Niamh McGrady

Niamh McGrady (born 4 October 1983) is a film, stage and television actress from Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. She is best known for her parts as Mary-Claire Carter in Holby City and PC Danielle Ferrington in the psychological thriller The Fall.

Niamh McGrady
Born (1982-10-04) 4 October 1982[1][2]
Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland
EducationAssumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch
Alma materRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress

Early life and education

Born and raised in Castlewellan, County Down, she attended Assumption Grammar School, Ballynahinch, County Down. From age 18 she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Career

After landing a role in Summer 2003 in Italy,[3] on graduation she joined a Welsh production of Romeo and Juliet and then pantomime in Belfast,[4] before moving to London for Northern Irish playwright Lisa McGee's production of Girls & Dolls. McGrady then featured in a production of the Shakespeare play Macbeth, starring Patrick Stewart. After a critically acclaimed run in London's West End, it then relocated to Broadway, New York City in 2008.[3]

On return to London, she made her television début in the George Best biopic Best: His Mother's Son in 2009, but her part was eventually removed in the cutting room.[3] Shortly afterwards she joined the cast of Holby City as a cast semi-regular, in the role of nurse Mary-Claire Carter.

After appearing in many short independent films through mainly uncredited roles, she was cast in the crime drama television series The Fall,[3] based in Northern Ireland, alongside Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. She rejoined the cast of Holby City in 2013 as a regular cast member,[5] after which she gave-up her part-time waitressing and bar jobs.[3] However, in early 2015, McGrady left Holby City to coincide with the departure of Jules Knight and their departure scenes aired in April 2015.[6][7]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009Best: His Mother's SonMartha Devine
2009Holby CityMary-Claire CarterSemi-regular
2012DoctorsSarah Needham1 Episode
2012Upstairs DownstairsEnid Soaper
2013–15Holby CityMary-Claire CarterRegular 103 episodes
2013–16The FallP.C Danielle FerringtonRegular 10 episodes; Guest 5 episodes
2014Crossing LinesRose McConnell2 episodes
2018-Midsomer MurdersPenny KingdomEpisode 'Death of the Small Coppers'
2019Moving OnKellyEpisode 'Beaten’
2019DoctorsZoe HammondEpisode 'Sisterhood'
2020Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private InvestigatorsCassie DorcasEpisode 'Teach Me, Dear Creature'

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009MacBethWitch
2011Bats and BallsGirlShort Film
2012Thank you for comingSaraShort Film
2017 Maze Jill

Stage
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Night Must FallOliviaUK Theatre tour
2009 The Building siteShaunaArcola Theatre
2009 Girls and DollsClareOld Red Lion, Islington
2008 MacBethWitchBAM and Lyceum Theatre on Broadway
2007 MacBethWitchChichester Festival Theatre & Gielgud Theatre
2007 Twelfth NightOlivia's MaidChichester Festival Theatre
2006 Jack and the BeanstalkPrincess JillWaterfront Hall, Belfast
2005 Romeo and Juliet Juliet and MercutioVolcano Theatre Company
2003 A life of the Mind SallyRoyal Welsh College
2003 Ecstasy Mary FisherRoyal Welsh college
2003 The Importance of being earnest CecilyRoyal Welsh College
2002 King Lear ReganRoyal Welsh College
2001 Three Sisters MashaRoyal Welsh College

References
  1. Maeve Quigley (29 November 2014). "The Fall: Actress Niamh McGrady backs female violence message in crime drama". The Irish Mirror.
  2. Pavel Barter (30 November 2014). "Legend of the fall". The Sunday Times.
  3. Legend of The Fall, The Sunday Times, 2 December 2014
  4. HighBeam
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mwcqv
  6. Griffin, Cheryl. "Niamh McGrady Interview". holby.tv. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. "BBC One - Holby City, Series 17, Go the Distance, Mary-Claire's goodbye". BBC. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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