Ger Ryan

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Ger Ryan

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress, whose credits include Queer as Folk, The War of the Buttons, The Van, Moll Flanders, Driftwood, A Love Divided and Intermission. Ryan has worked extensively in theatre, television and film. She has been twice nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Family and Amongst Women, and three times nominat…

Known For

Love, RosieLove, Rosie · 2014
Love, Rosie
7.82014
MovieRomanceDrama
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
HummingbirdHummingbird · 2013
Hummingbird
6.22013
MovieActionThriller
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
The CommitmentsThe Commitments · 1991
The Commitments
7.21991
MovieComedyDrama
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
The Man Who Invented ChristmasThe Man Who Invented Christmas · 2017
The Man Who Invented Christmas
6.82017
MovieDramaHistory
In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.
Moll FlandersMoll Flanders · 1996
Moll Flanders
6.11996
MovieDramaRomance
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.
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...
IntermissionIntermission · 2003
Intermission
6.22003
MovieComedyCrime
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
War of the ButtonsWar of the Buttons · 1994
War of the Buttons
7.01994
MovieComedyDrama
War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.

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Forgive and ForgetForgive and Forget · 2000
Forgive and Forget
5.42000
MovieDrama
David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship has become strained as Theo is about to move in with his long-term girlfriend, photographer Hannah. A raging jealousy awakes in David and he starts scheming to break up the loving couple using Hannah's insecurities against them. When the couple eventually separate David is in a quandary about his next move and is forced to confront his long-hidden homosexuality and feelings towards Theo. Eventually, David decides to reveal his sexual orientation and deep love for Theo very publicly by arranging for them both to appear as guests on Judith Adams' talk-show, "forgive and forget", with tragic consequences for their friendship and David's family.

Ruth O'Neil