Biography

Ruth McGill is an actress, singer, and singing coach from Done­gal. She grad­u­ated with a BA in Act­ing Stud­ies from the Samuel Beck­ett Cen­tre, Trin­ity Col­lege Dublin. She is cur­rently star­ring in The Bor­row­ers at the Gate Theatre. She also recently played the role of Kate there, in the Gate’s crit­i­cally acclaimed pro­duc­tion of Danc­ing at Lugh­nasa, directed by Car­o­line Byrne. Her the­atre cred­its include per­for­mances in Fur­ni­ture (Druid The­atre Com­pany); Assas­sins, The Con­stant Wife, Romeo and Juliet, The Three­penny Opera, and Sweeney Todd (Gate The­atre); Let the Right One In, Jimmy’s Hall, Anna Karen­ina, Done­gal, Twelfth Night, Alice in Fun­der­land, Christ Deliver Us!, The Last Days of a Reluc­tant Tyrant, The Cherry Orchard (The Abbey The­atre); Dublin­ers, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, FREEFALL (Corn Exchange The­atre Com­pany); The Dead Opera (Per­for­mance Cor­po­ra­tion); The Requiem for The Truth (Col­laps­ing Horse The­atre Com­pany); Stoker (Ouroboros); Macbecks (Olympia The­atre); All in The Tim­ing (Inis The­atre); Every­body Loves Sylvia, Drowned World, and The Illu­sion (Ran­dolf SD). She was twice nom­i­nated for The Irish Times The­atre Award for Best Sup­port­ing Actress for her per­for­mances in The Three­penny Opera and FREEFALL. Ruth’s film and tele­vi­sion cred­its include At Sea, KIN, Dead Happy, Nowhere Fast, Mis­cal­cu­la­tion, Jack Tay­lor, Damo and Ivor, Won­der House, What Richard Did, Love/​Hate II, Leap Year and The Clinic.