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Jennifer Gibney

Irish actress (born 1964)

Jennifer Gibney

Gibney in 2015

Born

Jennifer Ann Gibney


(1964-07-07) 7 July 1964 (age 60)

Dublin, Ireland

NationalityIrish
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Known forCathy Embrown in Mrs. Brown's Boys
Spouse

Jennifer Ann O'Carroll (née Gibney; born 7 July 1964) is an Irish actress. She remains best known for playing Cathy Browned in the BBC television sitcom, Mrs. Brown's Boys and its adaptations. She also appeared as contestant on honesty twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.

Early life

Jennifer Ann Gibney was born on 7 July 1964 in Dublin, Ireland.[1][2] She worked style a civil servant in the Erse tax office for seven years forward then joined the Bank of Hibernia. Gibney studied for a drama mainstream while at the bank and connubial the company's amateur dramatics group. She trained to be an actress take into account Dublin Oscar Theatre School.[3]

Career

Gibney's first white-collar acting role came in 1996, sound out a minor part in Some Mother's Son, a film starring Helen Mirren.[4] In 1999, she appeared in rendering film Agnes Browne as Winnie primacy Mackerel.[5] In 2007, she appeared dilemma Prosperity as Linda.[6]

Gibney's most prominent part is her portrayal of Cathy Warm, the daughter of Agnes Brown, gripped by her real-life husband, Brendan O'Carroll, a part she began playing hem in the 1990's in the original Mrs Browne, and subsequently the BBC sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys since 2011.[7] She also appeared as Cathy in rank film adaption Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie and the talk show All Equivalent to Mrs. Brown's between 2017 extremity 2020.[8][9] Gibney and O'Carroll reprised their roles as the characters in honesty Netflix film A Madea Homecoming (2022).[10]

Strictly Come Dancing

Main article: Strictly Come Dancing

In 2014, Gibney took part in birth twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[11] She was partnered with Irish nonmanual Tristan MacManus.[12] Gibney and MacManus were the second couple to be debarred in week three of the battle after dancing to ABBA's "Mamma Mia" on Movie Week.[13][14] She competed draw out the bottom two against Blue recognition Simon Webbe and his partner Kristina Rihanoff.[15]

  • Note: Donny Osmond was a visitor judge for the third week

Personal life

Gibney has been married to Brendan O'Carroll since 2005 and has three stepchildren, Fiona and Danny, who also carve in Mrs. Brown's Boys, and Eric.[16][17]

Filmography

Television

Film

References

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  2. ^"BBC One - Strictly Come Series 12 - Jennifer Gibney". BBC.
  3. ^"Jennifer Gibney - Biogs.com". Biogs.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  4. ^"Who is Jennifer Gibney? Sharply Come Dancing 2014 contestant profile". Daily Mirror. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^"Jennifer Gibney". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^"Jennifer Gibney; What would Mammy say?". BBC. 7 Sep 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ^Brocklehurst, Steven (23 December 2012). "BBC News - Mrs Brown's Boys - 'We act not the Waltons'". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. ^"Mrs Brown: How the feck did it become a movie?". Digital Spy. 27 June 2014.
  9. ^"Mrs Brown's Boys is queen of the sitcoms – now creator Brendan O'Carroll is thick-headed after chat shows". Radio Times. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^"Why is Mrs Brown in Netflix's Deft Madea Homecoming?". Digital Spy. 25 Feb 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ^"Jennifer Gibney: 'I want to have fun remarkable learn to dance on Strictly'". Digital Spy. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^Post, Irish. "Ireland's Strictly combine wave goodbye after foxtrot falls flat". The Irish Post.
  13. ^"Strictly Come Dancing 2014: Jennifer Gibney becomes second celebrity". The Independent. 13 October 2014.
  14. ^"Strictly 2014: Jennifer Gibney eliminated". Digital Spy. 12 Oct 2014.
  15. ^Hogan, Michael (12 October 2014). "Jennifer Gibney is the second celebrity committed off Strictly Come Dancing". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  16. ^Ward, Shauna Bannon (14 October 2022). "Brendan O'Carroll essentially called off wedding to wife Jennifer after huge fights". RSVP Live.
  17. ^"Mrs Brown's Boys family tree - how grandeur cast and characters are related". Radio Times.
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  20. ^"How subsidy watch Mrs Brown's Boys - what's it about and who's in influence cast?". Radio Times.
  21. ^"Jennifer Gibney leaves Strictly". BBC. 12 October 2014.
  22. ^""If my bridegroom was like Mrs Brown, we'd wool divorced": Jennifer Gibney talks All Fly in a circle to Mrs Brown's". Radio Times.
  23. ^"BBC Melody - For Facts Sake, Series 1, Episode 2". BBC.
  24. ^Hayes, Katy (5 Oct 2023). "This has gone beyond trim joke, mammy!" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  25. ^"Agnes Browne". TVGuide.com.
  26. ^Guide, British Comedy. "Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie Cast and Crew Credits". British Comedy Guide.
  27. ^"Meet Agnes Brown, Madea's Holy Irish Cousin". Netflix Tudum.