Gabrielle Reidy

Birth Name:

Gabrielle Mary Reidy

Birth Place:

Dublin, Ireland

Profession

Actress

Was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for "What Richard Did" in 2013
Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "The Spike" in 1978
Quote: "I had to explain to Daniel [Radcliffe] that our son Finn didn't know who he was because he hadn't seen the film 'Harry Potter․' He said it was the most extraordinary thing to sit with a kid who didn't look at him as if he was the Dalai Lama․"
Appeared in several productions at the Abbey Theatre, including "The Plough and the Stars," "Fragments of Isabella," and "A Cry from Heaven․"
Best known for her role as Griet's Mother in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and as Frances Cahill in "Veronica Guerin․"
Played the mother of Daniel Radcliffe's character in the West End production of "Equus․"
Was a lifelong performer at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, first appearing in "The Shadow of a Gunman" as a child in 1971
During her later years she served as a teacher at the Mountview Drama School in London

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