Northern irish celebrities
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Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a Northern Irish-born Welsh actress and singer, who won the BBC One talent contest, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
A member of the Guilford Four, along with Gerry Conlon, Paddy Armstrong and Carole Richardson. They were falsely convicted of the Guilford Pub bombings in 1974. Their story was later adapted into the movie In the Name of the Father (1993).
Patrick Joseph “Paddy Joe” McGuigan (8 December 1939 – 17 March 2014) was an Irish musician who played for some years with the folk group The Barleycorn. He has written some Irish rebel songs, including “The Men Behind the Wire”, “The Boys of the O
Antonia Campbell-Hughes (born 1982) is a Northern Irish actress of English and Irish descent, best known for appearing in Jack Dee’s sitcom Lead Balloon.
John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a Northern Irish character actor, who was well known in the United Kingdom for playing hard men or military types.
Gayle Williamson (born c. 1980, Dollingstown, Northern Ireland) is a model and former Miss Northern Ireland and Miss United Kingdom winner. She was also a contestant in the 2002 Miss World beauty contest.
Brendan Mackey was born in Northern Ireland. He left School at 16 and trained as an apprentice electrician for two years. He then auditioned for and won a scholarship to RADA. Brendan gave up his apprenticeship and moved to London where he now lives.
Mary McGuckian (born 27 May 1963) is a film director, producer and screenwriter from Northern Ireland.
Laurence McKeown (born 1956) is an Irish author, playwright, screenwriter, and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Pat Sheehan (born 1958) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland, and former Provisional Irish Republican Army hunger striker at the Maze Prison.