Lorraine Pilkington

Lorraine Pilkington

Born: April 18, 1974
in Dublin, Ireland
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Lorraine Pilkington is an Irish actress from Dublin, who is best known for her role as Katrina Finlay on Monarch of the Glen. Trained at the Gaiety School of Acting, Pilkington began her career at the age of 15 when she appeared in The Miracle directed by Neil Jordan. She appeared onstage in the plays The Plough and the Stars and The Iceman Cometh. At age 18 she moved to London where she was given a part in a Miramax film which eventually fell through. After returning to Dublin, Pilkington appeared in various films like Human Traffic and My Kingdom, a retelling of King Lear. In 2000, she was cast as Katrina Finlay, a schoolteacher in a Scottish village in the BBC television series, Monarch of the Glen. After leaving the show at the beginning of the third season, she appeared in various other television productions such as Rough Diamond and Outnumbered. She married Simon Massey, the director of Monarch of the Glen, in 2001. They have three sons, Milo, Luca and Inigo.

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Title: Trendy
Character: DCI Gemma Wilton
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Richard, a 30 year-old teacher, moves to East London, where he discovers gentrification: hipsters meet cockneys and immigrants in a tense environment. Richard is looking for a fresh start. He explores the East End: its nights, its drugs, its people - But the big city is not a welcoming place. Faced with rejection and abuse, Richard's past demons resurface and let loose his violent instincts.
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Title: Striking Out
Character: Corrine O'Brien
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: TV
When Tara discovers her fiancé and fellow solicitor Eric has been cheating with a colleague, she leaves him and their prestigious law firm to set up her own practice specializing in family and divorce law. Tara's cases will put her in direct conflict with influential families and the legal and political establishment as well as challenging her own personal morals.
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What Richard Did
Title: What Richard Did
Character: Katherine Karlsen
Released: September 9, 2012
Type: Movie
What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.
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Title: Britannia High
Character: Anna
Released: October 26, 2008
Type: TV
Britannia High is a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television and Globe Productions for the ITV network. The series focused on the lives of a group of teenagers and their mentors at a fictional London theatre school. It aired on ITV and TV3 Ireland, premiering on 26 October 2008. The show starred Sapphire Elia, Georgina Hagen, Mitch Hewer, Rana Roy, Matthew James Thomas and Marcquelle Ward, as well as Adam Garcia as the dance mentor, Lorraine Pilkington as the music mentor and Mark Benton as the school principal and acting mentor. In addition to the main cast, the series featured cameo performances from Girls Aloud, Boyzone, Matt Willis and Gemma Bissix. Also, Aston Merrygold, lead singer of hit boyband JLS, auditioned for the role before his success in the boyband - but only made it to the final 16. George Ure who attended Mountview Academy also auditioned before his success in the Musical Wicked where he played Boq. Pixie Lott also auditioned as did Ed Sheeran and Danielle Peazer. The show featured an original soundtrack which was created by a team of pop producers and writers in the UK, led by Take That member Gary Barlow.
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Title: Outnumbered
Character: Barbara
Released: August 28, 2007
Type: TV
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
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Title: Rough Diamond
Character: Yolanda Carrick
Released: February 4, 2007
Type: TV
Drama series set against the backdrop of the elegant world of racehorses in rural Southern Ireland
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After Thomas
Title: After Thomas
Character: Rachel
Released: December 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Television film adaptation of the true story ("A Friend Like Henry" by Nuala Gardner) of a young autistic boy and his extraordinary friendship with his dog, Thomas.
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In a Day
Title: In a Day
Character: Ashley Branstead
Released: March 8, 2006
Type: Movie
A young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.
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Title: Robotboy
Character: Tommy Turnbull
Released: November 1, 2005
Type: TV
Robotboy is the latest creation of the world renowned scientist Professor Moshimo. Due to fears that Robotboy would be stolen by his arch-enemy Dr. Kamikazi and his main henchman Constantine to be used to take over the world, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull, his biggest fan. While being protected by Tommy and his two friends Lola and Gus, or "G-man" as he calls himself, Robotboy learns how to behave and act as if he were a real boy.
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Rabbit on the Moon
Title: Rabbit on the Moon
Character: Macedonio Ramirez
Released: October 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Though around them a criminal world seethes, Julie and Antonio are a young and loving couple with a new baby and a solid, white-collar sense of stability. But when a loose social connection suddenly ties them to a major political assassination, the two become innocents desperately trying to adapt to a world of murderous politicians and police that, moment to moment, threatens their lives
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Title: Pulling Moves
Released: March 5, 2004
Type: TV
