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Sinéad Keenan
Sinéad Keenan (born 27 December 1977) is an Irish actress with a wide range of television, film, and stage credits. Keenan is best known for playing Farrah Phelan in Fair City and for playing the role of a werewolf called Nina Pickering on BBC Three's supernatural drama Being Human. She has played DCI Jessica James in ITV1 drama Unforgotten since 2023.
Sinéad Keenan was born on 27 December 1977 and raised in Dublin, the eldest of three children. Her younger brother and sister, Rory and Gráinne, are also actors.
She attended University College Dublin, graduating with a degree in sociology and history. As a child, Keenan wanted to be a lawyer because she loved the US legal drama Matlock, but as she got older she realised that she actually just wanted to play the part of the lawyer, not be one.
Keenan's first role was in 1999, when she was cast as the teenage girlfriend of Cillian Murphy in the film, Sunburn.
Throughout her career, Keenan has had strong roots in theatre becoming a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She played Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Novello Theatre in 2006. The play was directed by Gregory Doran. She played Evie in the original play, The American Pilot in 2005, and starred in The Comedy of Errors also in 2005.
In 2011, Keenan starred alongside Jason Done as DCI Lise Lazard in Crimes Of Mancunia set in Manchester. It was written by Michael Symmons Roberts, directed by Susan Roberts and produced by Charlotte Riches.
In 2014 she appeared as Aoife in the radio play Doctor Who: Iterations of I, made by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and directed by Ken Bentley.
In 2025, Keenan starred as Maria Kossecka in Hat Trick Productions series Discretion, broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4's broadcast and podcast series Limelight. It was written by Chris Brandon, produced by Claire Broughton, with executive production by Jed Mercurio.
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Sinéad Keenan
Sinéad Keenan (born 27 December 1977) is an Irish actress with a wide range of television, film, and stage credits. Keenan is best known for playing Farrah Phelan in Fair City and for playing the role of a werewolf called Nina Pickering on BBC Three's supernatural drama Being Human. She has played DCI Jessica James in ITV1 drama Unforgotten since 2023.
Sinéad Keenan was born on 27 December 1977 and raised in Dublin, the eldest of three children. Her younger brother and sister, Rory and Gráinne, are also actors.
She attended University College Dublin, graduating with a degree in sociology and history. As a child, Keenan wanted to be a lawyer because she loved the US legal drama Matlock, but as she got older she realised that she actually just wanted to play the part of the lawyer, not be one.
Keenan's first role was in 1999, when she was cast as the teenage girlfriend of Cillian Murphy in the film, Sunburn.
Throughout her career, Keenan has had strong roots in theatre becoming a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). She played Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Novello Theatre in 2006. The play was directed by Gregory Doran. She played Evie in the original play, The American Pilot in 2005, and starred in The Comedy of Errors also in 2005.
In 2011, Keenan starred alongside Jason Done as DCI Lise Lazard in Crimes Of Mancunia set in Manchester. It was written by Michael Symmons Roberts, directed by Susan Roberts and produced by Charlotte Riches.
In 2014 she appeared as Aoife in the radio play Doctor Who: Iterations of I, made by Big Finish Productions. It was written by John Dorney and directed by Ken Bentley.
In 2025, Keenan starred as Maria Kossecka in Hat Trick Productions series Discretion, broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4's broadcast and podcast series Limelight. It was written by Chris Brandon, produced by Claire Broughton, with executive production by Jed Mercurio.
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