Kelly Gough is an Irish actress, best known for her role as Kate Kelly in the RTÉ series Raw. From 2019 to 2020, she appeared in the BBC medical drama Casualty as Violette Spark.
Career
Gough's first professional acting role was with the Yew Tree Theatre production of Falling out of Love, written by John Breen and directed by Mikel Murfi.[1] She has subsequently appeared in productions including Big Love for the Abbey Theatre, The Playboy of the Western World for the Druid Theatre Company, All in the Timing for Inis Theatre and Extremities for Spark to a Flame.[2] Later theatre work includes Lady Macbeth in Macbeth directed by David Horan, Elizabeth in Don Carlos directed by Gadi Roll[2] Her 2018 role as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Chelsea Walker,[3] was described by The Times described as "a name-making performance".[4]
Gough's extensive television credits include season 3 of Marcella for ITV and Netflix, Shadow and Bone, Strike Back, Call the Midwife, Broadchurch,[5] The Fall, Vera, the Irish language series Scúp[6] (for which she was nominated for the Actor of the Year Award at the Oireachtas Irish language media awards)[7] The Clinic, This is Nightlive, and Raw.[8] She has also appeared in the feature-length films Kill Command and Out of Innocence. Short film credits include Cry Rosa and Taking Stock, for which she was nominated Best Actor in a Female Role at the Richard Harris International Film Festival.[9] From 2019 to 2020, she appeared in the BBC medical drama series Casualty as Violette Spark, the sister of established character Ruby Spark (Maddy Hill).[10] Also in 2020, Gough starred as Stacey in the third series of Nordic noir detective series Marcella.[11]
Personal life
Gough and her identical twin sister, Ciara,[8] are the youngest of 11 children.[1] She is the younger sister of actress Denise Gough.[12]
References
- ^ a b Smith, Andrea (18 November 2007). "Twins' kitchen sync drama". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 26 November 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Kelly Gough Actor | Theatre". independenttalent.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (29 March 2018). "A Streetcar Named Desire review – slow-burning update strips back the classic". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Maxwell, Dominic (30 March 2018). "Theatre review: A Streetcar Named Desire at NST City, Southampton". The Times. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Broadchurch: Who plays Laura Benson?". Radio Times. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Rabbitte, Eimear (22 February 2013). "My role as Irish-language journalist is even better than being in Raw - Kelly". The Herald. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
While the 25-year-old…
- ^ Fennell, Hilary (12 May 2013). "This much I know: Kelly Gough". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ a b Knox, Kirsty Blake (14 January 2013). "Raw actress admits her twin sister gets mistaken for her all the time". Irish Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
…25-year-old Kelly…
- ^ Murphy, Niall (25 October 2018). "Nominees announced for Richard Harris International Film Festival 2018 awards". sannain.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Mustafa, Filiz (26 November 2019). "Casualty is bringing in Ruby Spark's sister Violette for a big Christmas story". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ Freedman, Joanna (11 November 2020). "Marcella Season 3 Is Coming To ITV In Early". tyla.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Curtis, Nick (3 February 2017). "Denise Gough: from enfant terrible to queen of the West End". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 November 2020.