Actor

Rachael Dowling

Rachael Dowling made her screen debut playing Lily in John Huston's classic film adaptation of James Joyce's The Dead (1987). She went on to star in Tom Collin's Bogwoman opposite Peter Mullan and David Yates' (Harry Potter) The Tichborne Claimant. Other roles include P.J. Dillon's Rewind, Tears In The Rain opposite Sharon Stone, RTE drama The Treaty opposite Brendan Gleeson as Michael Collins , Double Act a Channel 4 series for children based on the novel by Jacqueline Wilson, Scarlett (the US TV sequel to Gone With The Wind) and Widow's Peak. She is well known to Irish television audiences as Sharon in Glenroe, a long running rural Irish drama serial.

Rachael was seen on stage recently (2012) in Edna O'Brien's own adaptation of The Country Girls which had a highly successful run at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre as well as on tour in Ireland.

Notable work

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In the Name of the Father (1993)
as Policewoman
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Penny Dreadful (2014)
as Dress Shop Owner

Often works with

Colm Meaney
3 titles together
The Dead, Scarlett, Re-Creation
Sean McGinley
3 titles together
The Field, Paula, Bogwoman
Owen McDonnell
3 titles together
Paula, Three Families, Rewind
Timothy Dalton
2 titles together
Penny Dreadful, Scarlett
Kate O'Toole
2 titles together
The Dead, Re-Creation
Maria McDermottroe
2 titles together
The Dead, Bogwoman

Full filmography · 15

Anniversary
as Heidi Harris
20256.8
Re-Creation
as Shanna Kierans
2025
Rewind
as Mary
2010
Escape
as Mother
2000
The Tichborne Claimant
as Mary Anne
1999
Bogwoman
as Maureen
1997
In the Name of the Father
as Policewoman
19937.9
The Field
as Girl at Dance
19907
Tears in the Rain
as Young Emily
1988
The Dead
as Lily
19876.8