Pulling Moves was a Northern Irish television programme set in Lenadoon, West Belfast. It follows the exploits of four friends: Wardrobe, Ta, Shay and Darragh. Wardrobe is the leader of the group, who only loves one person, his 'wee ma' and he would do anything for her. Ta lives with Una, the mother of his kids. She is always on his case, trying to get him to leave the group, get a respectable job and make a living for her and the kids, but his nature stops him from doing this. Darragh is always trying to impress his ex-wife to allow him to keep seeing his son. Shay is the youngest in the group, and the one who always makes the mistakes. He is always getting into trouble and his mother always hopes that one day he will be able to get a job and be sensible like his wee sister Niamh. Each episode follows the guys trying different scams to earn money. These schemes vary from nobbling pigeon-racing to dog-breeding, and always with something funny happening to the group. They are joined by other various characters, including "Hoker," an anti-social element who can get anything from stolen cars to lost dogs for the crowd. Wardrobe doesn't like this guy, but Hoker is a friend of Shay's, and he's useful now and again. Crazy Horse is the local wino, he's always drunk and sitting outside the butcher's shop, and finally, Tiny Tim, who owns a pet salon, who the guys help out now and again.
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Title: The Clinic
Character: Susie Cassidy
Released: October 12, 2003
Type: TV
The Clinic is a multi award-winning Irish primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The drama ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November 2007. The last ever episode aired on RTÉ One on Sunday 15 November 2009 and on YLE1 in Finland on Wednesday 25 November 2009. The complete series of The Clinic was released on DVD in November 2010 by RTÉ.
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My Kingdom
Title: My Kingdom
Character: Tracy
Released: September 10, 2001
Type: Movie
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junkie -- and prostitute -- rejects her inheritance, pitting sisters Kath and Tracy against each other.
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Mandy Lovell
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Breathtaking
Title: Breathtaking
Character: Sandra Maitland
Released: December 16, 2000
Type: Movie
A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.
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Title: Monarch of the Glen
Character: Katrina Finlay
Released: February 27, 2000
Type: TV
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
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Human Traffic
Title: Human Traffic
Character: Lulu
Released: June 4, 1999
Type: Movie
Five twenty-something friends spend a drug-fueled weekend in Cardiff, Wales.
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The Nephew
Title: The Nephew
Character: Rachel
Released: August 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Twenty years ago, Tony Egan's sister went to America. Nobody ever heard of her again. But now, the message of her death arrives in her town of birth. Only days later, her only son Chad arrives, too. Obviously, his mother took a black husband. Soon, Chad falls for Aislin, who has a bit of a crush on him too. But there is an old conflict going on between her father and Chad's uncle. This conflict resurfaces and begins to draw circles, wider and wider.
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Her Own Rules
Title: Her Own Rules
Character: Junge Katherine
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Melissa Gilbert stars as Marygold/Meredith. A sad and lonely writer returning to her home town in England for the first time since she was about 6 or 7 years old,after being adopted and raised in America. While there she decides to look for her mother's grave,and finds out her memories are not exactly what she thought they were,her mother is alive. She then sets out to find her mother and some answers and finds both. She also falls in love, of course, but has a problem with long term commitments...
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The Boxer
Title: The Boxer
Character: Bride
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
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The Disappearance of Finbar
Title: The Disappearance of Finbar
Character: Katie
Released: July 25, 1997
Type: Movie
A dissatisfied teen disappears from his small town, leaving friends to wonder about his whereabouts.
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Gold In The Streets
Title: Gold In The Streets
Character: Rose
Released: March 19, 1997
Type: Movie
An Irish illegal immigrant (Karl Geary) works for a bartender (James Belushi) while struggling to survive and adapt to life in the Bronx.
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The Last of the High Kings
Title: The Last of the High Kings
Character: Jayne Wayne
Released: December 6, 1996
Type: Movie
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer organising a beach party, having lustful thoughts about two girls he believes are unobtainable and fending off the advances from a visiting American family friend, all whilst coping with his oddball family.
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The Cake
Title: The Cake
Character: Josephine
Released: October 6, 1995
Type: Movie
Josephine puts the finishing touches to her cake - commissioned by the Orange Order for the Twelfth of July celebrations - but things go awry when she attempts to deliver it.
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Runway One
Title: Runway One
Character: Maggie Clark
Released: August 28, 1995
Type: Movie
An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
Title: All Things Bright and Beautiful
Character: Eileen O'Neill
Released: March 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A young boy's innocent observations leads the local priest to believe he has borne witness to a manifestation of the Virgin Mary. Set in an idyllic rural Northern Ireland in the 1950's.
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L'irlandaise
Title: L'irlandaise
Character: Irène Mc Coy
Released: December 28, 1991
Type: Movie
A lonely advertising executive finds himself in charge of an Irish teenager with suicidal ideas about heroism.
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: Rose
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: Movie
Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Rosa Hide
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.