{{short description|Irish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2024}} thumb|Ruth McCabe at JDIFF 2013 '''Ruth McCabe''' is an Irish stage, screen and voice actress known from Clones, County Monaghan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 March 2014 |title=Fact File Clones |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/fact-file-clones/30059245.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref> She is known for starring as Kay Curley in Stephen Frears{{'}} ''The Snapper'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2023 |title=What The Cast Of The Snapper Look Like 29 Years Later |url=https://evoke.ie/2023/10/17/entertainment/tv/the-cast-of-the-snapper-look-very-different-now |website=Evoke.ie}}</ref> Christy Brown's paramour Mary in ''My Left Foot'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 30, 2021 |title=Daniel Day Lewis missed Haughey's 'My Left Foot' gala dinner |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/daniel-day-lewis-missed-haugheys-my-left-foot-gala-dinner/41193405.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref> and Wyn Ryan, sister of Dr. Sam Ryan, in three seasons of ''Silent Witness''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 30, 2022 |title=Silent Witness: why did these former stars leave the show? |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220530141631/silent-witness-why-did-these-former-stars-leave/ |website=Hello!}}</ref> She originated the role of Kay McCoy, proprietor of McCoy's bar in RTÉ's soap opera ''Fair City''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2001 |title=The real McCoy |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/the-real-mccoy/26246836.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref>
==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'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003 |url=http://www.ifta.ie/winners/iftawinners2003.html |access-date=11 January 2009 |publisher=Irish Film and Television Academy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Any Time Now |url=http://www.iftn.ie/?act1=record&aid=70&rid=1037&tpl=filmography_dets&only=1&force=1 |website=IFTN.ie}}</ref> and again in 2011, for her role as Eithne Driscoll in the Irish police series ''Single-Handed''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=awards photo |url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5QQpNebhyu3xXh6o9DmXcIFASEzD2z_fETBMssX9sJaugz_Tq1NI6sN7VkKvqd6f1l2UOxgNG8WhJcQo |via=gstatic.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=IFTA winners 2011 |url=http://www.ifta.ie/awards/iftawinners2011.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311223045/http://www.ifta.ie/awards/iftawinners2011.html |archive-date=2014-03-11 |website=IFTA.ie |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>
==Personal life== Ruth's father was Irish playwright and screenwriter Eugene McCabe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2020 |title=King of the Castle playwright and author, Eugene McCabe dies aged 90 |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/king-of-the-castle-playwright-and-author-eugene-mccabe-dies-aged-90-1015166.html |website=BreakingNews.ie}}</ref>
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.<ref name="worm" />
==Filmography== * ''Small Town, Big Story'' (TV Series) 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 24, 2023 |title=New comedy drama shot in Wicklow coming to SKY in 2024 – WicklowNews |url=https://wicklownews.net/2023/10/new-comedy-drama-shot-in-wicklow-coming-to-sky-in-2024/ |website=wicklownews.net}}</ref> * ''That They Might Face the Rising Sun'' 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=That They May Face The Rising Sun – Members' Screening |url=https://www.ifta.ie/events/dts/risingsun.php |website=IFTA.ie}}</ref> * ''Aisha'' Mrs. Keegan 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Aisha |url=https://www.irishfilmfesta.org/en/2023-3/aisha/}}</ref> * ''Joyride'' Noreen 2022<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corr |first=Alan |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Olivia Colman passes the Irish accent test in Joyride |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2022/0801/1312260-olivia-colman-passes-the-irish-accent-test-in-joyride/ |work=RTÉ TEN}}</ref> * ''Women on the Verge'' (TV series) Aunty Bronagh 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth McCabe |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/ruth_mccabe/ |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> * ''Damo and Ivor:The Movie'' 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Review | Torturous Damo and Ivor: The Movie – A Big Step Backwards for Irish Comedy |url=https://headstuff.org/entertainment/film/damo-and-ivor-the-movie-review/ |website=HeadStuff}}</ref> * ''Victoria & Abdul'' Mrs. Tuck 2017<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weintraub |first=Steve |date=27 September 2017 |title=Eddie Izzard on Victoria & Abdul and Voicing Voldemort in LEGO Batman Movie |url=https://collider.com/eddie-izzard-interview-victoria-and-abdul/ |website=Collider.com}}</ref> * ''Damo and Ivor'' (TV Series) Grano 2013–14 * ''Life of Crime (TV series)'' (TV Series) Rose Woods 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life of Crime (2013) |url=https://www.avclub.com/tv/reviews/life-of-crime-2013 |website=The A.V. Club}}</ref> * ''Run & Jump'' Conor's mother 2013<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |title=Run & Jump movie review * film summary (2014) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/run-and-jump-2014 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref> * ''Foyle's War'' (episode: "The Cage") 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Irish Cast Join 'Foyle's War' As Production Gets Underway In Dublin | The Irish Film & Television Network |url=http://www.iftn.ie/actors/actorsnews/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4285287&tpl=archnews&force=1 |website=IFTN.ie}}</ref> * ''Lucan'' (Mini series) Nanny Roberts 2013<ref>{{Cite news |title=Television: Not so lucky Lord Lucan |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/television-not-so-lucky-lord-lucan-1.1626912 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> * ''Philomena'' Mother Barbara 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=IFTA Events | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards |url=https://www.ifta.ie/events/allevents2013.html |website=IFTA.ie}}</ref> * ''Wake Wood'' Peggy O'Shea 2009<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moon |first=Aileen |date=21 March 2011 |title=Interview: 'Wake Wood' Writer Brendan McCarthy |url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283719&tpl=archnews&force=1 |work=Iftn.ie}}</ref> * ''Single-Handed'' (TV Series) Eithne Driscoll 2007–10<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 27, 2023 |title=Where Are They Now? The Cast Of Everyone's Favourite Irish Film The Snapper |url=https://extra.ie/2023/12/27/entertainment/where-are-they-the-snapper-film |website=Extra.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 10, 2009 |title=What lies beneath |url=https://eds.p.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=4fd1554a-d57a-4ca8-9e96-b5dc6b86f9e9%40redis |work=New Statesman |page=49}}</ref> * ''The Street'' (TV Series, 1 episode "Sean & Yvonne") Mary2006<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2021 |title=The Street. S01 E06. Sean & Yvonne |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8065xj |via=Dailymotion}}</ref> * ''Breakfast on Pluto'' Ma Braden 2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2023 |title=From Star Trek to Father Ted: What the stars of The Snapper did next |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/from-star-trek-to-father-ted-what-the-stars-of-the-snapper-did-next/42432498.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Callan Takes Breakfast On Pluto |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0821/1070090-callan-takes-breakfast-on-pluto/ |website=RTÉ Archives}}</ref> * ''Inside I'm Dancing'' Annie 2004<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside I'm Dancing – Screen Ireland |url=https://www.screenireland.ie/directory/view/382/inside-i'm-dancing/archive |website=ScreenIreland.ie}}</ref> * ''The Blackwater Lightship'' Dr. Louise 2004 * ''An Everlasting Piece'' Mrs. O'Neill 2001<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sheehy |first=Ted |year=2001 |title=An Everlasting Piece |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/d0e266f05622dd2627cf8e8943b9ef70/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=28807 |magazine=Film Ireland |page=38 |id={{ProQuest|<!-- Insert ProQuest data here -->}} |issue=80 (Apr/May}}</ref> * ''Sinners'' (TV Movie) 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sinners (2002) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/sinners/ |website=Letterboxd.com}}</ref> * ''The Closer You Get''/''American Women'' Mary Mulligan 2001<ref>{{Cite book |publisher=Scarecrow Press historical dictionary series |page=8 |last1=Flynn |first1=Roderick |last2=Brereton |first2=Patrick |author-link2=Patrick Brereton |year=2007 |title=Historical Dictionary of Irish Cinema |url=https://ebin.pub/historical-dictionary-of-irish-cinema-0810855577-9780810855571.html |via=ebin.pub |isbn=978-0810855571}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzsimons |first=Craig |title=The Closer You Get |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/the-closer-you-get-445076 |website=Hotpress.com}}</ref> * ''Wild About Harry'' Lily 2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=British Council Film: Wild About Harry |url=http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/wild-about-harry |website=film-directory.britishcouncil.org}}</ref> * ''Relative Strangers'' (Mini Series) 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relative Strangers: The Irish in Film |url=https://www.irishfilm.net/blurbs/RS.html |website=IrishFilm.net}}</ref> * ''Talk of Angels'' O'Toole 1998<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamm |first=Nick |title=Talk of Angels | Film Review | Spirituality & Practice |url=https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/1573 |website=SpiritualityAndPractice.com}}</ref> * ''Silent Witness'' (TV Series) Wyn Ryan 1996–98 * ''Crossroads of Laredo'' (short) Barbara 1995 * ''Circle of Friends'' Emily Mahon 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title=Circle of Friends (1995) – Cast & Crew on MUBI |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/circle-of-friends/cast |website=Mubi.com}}</ref> * ''Takin' Over the Asylum'' (TV Series) Rosalie Gerrity 1994<ref>{{Cite web |title=Takin' Over The Asylum cast and crew credits |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/takin_over_the_asylum/cast_crew/ |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> * ''The Snapper'' Kay Curley 1993<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schickel |first=Richard |date=1993-06-12 |title=The chaos of life, Irish-style. |work=Time Magazine |page=89 |volume=142 |issue=24 |issn=0040-781X |id={{EBSCOhost|9311307557}}}}</ref> * ''Hostages'' Elaine Spence 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruth McCabe : Actress – Films, episodes and roles on digiguide.tv |url=https://digiguide.tv/celebrity/Ruth+McCabe/15769/ |website=DigiGuide}}</ref> * ''Fair City'' (TV Series) Kay McCoy 1989–1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fair City Episode One |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2019/0806/1067267-fair-city-episode-one/ |website=RTÉ Archives}}</ref> * ''My Left Foot'' Mary 1989
==Theatre work== * ''The Blackwater Lightship'', Dora, Draíocht Arts Centre, County Dublin 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hanlon |first=Alison |date=September 17, 2022 |title=The Dráioct presents: The Blackwater Lightship |url=https://dublingazette.com/whats-on/draiocht-blackwater-lightship-35462/ |website=Dublin Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title=Best Man Speech Template, Irish Actress Ruth McCabe & Garth Brooks' Goodbye|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfymbzv0ZGA&t=4317s |series=Ireland AM |date=18 September 2022 |at=1:11:57}}</ref> * ''Breathless'' Smock Alley Theatre 2014<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2014 |title=Watch Gaybo |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/watch-gaybo/29968720.html |website=Independent.ie}}</ref> * ''Ribbons'' by Elaine Murphy, Glenda, Peacock Theatre, Dublin 2013<ref>{{Cite web |title=Irish Theatre Magazine | Reviews | Current | Love in a Glass Jar | Ribbons |url=http://itmarchive.ie/web/Reviews/Current/Love-in-a-Glass-Jar---Ribbons.aspx.html |website=ITMArchive.ie}}</ref> * ''The New Electric Ballroom'' Druid production, St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, 2009<ref>{{Cite web |title=The New Electric Ballroom at St. Ann's Warehouse 2009 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/22063-the-new-electric-ballroom-at-st-anns-warehouse-october-27-november-22-2009 |website=AboutTheArtists.com}}</ref> * ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' Poncia, Abbey Theatre 2003<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fricker |first=Karen |date=April 16, 2003 |title=The House of Bernarda Alba |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/apr/16/theatre.artsfeatures1 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> * ''Prayers of Sherkin'' by Sebastian Barry, Peacock Theatre 1990<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 9, 1990 |title=Abbey The National Theatre Peacock Stage 'Prayers of Sherkin' ... |url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000763827 |publisher=Abbey Theatre |via=NLI.ie}}</ref> * ''The Worm in The Heart'' by Nell McCafferty, One woman play, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar 1987<ref name="worm">{{Cite web |title=The Worm In The Heart |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0315/859986-the-worm-in-the-heart/ |website=RTÉ Archives}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * [https://irishplayography.com/person?personid=31802 Ruth McCabe's profile] at IrishPlayography.com
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