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Uncategorized · May 16, 2016

Rachael Dowling

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Rachael Dowling – B.A.M.A. (Hons) Made her screen debut playing Lily in John Huston’s classic film adaptation of Joyce’s The Dead.

Rachael can be seen in KIN.

She played the lead in the Irish Times Theatre Awards nominated – The Afters Directed by Caroline Fitzgerald at Bewleys Cafe Theatre.

She was seen as Sister Sarah in Jim Sheridan’s feature The Secret Scripture. She also appeared in Sheridan’s, The Field, In The Name Of The Father, as well as several of Sheridan’s theatre productions in NYC’s Irish Arts Centre.

Other films include The Tichborne Claimant opposite Robert Pugh & Stephen Fry (David Yates).  Bogwoman opposite Peter Mullan. (Tom Collins).   Rewind (PJ Dillon). Widow’s Peak (John Irvin). A Sunken Place (Ronan O’Leary).

Television work includes:

Paula by Conor McPherson (BBC).  Penny Dreadful. (Showtime). Damo and Ivor (RTE). Legend. (RTE) and previously in Scarlett. (USA, TV Miniseries.) September (BBC). The Treaty. (RTE) Tears in The Rain. (Granada TV)

Theatre work includes: The Unmanageable Sisters – Abbey Theatre. Richard II- The Abbey Theatre (Peacock Stage); Michael Barker-Caven Dir. The Country Girls; Gaeity Theatre/Red Kettle Prod. Directed by Mikel Murfi.

Green Street; Dublin Fringe Festival; Percolate Theatre Company. Paul Meade, Dir. Measure for Measure; Then This Theatre; At Project. Aoife Spillaine-Hinks, Dir.

Rachael wrote and directed award winning short film Stealth and she directs for the theatre including Missing Football: award winning first play by Irish Screen Writer Peter McKenna (Red Rock; The Clinic; Eastenders; Holby City) and recently performed in Eoin Lynch’s production of Bonbons for Seen and Heard

 

Skills: Alto · Dance · Full Driver's License · Good at Accents · Soprano

Age range: 46-55 · Female

Agent: Halina Froudist · · +35315552556

Height (cm): 173 cms

Height (inches): 5' 8"

Eye colour: Brown

Hair colour: Dark Brown

Latest news and showdates

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Awards

  • Double Act (Channel 4; BAFTA nominated Best Children’s drama.)

Reviews

Rachael Dowling took part in the James Joyce Centres reading of  ‘The Dead’  on the 6th January.  The night the story is set.
Here is an excerpt from Frank McNally’s review in  An Irishman’s Diary ~ Irish Times.
……
…… I had the different pleasure on this year’s Feast of the Epiphany of watching, from home, a live Zoom reading of The Dead, organised by the James Joyce Centre.

It wasn’t a public performance, really, more a quiet marking of the date. Yet it featured some high-powered readers, including Barry McGovern, who performed the immortal closing passage, and even members of the 1987 film cast.

Rachael Dowling played Lily, the housemaid, in the movie. Here she had been promoted to the lead role of Greta and was electrifying (I may have shed tears watching her, but don’t tell anyone) as she remembered how poor Michael Furey died.

I happen to live near Usher’s Island, so both that night and next morning, I took a walk past it to remind myself what the house looked like. By a happy chance, the newspapers had been predicting snow. And there was indeed a light fall during the early hours. Unfortunately, none of it settled outside Number 15. Instead, and sad to say, only grass was general, all over the doorsteps……

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Actor CV

FILM/TELEVISION

TitlePartDirectorProduction Co
Harry WildPrincipal HastingsRob and Ronan BurkeHarry Wild Productions
KinClaire Larkin Diarmuid Goggins Townsend Films
The AwakeningHead Teacher Alex KalymniosBBC. Studio Lambert
PaulaMrs MorecroftAlex HolmesBBCNI Drama
The Secret ScripturesSister SarahJim SheridanFerndale Films
Penny DreadfulDepartment Store OwnerDamon ThomasP.D. TWO FILM PROD. CO.
The Dead (Feature Film)LilyJohn HustonLiffey Films,
Rewind (Feature Film)Mary, P.J DillonCarbon Film Ltd
The Tichborne Claimant (Feature)Mary AnneDavid YatesBigger Picture Co.
Bogwoman (Feature Film)MaureenTom CollinsDefacto Films,
Widow's Peak (Feature Film)Tall Thin Girl, John IrvinJo Manuel Prods
In The Name Of The Father(Feature)PolicewomanJim SheridanFerndale Films
The Field (Feature Film)Dancing GirlJim SheridanFerndale Films,
September (Tv Movie)KatyColin BuckseyGerman+ Irish Co-Prod.
Scarlett (Tv Movie)Bridie O'haraRobert Halmi Snr., John Erman Rhi Entertainment
The Treaty (Tv Movie)Kathleen MckennaJonathan LewisRte
Tears In The Rain (Tv Movie)Lady EmilyDon SharpGranada Television
Legend (Television)Miss SummersRobert QuinnRte
Double Act (Television)RoseCilla WearChannel 4
Glenroe (Television)SharonVariousRte
John Huston And The Dubliners
(Documentary)HerselLillian Sievernich
There's A Hole In The Ozone Layer Just Above Clonboo (Short Film)MaireBilly Mccannon
No Love LostRTE Radio

THEATRE

ShowPartDirectorVenue
The Long Christmas DinnerMrs BayardSarah Jane Scaife/Raymond KeaneAbbey Theatre
Peacock Stage
The Unmanageable SistersRosieGraham McLarenAbbey Theatre
Green StreetLady Elizabeth WolfePaul MeadePercolate Theatre Co.
Richard 11Dutchess Of YorkMichael Barker-CavenPeacock/Everyman Th.
The Country GirlsSister Immaculata/Mikel MurfiRed Kettle Theatre
Mother/ Mrs GentlemanCompany - Waterford

Actor notes

TRAINING:

  • Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Ohio USA
  • BA – Hunter College New York City
  • MA (hons) – Dublin City University.

ACCENTS

American-Midwest, American-Standard, Belfast, Dublin (highly skilled), Irish RP, Irish-Northern, Irish-Southern, RP

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