Sinéad Keenan
Biography
Sinéad Keenan is an Irish actress with television, film, and stage credits. Born on December 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, she has a known credit count of twenty-eight. She is known to Irish viewers for playing Farrah Phelan in Fair City. She is also known to UK viewers for playing the role of werewolf Nina Pickering on the BBC Three supernatural drama Being Human.
Career overview
Sinead Keenan is an Irish actress with a wide range of television, film, and stage credits. Born on December 27, 1977, in Dublin, Ireland, she has built a substantial acting career spanning multiple mediums, accumulating a total of twenty-eight known acting credits.
Keenan is widely recognized by television audiences for specific prominent roles. Irish viewers know her for playing Farrah Phelan in the television series Fair City. Meanwhile, UK viewers best know her for her portrayal of the werewolf character Nina Pickering on the BBC Three supernatural drama Being Human.
Her career encompasses extensive work across television, film, and the stage, establishing her as a versatile performer with a diverse portfolio of acting roles.
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- How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026) as Robyn
- Barricade (2023) as Mrs. Gray
- Showtrial (2021) as DI Paula Cassidy
- Three Families (2021) as Theresa Ryan
- My Left Nut (2020) as Patricia Campbell, Mick's mother
- Deep Water (2019) as Roz Toovey
- Derry Girls (2018) as Aideen
- Married to a Paedophile (2018) as Kate
- Care (2018) as Claire
- Porters (2017) as Dr. Bartholomew
- Little Boy Blue (2017) as Melanie Jones
- Unforgotten (2015) as DCI Jessica 'Jessie' James
- London Irish (2013) as Bronagh
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013) as A Doctor Who fan
- Little Crackers (2010) as Mrs Whitefield
- Being Human (2009) as Nina Pickering
- Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas (2009)
- Moving Wallpaper (2008) as Kelly Hawkins
- The One Show (2006) as Self
- Trouble with Sex (2005) as Kathy
- Caught in the Act (2004) as Carrie
- Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
- The Cassidys (2001) as Lisa Cassidy
- On the Nose (2001)
- On the Nose (2001) as Sinead Delaney
- Sunburn (1999) as Margaret
- Silent Witness (1996) as Naomi Silverlake
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Nora Brent
- Fair City (1989)