Maria McDermottroe

Maria McDermottroe is an Irish actress of screen and stage. Born in Sligo, she started in theater in the 1970s with Hilton Edwards and Micheál Mac Liammóir at the Gate Theatre, where she played Jill Mason in the Irish premiere of Equus, becoming the first Irish woman to perform nude on stage. She portrayed Molly Ivors in John Huston's The Dead (1987) and Bridey Hannon in Alan Parker's Angela's Ashes, and her other films include The Boxer (1997), Saltwater (2000), Veronica Guerin (2003) and The Winter Lake (2020). On television she is known for Venetia Crosby in the RTÉ serial Glenroe from 1995 to 2000 and for Mrs. Gilhooley in Killinaskully from 2004 to 2009, which brought a Golden Nymph Award nomination for Best Actress in 2009. She has appeared in over 50 stage productions, 16 of them with the National Theatre of Ireland, and was named Best Actress at the 2023 Milan Gold March Awards for The Carer.