Maria Doyle Kennedy
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedyis an Irish singer, songwriter, and television/film actress. With a singing career that has spanned nearly thirty years and an acting career that has spanned twenty five, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. As an actress, she is best known for her extensive television roles as Catherine of Aragon on The Tudors, Vera Bates on Downton Abbey, and Siobhán Sadler on Orphan Black. As a musician, she is well known...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth25 September 1964
CountryIreland
Music just makes sense to me. I don't ever worry when I'm singing. It's the safest place. I am a bit of worrier.
I didn't go to drama school or anything, and I learned on the job. And it's nice to have the chance to pretend to be other people. As a singer, though, I feel there's much more of me in that. I've written the songs, I'm singing them, I'm exposing my feelings.
Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.
I think everybody likes to play the villain. Theyre always much more interesting characters.
Nobody gets to say who we love, or who we lay down beside, or take as our husband, lover, life, or bride. Nobody gets to decide what's for some, that others should hide. Pride. Nobody gets to choose but YOU.
I like singing practically more than anything else, and I want to be the best, but I don't want to sacrifice time with my children.