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 Birth Place: Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland Eye Color: Blue Height: 5 '6" (1,68 m) Family: Kieran Kennedy (husband 1988) and 4 sons.Last one born after season 2. Lewis, Jesse, Daniel and Salvador ages 22-1 (i(?)
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Non-acting careers: Member of The Black Velvet Band, Member of the Hothouse Flowers, Solo Music Artist on her label Mermaid Records, recent release Mutter* Movies: Tara Road 2005 Mystics 2002 The Matchmaker 1997 The General 1998 Moll Flanders 1996 The Commitments1991 TV Shows: The Tudors 2007-8 Sorted 2006 Hide & Seek 2006 Queer as Folk 1999 - 2000 Father Ted (guest role) 1998 Stage: Big break: The Commitments, The Tudors Awards: Gemini award for Best supporting actress in a drama ( Nominated & Won 2008) IFTA Award (Nominated 2003) best actress in the film "Mystics"; IFTA Award (Nominated & Won 2008 and 2009) Best actress in supporting role TV show "The Tudors" Upcoming projects:
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| Timeline: 1969 Parents move to Enniscorthy, Wexford 1969-78 Attends school. Learns to sing at parents parties. Learns to play piano. 1978 – 81 Works at Bean Bag Factory in Dun Laoighre Market, admires Supertramp. 1982 – 86 Moves to Bray in Wicklow. Attends Trinity College. Writes and records songs, later becoming a band called Hothouse Flowers. 1987 Love Don’t Work This Way is released. 1988 Starts Touring with Black Velvet Band Marries Kieran Kennedy, marries him and honeymoons in Crete! 1989 When Justice Came released. 1989 –91 Opens for 10,000 Maniacs in the USA, and also The Neville Brothers and The Bodeans. Live dates in Europe and recording in London. The Commitments movie and album released. 1992 The King of Myself released. 1992 – 93 Touring with The Black Velvet Band. British debut at Town and Country Club. Refused entry to the US on visa issues, US tour cancelled. 1994 Live in Switzerland Collective released. Appears on the specially issued Elektra Records 40th Anniversary album Rubaiyat. Maria features on an album called The Lady Sings The Blues, alongside Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Annie Lennox and others. Rod Stewart asks Maria to perform with him. She declines, for reasons best known to herself! 1995 – 98 Stars in the feature films: A Further Gesture with Stephen Rea (1995) and John Boorman’s The General with Brendan Gleeson (1996). Works with Druid Theatre Company in Galway in the play Blue Macushla (1996). Stars in Mike Figgis film Miss Julie with Peter Mullen (1997), Bill Forsyth’s Gregory’s 2 Girls (1998). Recorded Chriost an Siol for the Sony Music album The Planet Sleeps, a collection of lullabies from around the world. | 1998 – 2000 Works in television starring in many hit UK series including Father Ted, The Fitz and Queer As Folk. Also composed music. 2001 Released debut solo album Charm on own label, Mermaid Records. Appeared in the Art book/Movie If I Could Read The Sky. Toured in Ireland. Performed her song Stars Above on the Late Late Show in the wake of 9/11. 2002 Charm nominated for Best New Album of 2001 at the Meteor Irish Music Awards. Guest presented on Tom Dunne’ Pet Sounds and Radio One’s Mystery Train. Performed at Midem. Performed in Other Voices, Other Rooms live TV concert. Album of the concert reached No. 1 on the charts. 2003 Mermaid Films release an art documentary Golden Boy about the Irish artist Pat Scott. Maria tours Ireland and Europe extensively. Compiles an 18-song anthology of original and independent female artists called Sirens. Plays Glastonbury. 2004 Works on TV show Sorted for the BBC. Begins working on a new solo album. 2005 Tours Europe. Sells out Limited Edition release of Skull Cover album on Mermaid Records. Works on Hide and Seek with RTE. Maria continues working on new album. 2006 Maria spends five months recording new US TV series The Tudors, playing the part of Queen Catherine of Aragon alongside Johnathan Rhys Myers. 2007 Gourmet style touring suits, so Maria completes a sell out tour of Swiss venues, breaking the 25 year long standing record for biggest audience at the Café Mokka Thun. Finishes new album. Entitles MÜTTER and sets about releasing it on May 18th 2007 in Ireland, along with an Irish tour. 2008 Moves to Andalucia, Spain "seeking a simpler life and inspiration from a culture" for a time but still doing musical gigs. 2009 Works in her new CD (Probably named The Land of the Oranges) and does several musical gigs. | |||
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 at the Season 1 Premier |  |
 Gabrielle Anwar and Maria |  The King shows the Queen some love...awww! |
 Maria Doyle after receiving the IFTA award 2009 for Best Actress in Supporting role TV show |  |
