Ruth McCabe
Ruth McCabe is an Irish stage, screen and voice actress known from Clones, County Monaghan. She is known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears The Snapper, Christy Brown's paramour Mary in My Left Foot, and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan, in three seasons of Silent Witness. She originated the role of Kay McCoy, proprietor of McCoy's bar in RTÉ's soap opera Fair City.
Awards and recognition
McCabe won the inaugural IFTA in 2003 for Best Actress in a Supporting role, for playing Margaret McCutcheon in BBC One Northern Ireland's Any Time Now, and again in 2011, for her role as Eithne Driscoll in the Irish police series Single-Handed.
Personal life
Ruth's father was Irish playwright and screenwriter Eugene McCabe.
McCabe took a break from acting to raise her first child, but performed in the one-woman play "The Worm in the Heart" while pregnant with her second child.
Filmography
Small Town, Big Story 2024That They Might Face the Rising Sun 2023Aisha Mrs. Keegan 2022Joyride Noreen 2022Women on the Verge Aunty Bronagh 2018Damo and Ivor:The Movie 2018Victoria & Abdul Mrs. Tuck 2017Damo and Ivor Grano 2013–14Life of Crime (TV series) Rose Woods 2013Run & Jump Conor's mother 2013Foyle's War 2013Lucan Nanny Roberts 2013Philomena Mother Barbara 2013Wake Wood Peggy O'Shea 2009Single-Handed Eithne Driscoll 2007–10The Street Mary2006Breakfast on Pluto Ma Braden 2005Inside I'm Dancing Annie 2004The Blackwater Lightship Dr. Louise 2004An Everlasting Piece Mrs. O'Neill 2001Sinners 2002The Closer You Get/''American Women Mary Mulligan 2001Wild About Harry Lily 2000Relative Strangers 1999Talk of Angels O'Toole 1998Silent Witness Wyn Ryan 1996–98Crossroads of Laredo Barbara 1995Circle of Friends Emily Mahon 1995Takin' Over the Asylum Rosalie Gerrity 1994The Snapper Kay Curley 1993Hostages Elaine Spence 1992Fair City Kay McCoy 1989–1992My Left Foot'' Mary 1989
Theatre work
The Blackwater Lightship, Dora, Draíocht Arts Centre, County Dublin 2022Breathless Smock Alley Theatre 2014Ribbons by Elaine Murphy, Glenda, Peacock Theatre, Dublin 2013The New Electric Ballroom Druid production, St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, 2009The House of Bernarda Alba Poncia, Abbey Theatre 2003Prayers of Sherkin by Sebastian Barry, Peacock Theatre 1990The Worm in The Heart by Nell McCafferty, One woman play, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar 1987