Emer mccourt biography
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Emer McCourt
Life
1964- ; b. Newry; ed. UU (Jordanstown, Belfast); actress and novelist; spent three-months in New York, working as waitress; shortlisted for Hennessy Award for story inspired by that experience, 1989; performed in student production of Measure for Measure; played lead in Hush-a-Bye Baby with Sinead O’Connor supporting; also Romeo Phones (C4), Riff Raff (dir.
Emer mccourt biography
Ken Loach), with Robert Carlyle, and Human Traffic (1999); co-author and producer of film Loop; left film business on having a daughter; issued Elvis, Jesus and Me (2004), a novel about a young girl reluctant to leave childhood behind in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
Works
Elvis, Jesus and Me (London: Virago 2004). Films roles incl.
Hush-a-Bye Baby (1990), Riff-Raff (1991), Loop (1996), Boston Kickout (1997), Sunset Heights (1999), and Human Traffic (2000). PBS roles incl. Parnell and the Englishwoman (1991-92) and The House of Bernarda Alba (1991-92).
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