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Alison McKenna(I)

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Alison McKenna
Harriet Smith (Pauline Collins), the new British ambassador to Ireland, desperately wants to make her mark in this historically difficult posting and try to put the tragic murder of her husband behind her.
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Alison McKenna is known for The American (1998), Pie in the Sky (1994) and The Ambassador (1998).
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Alison McKenna

Known for:

Matthew Modine in The American (1998)
The American
6.0
TV Movie
  • Mrs. Tristram
  • 1998
Richard Griffiths in Pie in the Sky (1994)
Pie in the Sky
7.7
TV Series
  • Linda
The Ambassador (1998)
The Ambassador
7.1
TV Series
  • Jennifer
The Fifth Province
6.2
  • Dancing Girl
  • 1997

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Actress

  • Alice and Lewis (2019)
    Alice and Lewis
    • Miss Smith
    • Short
    • 2019
  • The Clinic (2003)
    The Clinic
    • Marina
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, Mark Wingett, and Delia Swan in The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    • Joanne Marsden
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Liam Carney, Neilí Conroy, and Amy Kirwan in Fair City (1989)
    Fair City
    • Celia
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • Michael Caine and Dylan Moran in The Actors (2003)
    The Actors
    • Actor in Richard III
    • 2003
  • The Cassidys
    • Emma Cassidy
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • Matthew Modine in The American (1998)
    The American
    • Mrs. Tristram
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • The Ambassador (1998)
    The Ambassador
    • Jennifer
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • The Fifth Province
    • Dancing Girl
    • 1997
  • Richard Griffiths in Pie in the Sky (1994)
    Pie in the Sky
    • Linda
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    • Goldie
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Bossanova Blues
    • Kate
    • Short
    • 1992
  • Now I Know (1988)
    Now I Know
    • Noreen
    • 1988
  • When Reason Sleeps
    • Sally
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1987
  • Three Wishes for Jamie (1987)
    Three Wishes for Jamie
    • Village Girl
    • TV Movie
    • 1987

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  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
  • Other works
    Alison appeared in Night of The Iguana directed by Richard Eyre with Alfred Molina, Eileen Atkins & Frances Barber at the National Theatre, playing Charlotte. In 1994 She acted in Brendan Behan's play, "The Hostage," as Teresa in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Barbican Theatre in London, England with John Woodvine and Dearbhla Molloy in the cast. Alison played Laura in The Glass Menagerie directed by David Lan, his directorial debut, with Diana Hardcastle & Sean Dooley at the Watford Palace Theatre.

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