Áine Ní Mhuirí Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Áine Ní Mhuirí
Acting
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.
Filmography Movies
Acting
Time After Time
'Oh I was naughty. And I'm still naughty so take care.' And so Leda was, all those years ago when she was the childhood friend of Jasper and his three sisters April, May and June. Now she returns to add a little spice to life in their crumbling Irish country house.
Róise & Frank
Grief stricken Róise lost her husband, Frank, two years ago. Her son, Alan, worries about her but the arrival of a mysterious dog seems to bring happiness to her life once more. Róise soon comes to believe that the dog is, in fact, Frank reincarnated. He has come back to be with her again… and to coach the local sports team…
The Playboys
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
Brooklyn
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton
Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare example of Irish social realism. After years in an industrial school, Martin Cluxton (Derek King) returns home to Dublin but finds considerable prejudice and little opportunity. Broadcast on RTÉ, it was directed by Brian MacLochlainn, co-written by Caoimhín Ó Marcaigh and MacLochlainn, with music by jazz great Louis Stewart.
The Lilac Bus
The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.
The Field
"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
The Brylcreem Boys
In 1941, as part of an effort to remain strictly neutral, the Dublin government made a deal with both Berlin and London whereby any soldier, sailor or pilot captured on Irish soil, whether of German or Allied forces, would be interned for the duration of the war. What the Irish failed to tell was that they would intern everybody in the same camp. It is here that Canadian pilot Miles Keogh and German pilot Rudolph Von Stegenbeck meet after a fight in which both their planes were downed.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.
The American Wake
A seventeen year old girl who has lived all her life on an island off the coast of Ireland is faced with the choice to remain there or emigrate to America.