# Jane McCarry

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{{Short description|Scottish actress (born 1970)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Jane McCarry
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| birth_place   = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland
| years_active  = 1990–present
| education     = [Queen Margaret University](/source/Queen_Margaret_University)
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actress|presenter|teacher}}
| children      = 2
| notable_works = ''[Still Game](/source/Still_Game)''<br>''[Me Too](/source/Me_Too!_(TV_series))'' 
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'''Jane McCarry''' is a Scottish actress, presenter and teacher. She is best known for her roles as [Isa Drennan](/source/List_of_Still_Game_characters) in the [BBC Scotland](/source/BBC_Scotland) sitcom ''[Still Game](/source/Still_Game)'' (2002–2007, 2016–2019),<ref name=playing/> and as Granny Murray in the [CBeebies](/source/CBeebies) show ''[Me Too!](/source/Me_Too!_(TV_series))'' (2006–2008).<ref name=playing/> She trained as an actor at Edinburgh's [Queen Margaret University](/source/Queen_Margaret_University) School of Drama.

==Career==
Beginning in 2006, McCarry appeared in the children's programme, ''[Me Too!](/source/Me_Too!_(TV_series))'' as the middle-aged childminder, Granny Murray.<ref name=playing/> Similar to the already popular ''[Balamory](/source/Balamory)'', the show revolved around McCarry's character working as a [nanny](/source/nanny) who educates children as to what parents may be doing during the workday.  The character of Granny Murray provides a kernel of wisdom in each episode that "saves the day" for one of the parents off at work.

McCarry also starred in ''[Rab C Nesbitt](/source/Rab_C._Nesbitt)'',<ref name=playing/> playing Andra's wife in the series eight episode, "Bug" and a nurse in the series 4 episode "Buckfast".

McCarry worked as an actor with the Baldy Bane Theatre Co Glasgow.<ref name=playing/> She appears occasionally in plays at the [Edinburgh Festival Theatre](/source/Edinburgh_Festival_Theatre).

McCarry taught drama at [Shawlands Academy](/source/Shawlands_Academy) and St Pauls High School ([Pollok](/source/Pollok)) for three years. She also used to teach at St Andrews RC Secondary School in Glasgow's East End as well as [Glasgow Gaelic School](/source/Glasgow_Gaelic_School).

In 2012, Jane appeared in ''[The Steamie](/source/The_Steamie)'' at the [King's Theatre, Glasgow](/source/King's_Theatre%2C_Glasgow).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/03/19/jane-mccarry-shows-shes-still-game-for-steamie-role/|title=Jane McCarry shows she's still game for Steamie role|first=Kirsty|last=Topping|publisher=Deadline|date=19 March 2012|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref>

McCarry joined the rest of the cast of the multi [BAFTA Scotland](/source/BAFTA_Scotland) award-winning [Still Game](/source/Still_Game) in 2014 at the comeback live show at the [SSE Hydro](/source/OVO_Hydro) in Glasgow. There were 21 performances of the sell-out show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/still-game-pulls-6million-21-4417745|title=Still Game pulls in £6million from 21 sell-out shows|first=John|last=Dingwall|newspaper=Daily Record|date=11 October 2014}}</ref>

In 2016, she reprised her role of Isa in the new series of Still Game, recommissioned by the BBC after the stage show's success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36275062|title=BBC comedy ''Still Game'' to return for new series|date=12 May 2016|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="quizzed"/>

In 2018, McCarry appeared in [Nativity! The Musical](/source/Nativity!_The_Musical) while it toured to [The Kings Theatre, Glasgow.](/source/King's_Theatre%2C_Glasgow)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=Jane McCarry Joins the Cast of NATIVITY! The Musical |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Jane-McCarry-Joins-the-Cast-of-NATIVITY-The-Musical-20180912 |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Glasgow |first=What's On |title=Jane McCarry in Nativity! The Musical {{!}} News |url=https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2018/09/13/jane-mccarry-in-nativity!-the-musical/ |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=What's On Glasgow |language=en}}</ref>

Since January 2026, Jane has co-presented the [STV Radio](/source/STV_Radio_(Scotland)) show ''Micky and McCarry'', alongside Micky Gavin on Saturdays.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.stvplc.tv/newsroom/2025/new-stv-radio-presenters-gear-up-for-a-mccarry-on/|title=NEW STV RADIO PRESENTERS GEAR UP FOR A MCCARRY-ON|date=31 October 2025|work=STV Group plc|access-date=27 December 2025|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
McCarry is an only child<ref name=carer>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41172439|title=Still Game's Isa on life as a 'sandwich carer'|first=Stephen|last=Brocklehurst|work=BBC News|date=20 September 2017|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> and was raised in the [King's Park](/source/King's_Park%2C_Glasgow) area of south Glasgow.<ref name=playing>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/still-game-actress-jane-mcgarry-2596316|title=Still Game actress Jane McGarry on playing Isa|first=Kenny |last=Smith|publisher=Daily Record / [Rutherglen Reformer](/source/Rutherglen_Reformer) |date=10 February 2010|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=quizzed>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/still-game-star-jane-mccarry-8981662|title=Still Game star Jane McCarry gets quizzed by young look-a-likes when she visits Burnside Primary|first=Jonathan |last=Geddes|publisher=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer |date=5 October 2016|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> She has two children (Iain and Alexander) with her former husband, Robert Gibson<ref name="scotsman">{{cite news | title=Scotsman.com | work=Granny shows us how | url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/granny-shows-us-how-1-1001833 | location=Edinburgh | first=Gareth | last=Edwards | date=13 October 2006 |access-date=7 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jane McCarry on the secrets behind her Still Game role|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17521394.jane-mccarry-secrets-behind-still-game-role/|access-date=29 December 2020|website=The Herald|date=25 March 2019 |location=Glasgow|language=en}}</ref><ref name=carer/><ref name=playing/> who is from nearby [Rutherglen](/source/Rutherglen);<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/news/world-news/ibiza-trip-changed-still-game-star-jane-mccarrys-life-forever/|title=Ibiza trip changed Still Game star Jane McCarry's life forever|work=Sunday Post|date=17 November 2014|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> she has stated that she based aspects of her [Isa character](/source/List_of_Still_Game_characters) upon observations of the town's residents going about their lives.<ref name=quizzed/>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1994
|''[The Tales of Para Handy](/source/The_Tales_of_Para_Handy)''
|Flora
|Episode: "A Night Alarm"
|-
|1994–2014
|''[Rab C. Nesbitt](/source/Rab_C._Nesbitt)''
|Sergeant Heenan / Nurse / Babette
|4 episodes
|-
|1995–1996
|''Pulp Video''
|Various
|
|-
|1997
|''[The Baldy Man](/source/The_Baldy_Man)''
|Nurse
|2 episodes
|-
|1998–2001
|''[Hububb](/source/Hububb)''
|Various
|7 episodes
|-
|2002–2007,  2016–2019
|''[Still Game](/source/Still_Game)''
|[Isa Drennan](/source/Isa_Drennan)
|
|-
|2006–2008
|[''Me Too!''](/source/Me_Too!_(TV_series))
|Granny Murray
|
|-
|2020
|''Nothing to Declare''
|Anne
|2 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[The Devil's Hour](/source/The_Devil's_Hour)''
|Bella Holness
|
|-
|2026–present
|''Micky and McCarry''
|Co-presenter
|Radio show
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0565013}}

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Category:Scottish radio actresses
Category:Scottish radio presenters
Category:Scottish schoolteachers
Category:Scottish stage actresses
Category:Scottish television actresses

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