Cathy Belton (born 17 January 1970) is an Irish actress. Born in the west of

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

, she is a graduate of

Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...

. Her stage work includes many productions in the

Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre (), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland () is a theatre in Dublin, Ireland. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the p ...

and

Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...

. Her television work includes Maura O'Brien in '' Roy'', '' The Clinic'', ''

Glenroe ''Glenroe'' is an Irish television soap opera broadcast on RTÉ One for 18 years between September 1983 and May 2001. ''Glenroe was'' centred on the lives of the people living in the fictional rural village of the same name in County Wicklow. ...

, Red Rock'', and ''

Paths to Freedom ''Paths to Freedom'' was a popular comedy on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. The shows stars two characters, Jeremy ( Brendan Coyle) and Rats ( Michael McElhatton), who have both recently been released from a Dublin prison. The show t ...

''. She has also appeared in films such as '' The Tiger's Tail'' and ''

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''. Belton was nominated for Best Actress at the 2015 IFTA Television Awards, for her performance in '' Red Rock''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belton, Cathy Irish film actresses Living people Irish stage actresses Irish television actresses Actresses from Galway (city) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 21st-century Irish actresses 1970 births