Jeananne Crowley

Jeananne Crowley (born 18 December 1949) is an Irish actress and writer, remembered for her collaborations in British film and television. She appeared in the film Educating Rita and is possibly best known for her role as Nellie Keene in the BBC drama series Tenko.

Actress

Television

Crowley has appeared in The Clinic and Proof. Other television credits include: The Onedin Line; Shoestring; Reilly, Ace of Spies; Doctor Who (as Princess Vena in the serial Timelash); and The Racing Game (as Meg Appleby).

Movies

Crowley has appeared in several movies, including Educating Rita (1983), alongside Julie Walters and Michael Caine; The Fifth Province (1997); and Dead Bodies (2003).

Stage

Crowley is a veteran stage actress, having been a member of the National Theatre for a period in the 1970s.[1] Beginning in 1972, Crowley has appeared in several productions at The Abbey Theatre.[2]

In 1975 Crowley played the title role in Katie Roche[3] by playwright Teresa Deevy.

Crowley has also performed at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, most notably in Pygmalion,[4] and as the lead in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.[5]

Writer

Crowley is also a writer; she has written two plays, one of which was performed at the Royal Court Theatre, and has also been a regular contributor to national newspapers, including the Sunday Times, The Observer, The Guardian and the Irish Times.[6][7][8] In 2002, she was a judge for the Irish Novelist of the Year competition.[9]

Personal life

Crowley was born in 1949, the daughter of Josephine Glynn and Eamonn Crowley, one of three children. She has never married, and lives at her house in Cleggan.[10] When she was a student, her father died while she was onstage playing Ophelia in Hamlet at University College Dublin.[7]

In the 1980s, she was said to have been known as the "it girl".[5]

Crowley was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1991 local elections for the Progressive Democrats. She stood for election to the Pembroke ward of Dublin Corporation.[11]

References
  1. National Theatre Members 1976 Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Abbey Theatre Archive".
  3. "The Teresa Deevy Archive".
  4. Jackson, Joe (July 4, 2004). "Jeananne's journey". Independent.ie.
  5. "Back to Arcadia". Irish Independent. 7 February 1999. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012.
  6. "Columns". www.thecraic.net.
  7. Crowley, Jeananne (21 November 2007). "William and his women". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 28 November 2007.
  8. "The man from middle earth". independent.ie. January 26, 2002. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. Keane, Madeleine (October 20, 2002). "Page-turners with feel-good factor". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  10. "Why Jeananne answered call to go into the west". The Irish Times.
  11. "Dublin results". The Irish Times. 1 July 1991. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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