Diona Doherty (born 1989) is a

Northern Irish Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence. Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern ...

actress, writer and comedian from

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

. She starred in

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's ''

Soft Border Patrol ''Soft Border Patrol'' is a Northern Irish mockumentary sitcom in the style of a reality television programme based around the subject of the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border in a post-Brexit world. It shadows the ''Soft Border Patrol ...

''. She played a Ukrainian student in an episode of

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's '' Derry Girls''. She has been a panellist on '' The Blame Game,'' since 2021.

Career

Doherty has frequently worked with

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, as a writer and member of the cast of BBC Radio Ulster's satirical sketch show ''

A Perforated Ulster The Hole in the Wall Gang is the name of a comedy group from Northern Ireland, who came to prominence in the mid-1990s with the extremely popular satirical comedy ''Give My Head Peace''. The line up consists of Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn, Marty R ...

'' since 2020, working with

Tim McGarry Tim McGarry ( ga, Tadhg Mag Fhearaigh) is an Irish people, Irish comedian and actor from Belfast, North Belfast in Northern Ireland. He was educated at St Malachy's College, Belfast. He is a member of the comedy group Hole in the Wall Gang (com ...

on '' The Blame Game'' since 2021, a regular role of Derry girl Gráinne in ''

Give My Head Peace ''Give My Head Peace'' is a satirical television comedy series on BBC Northern Ireland that pokes fun at political parties, paramilitary groups and the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland. The programme is written by Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn and ...

'', and a member of the revamped '' Dry Your Eyes'' cast in 2022. She competed in 2021's

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, making it to the Northern Irish final.

Personal life

Doherty is married to Northern Irish comic Sean Hegarty. They have one daughter, and Hegarty has children from a previous relationship.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Diona 1989 births Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Television actresses from Northern Ireland Women comedians from Northern Ireland