List of Famous people born in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Mairead Maguire

First Name Mairead
Born on January 27, 1944 (age 82)

Mairead Maguire, also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is a peace activist from Northern Ireland. She co-founded, with Betty Williams and Ciaran McKeown, the Women for Peace, which later became the Community for Peace People, an organization dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Maguire and Williams were awarded the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Michelle Fairley

First Name Michelle
Last Name Fairley
Born on January 17, 1964 (age 62)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Michelle Fairley is an actress from Northern Ireland, best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013), as well as her roles in USA Network series Suits (2013), and Fox series 24: Live Another Day (2014).

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Jayne Wisener

First Name Jayne
Last Name Wisener
Born on May 19, 1987 (age 38)
Height 165 cm | 5'5

Jayne Wisener is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. She played Johanna in the British-American film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She was also in one episode of The Inbetweeners.

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David Holmes

First Name David
Last Name Holmes
Born on February 14, 1969 (age 57)

David Holmes is an electronic musician and composer. Born in Northern Ireland, Holmes worked as a DJ before releasing several solo albums that have incorporated elements of trip hop, big beat, electronica and rock. In the late 1990s, Holmes also began composing film scores, establishing a long-standing collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh that includes Out of Sight (1998) and the Ocean's trilogy. He is currently part of the band Unloved, whose music has been used extensively in the television series Killing Eve, for which Holmes is the composer. Holmes has remixed songs for numerous artists and produced albums for Primal Scream and Noel Gallagher. He is also known for his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes.

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Michael Smiley

First Name Michael
Last Name Smiley
Born on January 1, 1963 (age 63)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Michael Smiley is a Northern Irish comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Kill List (2011) and The Lobster (2015).

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John Watson

First Name John
Last Name Watson
Born on May 4, 1946 (age 79)

John Marshall Watson, is a British former racing driver and current commentator from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One, winning five Grands Prix and was third in the 1982 championship. He also competed in the World Sportscar Championship finishing second in the 1987 championship. After his retirement from motorsport, he became a commentator for Eurosport's coverage of Formula One from 1989 to 1996. He currently commentates on the GT World Challenge Europe.

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Ian McElhinney

First Name Ian
Last Name McElhinney
Born on August 19, 1948 (age 77)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Ian McElhinney is an actor and director from Northern Ireland. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than thirty years; notable appearances include Taggart, Hornblower, Cold Feet, and The Tudors. In recent times his best known roles are as Barristan Selmy in Game of Thrones, Morgan Monroe in The Fall, and Granda Joe in Derry Girls.

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Jenn Murray

First Name Jenn
Last Name Murray
Height 157 cm | 5'2

Jenn Elizabeth Murray is an Irish actress. In 2009, she received an IFTA Award nomination for her role in the film Dorothy Mills (2008). Her other notable roles were in Brooklyn (2015), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).

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Niamh McGrady

First Name Niamh
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 26)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Niamh McGrady is a film, stage and television actress from Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. She is best known for her parts as Mary-Claire Carter in Holby City and PC Danielle Ferrington in the psychological thriller The Fall.

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Bronagh Gallagher

First Name Bronagh
Born on November 28, 1972 (age 53)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Bronagh Gallagher is an Irish singer and actress from Northern Ireland. Gallagher had her first acting role in the 1989 television movie Dear Sarah. In 2020, she was listed at number 33 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.

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