance in an Eska Riada production of Frank McGuinness's one-woman play Baglady in the Focus Theatre, was described by Jesse Weaver of Irish Theatre Magazine as a "measured, taught, and ultimately arresting ... portrait of an identity nearly dissolving itself".[12]
In 2017, she played Carmel in Isobel Mahon's Boom?.[13]
Her film credits include John Huston's The Dead,[14][15] John Erman's The Blackwater Lightship,[16] and The Winter Lake.[17]
McDermottroe was named "Best Actress", at the 2023 Milan Gold March Awards, for her role in The Carer.[18]
Personal life
[edit]McDermottroe married John Costigan, future managing director of Dublin's Gaiety Theatre, in 1979,[1] They live in Dún Laoghaire.[19] having first met in 1977.[20] They have two children including actress Gina Costigan.[21][22]
Filmography
[edit]- 2024 - The Carer, Moira McNamara (short film)[23]
- 2023 - The Martini Shot [24]
- 2023 - Changing Coasts (radio drama)[25]
- 2022-2024 - Smother, Imelda (television drama, 3 episodes)[26]
- 2017 - In View [27]
- 2006 - Secret of the Cave, Mrs. MacIntyre[28]
- 2004 - The Blackwater Lightship, Madge Kehoe (television film)[16]
- 2003 - Veronica Guerin, Geraldine Gilligan[29][2]
- 2001 - The Bombmaker, Miss O'Mara (mini-series)[30]
- 1999 - Angela's Ashes, Bridey Hannon[31]
- 1998 - This Is My Father, Mrs. Maney[32]
- 1997 - The Boxer[33]
- 1995-2000 - Glenroe, Venetia Crosbie (soap opera)[34]
- 1989 - ScreenPlay : The Hen House, teacher (1 episode in anthology series)[35]
- 1987 - The Dead, Molly Ivors[14]
- 1985 - Fortycoats & Co., The Lilter[36]
- 1978 - Thursday Play Date : Silver Apples on the Moon, Moira (1 episode in anthology series)[37]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Smith, Andrea (13 January 2014). "Bondings: Beyond the curtain call at the Gaiety". Independent.ie.
- ^ a b c d e f O'Donoghue, Anne (21 March 2018). "Actress Maria McDermottroe on pursuing her passion". FarmersJournal.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". Decadent Theatre Company.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". AboutTheArtists.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". IrishPlayography.com.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe, Actress: When I was 21, I wish I'd known..." Independent.ie. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Another act in family drama". Independent.ie. 3 September 2012.
- ^ Gate Theatre Productions Ltd. Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir present... Gate Theatre. 1977. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via NLI.ie.
- ^ "Emmet Bergin and Maria McDermottroe in 'Glenroe' (2000)". RTÉ Archives. 2000.
- ^ "End of an era of marriages and deaths, but precious little sex". Independent.ie. 6 May 2001.
- ^ "Are Ye Ready to Take a Trip Back to Killinaskully? Prepare for The Movie!". 26 September 2012.
- ^ Weaver, Jesse (9 August 2010). "Reviews | Current | Baglady". ITMArchive.ie.
- ^ "Boom? That busted flush". 17 November 2017.
- ^ a b "'She is a nasty piece of work....I love her!'". Galway Advertiser.
- ^ Shout, John D. (1989). "Joyce at Twenty-Five Huston at Eight-One. 'THE DEAD.'". Literature/Film Quarterly. 17 (2): 93. JSTOR 43796386. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ a b "The Blackwater Lightship". IFI.ie.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe biography and filmography | Maria McDermottroe movies". Tribute.ca.
- ^ "Milan Gold Awards (2024)". IMDb.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe and John Costigan's terrace garden (2018)". RTÉ Archives. 27 February 2018.
- ^ Jackson, Joe (25 December 2005). "Happy? Oh, yes he is!". Independent.ie. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "John Costigan The CV". Independent.ie. 14 December 2003.
- ^ McDermott, Peter (11 January 2018). "Women's time to shine in 'Party Face'". IrishEcho.com.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". Kinorium.
- ^ "The Martini Shot (2023)" – via Letterboxd.com.
- ^ "New Wicklow-made radio drama explores impacts of climate change on coastal communities" (pdf). Wicklow Times. 2 May 2023. p. 17.
- ^ "Cast – Smother (2021 – 2023)". Kinorium.
- ^ Clarke, Donald (18 May 2017). "In View: Ciarán Creagh's brave debut delves deep into the darkness".
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". Rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ "BBC One - Veronica Guerin". BBC.
- ^ "FilmCentrum".
- ^ Roddick, Nick. "Angela's ashes". Sight and Sound. EBSCOhost 00374806]].
- ^ "This Is My Father movie review (1999)". RogerEbert.com.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe". Irish Film Database.
- ^ Dalton, Sinead (1 July 2024). "Life After Glenroe-What Happened To Barmaid Isobel Mahon". Evoke.ie.
- ^ "ScreenPlay: The Hen House". BBC.co.uk. 6 September 1989.
- ^ "Maria McDermottroe in 'Fortycoats and Co' (1985)". RTÉ Archives. 1 October 1985.
- ^ "'Silver Apples on the Moon' (1978)". RTÉ Archives. November 1978.
