Breige Roche

Born: None

Breige is a Northern Ireland based actor who studied Drama and Performing Arts at Manchester University. Since turning professional in her mid forties, she has built up an impressive back catalogue of work and has appeared in many TV and film productions including Bloodlands, Game Of Thrones, The Truth Commissioner, Line of Duty and Messiah V “The Rapture”. She was also lead in the award winning Northern Ireland Fire safety advertisement “NEXT”. Before turning her attention to film and television in 2004, Breige was a leading member of the acclaimed amateur drama group, the Lifford Players. During her years with the group she performed in major Irish theatres including the Opera House, the Lyric, the Abbey and the Olympia. She has won multiple awards and critical acclaim over the years including Best Actress at the Ulster Finals in the Grand Opera House. Dublin theatre critic, John Finnegan, described her performance as Marie in Translations as “one of the finest in modern Irish drama”.


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The Truth Commissioner

as Mrs. Walshe
Released: 2016-02-26

Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of...

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Omagh

as Ann (Patsy's Sister)
Released: 2005-03-23

The movie starts at the 1998 bomb attack by the Real IRA at Omagh, Northern Ireland. The attack...

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Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust

as Nun in Orphanage
Released: 2011-03-13

The true story of the notorious paedophile priest Brendan Smyth, and how one family in Belfast,...

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Game of Thrones

as Winterfell Local
First aired: 2011-04-17

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the...

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Line of Duty

as Georgia's Mum
First aired: 2012-06-26

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

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Bloodlands

as Mrs. Ford
First aired: 2021-02-21

Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold...

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Scúp

as Moyra
First aired: 2013-02-27

Set in a struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast, the series is built around the...

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