Kelly Gough

Not to be confused with Keli Goff.

Kelly Gough
Born
Ennis, Ireland
Years active2007–present
TelevisionRaw
Casualty
RelativesDenise Gough (sister)[1]

Kelly Gough is an Irish actress, best known for her role as Kate Kelly in the RTÉ series Raw. From 2019 to 2020, she appeared in the BBC medical drama Casualty as Violette Spark.[2]

Career

Gough's first professional acting role was with the Yew Tree Theatre production of Falling out of Love, written by John Breen and directed by Mikel Murfi.[1] She has subsequently appeared in productions including Big Love for the Abbey Theatre, The Playboy of the Western World for the Druid Theatre Company, All in the Timing for Inis Theatre and Extremities for Spark to a Flame.[citation needed] Later theatre work includes Lady Macbeth in Macbeth directed by David Horan, Elizabeth in Don Carlos directed by Gadi Roll, and Blanche in A Streetcar named Desire directed by Chelsea Walker,[3] in what The Times described as "a name-making performance".[4]

Gough's extensive television credits include season 3 of Marcella for ITV and Netflix, Shadow and Bone, Strike Back, Call the Midwife, Broadchurch,[5] The Fall, Vera, the Irish language series Scúp[6] (for which she was nominated for the Actor of the Year Award at the Oireachtas Irish language media awards)[7] The Clinic, This is Nightlive, and Raw.[8] She has also appeared in the feature-length films Kill Command and Out of Innocence.[9] Short film credits include Cry Rosa and Taking Stock, for which she was nominated Best Actor in a Female Role at the Richard Harris International Film Festival.[10] From 2019 to 2020, she appeared in the BBC medical drama series Casualty as Violette Spark, the sister of established character Ruby Spark (Maddy Hill).[2] Also in 2020, Gough starred as Stacey in the third series of Nordic noir detective series Marcella.[11]

Personal life

She is the younger sister of actress Denise Gough[12] and she has an identical twin sister named Ciara (they are often mistaken for each other).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, Andrea (18 November 2007). "Twins' kitchen sync drama". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b Mustafa, Filiz (26 November 2019). "Casualty is bringing in Ruby Spark's sister Violette for a big Christmas story". Digital Spy. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ Gardner, Lyn (29 March 2018). "A Streetcar Named Desire review – slow-burning update strips back the classic". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ Maxwell, Dominic (30 March 2018). "Theatre review: A Streetcar Named Desire at NST City, Southampton". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Broadchurch: Who plays Laura Benson?". Radio Times. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  6. ^ Rabbitte, Eimear (22 February 2013). "My role as Irish-language journalist is even better than being in Raw - Kelly". Herald.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. ^ "This much I know: Kelly Gough". Irish Examiner. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b Knox, Kirsty Blake (14 January 2013). "Raw actress admits her twin sister gets mistaken for her all the time". Independent.ie. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Kelly Gough". Independent Talent. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. ^ Murphy, Niall (25 October 2018). "Nominees announced for Richard Harris International Film Festival 2018". Scannain. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Marcella Season 3 Is Coming To ITV In Early 2021". www.tyla.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  12. ^ curtis, Nick. "Denise Gough: from enfant terrible to queen of the West End". Evening Standard. Retrieved 16 November 2020.