Ann Skelly From The Movie Rose Plays Julie

Published: April 2, 2021, midnight

Recent television work includes playing the female lead, Beth Winters, opposite Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys in DEATH AND NIGHTINGALES, an adaptation of the novel written and directed by Allan Cubitt (creator of THE FALL), which aired on BBC2 early in 2019.

Ann's latest feature film, ROSIE PLAYS JULIE sees her opposite Aiden Gillen and Orla Brady playing the lead role of Julie, directed by Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy and was released late 2019.

Ann appeared in the title role of independent feature film KISSING CANDICE (2017) directed by Aoife McArdle for which she was nominated for a Rising Star Award and Best Actress In A Lead Role at the 2018 IFTA's (Irish Film and Television Awards) and which went on to win nominations and awards at the Berlin, Prague, Boston, Dublin and Toronto International Film Festivals. In thesame year Ann appeared as Annie Moffat in the BBC/PBS mini-series LITTLE WOMEN directed by Vanessa Caswell.

She made her screen debut in the recurring role of Rachel Reid in the IFTA award winning serialised Irish drama, RED ROCK for TV3 produced by Element Pictures and Angel Station, later appearing on BBC & Amazon Prime, from 2015 to 2017. Ann also appeared as Biddy Lambert in the RTE Drama REBELLION (2016) and more recently as Ethelfled in VIKINGS Season 5 for History/MGM. In 2016 Ann appeared as Hannah Baylor in the Blackpills series PLAYGROUND for Apple TV France, a series created by Luc Besson.

Ann will grace television screens this year, playing one of the leads in the HBO series THE NEVERS.