Angeline Ball

Ball, the youngest of three sisters, was born in Cabra, Dublin.[1] As a child she trained in Tap, Ballet and Modern Dance attending the Billie Barry Stage School at the age of eight.[2]

Her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she appeared as backing singer Imelda Quirke in Alan Parker's The Commitments. In 1993, Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement wrote the short-lived TV series Over the Rainbow for her, for which she also wrote the music. In 1994 she played Vada's mother in My Girl 2 for which she sang a rendition of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile".[3] She worked with Alan Parker again in 1996 when she sang backing vocals for the Evita soundtrack album.[4] In 1997 she starred alongside Brendan Gleeson in John Boorman's The General where she portrayed the wife of Martin Cahill, Tina. Throughout the 2000s, Ball appeared in a number of UK TV series including Doc Martin, Shameless and Mr Selfridge. On 26 May 2008, she made her debut as Maggie Townsend on the BBC soap opera EastEnders,[5] and made her final appearance on 11 June 2008.[6]

Ball met her long time partner Patrice Gueroult in 1999. They have two children, Katie and Max.[7] She speaks fluent French and is a trained pilates and yoga instructor.[8]

• Angeline Ball at IMDb
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