Lorraine Pilkington
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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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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.317 |
Birthday | 1974-04-18 |
Place of Birth | Dublin, Ireland |
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1999
Human Traffic
6.782/341
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Human Traffic
2006
In a Day
7.4/20
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1991
The Miracle
5.8/18
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 storie...
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The Miracle
2006
After Thomas
6.1/8
Television film adaptation of the true story ("A Friend Like Henry" by Nuala Gardner) of a young autistic boy and his extraordinary friendship with hi...
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After Thomas
1994
All Things Bright and Beautiful
8/1
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 ru...
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
1997
The Boxer
6.695/277
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 girlf...
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The Boxer
1998
Her Own Rules
5/2
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...
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Her Own Rules
2001
My Kingdom
5.1/7
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2004
Rabbit on the Moon
4.5/11
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1991
L'irlandaise
0/0
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L'irlandaise
1996
The Last of the High Kings
5.798/42
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The Last of the High Kings
1995
The Cake
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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...
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1998
The Nephew
5.8/15
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1997
Gold In The Streets
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The Disappearance of Finbar
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0/0
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2017
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2012
What Richard Did
5.764/74
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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2000
Breathtaking
3/2
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