Kathy Kiera Clarke

Acting

Born January 1, 1975, Belfast, United Kingdom

Kathy Kiera Clarke is an Irish actress admired for her oeuvre of stage performances throughout the UK. Her television credits are lesser known but nevertheless noteworthy, particularly Pulling Moves (2004), Aunt Sarah in Derry Girls (2018) and The Pale Horse (2020). To moviegoers, she's best remembered for her IFTA Award-nominated portrayal of Frances Cooper, wife of Irish politician, Ivan Cooper, in Paul Greengrass' acclaimed film, Bloody Sunday (2002).

Filmography

• 2025The Contraception Fair — The Pill
• 2024Dead Man’s Money — Widow Maureen Tweed
• Bloodlands — Clare Keenan
• 2020A Bend in the River — Katie Hughes
• The Pale Horse — Sybil Stamfordis
• Derry Girls — Aunt Sarah
• 2017Bitter Harvest — Varvara
• The Ice Cream Girls — Marlene Riley
• 2009Cherrybomb — Emma
• 2009The Man Inside
• 2006Small Engine Repair — Agnes
• 2005Omagh — Elizabeth Gibson
• Proof
• Pulling Moves
• 2003Solid Air — Nicola Blyth
• 2002Bloody Sunday — Frances
• 2001Last Legs
• Take a Girl Like You — Anna Le Page
• 2000The Most Fertile Man in Ireland — Rosie
• 2000Wild About Harry
• 1996Eskimo Day — Rosemary
• 1996Hard Nut: A Love Story
• Chandler & Co — Poppy Farquhar
• Head Over Heels — Bernadette Brennan