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Michèle Forbes

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Michèle Forbes

Michèle Forbes was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and studied English and Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin. She worked as a script reader for the Abbey Theatre and subsequently began acting with the Abbey Theatre Company, touring worldwide with such productions as The Great Hunger and Dancing at Lughnasa . Her film work includes the BAFTA winning Omagh (Paul Greengrass) for which she won…

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Dorothy MillsDorothy Mills · 2008
Dorothy Mills
★ 6.02008
MovieDramaThriller
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her inquiry, she soon comes to suspect that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...
No Ordinary HeistNo Ordinary Heist · 2026
No Ordinary Heist
★ 6.72026
MovieCrimeThriller
Inspired by the true 2004 Northern Bank robbery, two feuding bank employees are forced to execute Ireland’s biggest heist after criminals kidnap their families and threaten to kill them.
An RangerAn Ranger · 2008
An Ranger
2008
MovieDramaHistory
Conamara, 1854 - Five years after the Great Famine. After many years abroad in the service of the British Army, a soldier returns home to find that his family are all dead. He visits a neighbour to establish what happened to them.
The PlayboysThe Playboys · 1992
The Playboys
★ 6.21992
MovieDramaRomance
A young woman, Tara Maguire (Robin Wright) scandalizes her provincial Irish village in the 1950s by having a baby out of a wedlock, and refusing to name the father. She has a rare beauty and every man in town desires her, especially Sergeant Hegarty (Albert Finney). The arrival of a dramatic troupe stirs things up even more, especially when she falls in love with one f the "Playboys", Tom Casey (Aidan Quinn).
OmaghOmagh · 2005
Omagh
★ 6.62005
MovieDrama
The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack killed 31 people. Michael Gallagher one of the relatives of the victims starts an examination to bring the people responsible to court.
Titanic: Blood and SteelTitanic: Blood and Steel · 2012
Titanic: Blood and Steel
★ 7.22012
SeriesDrama
Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.
BodkinBodkin · 2024
Bodkin
★ 6.52024
SeriesDramaMystery
A ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.
Small Town, Big StorySmall Town, Big Story · 2025
Small Town, Big Story
★ 6.72025
SeriesComedyDrama
A Hollywood production rolls into a small Irish town and throws the spotlight on a secret that's been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.

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