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The Clinic (TV Series)
''The Clinic'' is an Irish primetime television medical drama series produced by Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ. It debuted on RTÉ One in 2003 to positive reviews and proved to be one of the network's most popular shows. The drama ran for seven seasons between September 2003 to November 2007. The last episode aired on RTÉ One on Sunday 15 November 2009 and on YLE1 in Finland on Wednesday 25 November 2009. Premise The drama centred on the staff of the Clarence Street Clinic in the affluent Dublin 4 area of Dublin, Ireland. Clarence Street Clinic is a multi-disciplinary health centre which allows for an equally diverse cast. The last season, season 7 began airing on Irish television from on 27 September 2009. Story The first two seasons consist of eight episodes; all subsequent seasons run for ten episodes. Seasons 1 and 2 In a Clinic where the healers often need healing more than the patients themselves. resident owners Cathy and Ed Costello try to patch up their trouble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a television show or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communication theory, Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, 1964 work on the nature of Mass media, media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". The longest running medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Huberman
Amy Huberman (born 20 March 1979) is an Irish actress and writer, which is known for her role as Daisy in the RTÉ drama series '' The Clinic''. In 2018, she began writing and starring in the comedy series ''Finding Joy''. Early life Huberman grew up in Dublin, south Dublin. She is the middle child of three siblings and the only daughter. Her father Harold was born in London to a Polish Jewish family; her mother Sandra is from County Wexford. Her parents married in 1974. Her brother, Mark Huberman, is also an actor and worked in films such as ''Boy Eats Girl'' and on '' The Clinic'' as Kieran Miller. She was educated at Loreto College, Foxrock and she took classes in the Betty Ann Norton Drama School. Following school, she attended University College Dublin (UCD) intending to become a social worker, but when she found the drama society her career took a different direction. Acting career From 2003 to 2009, Huberman portrayed the role of Daisy on RTÉ's drama series '' The Clin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas O'Suilleabhain
Tomas may refer to: People * Tomás (given name), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic given name * Tomas (given name), a Swedish, Dutch, and Lithuanian given name * Tomáš, a Czech and Slovak given name * Tomas (surname), a French and Croatian surname * Tomás (surname), a Spanish and Portuguese surname * Tomaš (surname), a Croatian surname * ''Tomas.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Ruggero Tomaselli (1920–1982), Italian botanist Places * Tomaš, Croatia, a village near Bjelovar * Tomaș River, a tributary of the Gârbăul Mare River in Romania * Tomas District, Peru Other uses * Tropical Storm Tomas (other), numerous storms * ''Tomas'' (novel), 2009 novel by James Palumbo * Convento de Santo Tomás (Madrid) See also * Thomas (other) * Tom (other) Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wilmot (actor)
David Wilmot is an Irish stage, screen and television actor. Career Wilmot's theatre credits include ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, ''As You Like It'' with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway and '' Juno and the Paycock'' in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Centre in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance. Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episodes of '' The Clinic'' on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisling O'Sullivan
Aisling O'Sullivan (born in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish actress. Career O'Sullivan attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre in 1991. Theatre In 2011 and 2012, she toured Ireland with Druid, playing the titular character in ''Big Maggie'' by John B. Keane. At the National Theatre she played in ''Liolà'', ''Mutabilitie'', and ''The Cripple of Inishmaan''. Film and television She played the grieving mother who commits suicide in '' Six Shooter'', playwright Martin McDonagh Martin Faranan McDonagh (; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of Irish parents. He is known as one of the most acclaimed modern playwrights whose ...'s Oscar-winning short film. She is familiar to Irish television audiences as Dr. Cathy Costello from Series 1 to Series 5 in the drama series '' The Clinic''. Filmography Film Television References 1968 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Dymond
Mark Dymond (born 1974, Wimbledon, London) is an English actor of Irish descent. In addition to appearances in films, he is known as Dr. Lorcan O'Brien, a major character in the 2007–2009 seasons of the TV drama series '' The Clinic'', among other TV shows. He married actress Jo Bourne-Taylor in 2004. In 2002 he played the minor role of Van Bierk in the James Bond film ''Die Another Day''. Dymond has an occasional recurring role in the television comedy series ''Mrs. Brown's Boys ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' is an Irish television sitcom created by and starring Brendan O'Carroll and produced in the United Kingdom by BBC Scotland in partnership with BOC-PIX and Irish broadcaster RTÉ. The series stars O'Carroll as Agnes ...'' as Mick O'Leary, the on-off boyfriend of Cathy Brown. Filmography References Mark Dymond profile at PBS External links * 21st-century English male actors Living people People from Wimbledon, London 1974 births English male television act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Moodie
Tanya may refer to: * Tanya (Judaism),an early work of Hasidic philosophy by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. * Tanya (name), a given name and list of people with the name * Tanya or Lara Saint Paul (born 1946) * List of Mortal Kombat characters#Tanya * Tanya (horse) (1902–1929), the winner of the 1905 Belmont Stakes horse race * ''Tanya'' (1940 film), a Soviet musical comedy by Grigori Aleksandrov * ''Tanya'' (1976 film), a low-budget American comedy * ''Tanya'' (album), a 2002 album by Tanya Tucker * Hurricane Tanya, a storm in the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season * 2127 Tanya, an asteroid * "Tanya", a composition by Donald Byrd, on Dexter Gordon's album ''One Flight Up'' See also * Tania (other) * Tanja (other) * Tonia (other) * Tonya (other) Tonya may refer to: * Tonya (name), the given name, and people by that name * Tonya, Turkey, a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey * Tonya, Uganda * Ton'ya (問 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of ''The Poldark Novels'' by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in ''Desperate Romantics'', Ruairí McGowan in '' The Clinic'', and John Mitchell in the supernatural drama series '' Being Human''. He played Kíli in ''The Hobbit'' film series (2012-2014). Early life Turner was born at home in Clondalkin, a suburban town of Dublin. The family moved later to Walkinstown. Turner attended secondary school at St Mac Dara's Community College in Templeogue before leaving to join his older brother at Firhouse Community College. Turner has stated: "I probably wasn't a great student. I had a car when I was 17, so I used to just run out of school when I could, jump in the car and go play pool in Tallaght. I don't know how I knew, but I convinced myself that my inal examresults were never going to matter to me." Before becoming an actor, Turner was a successful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh Arnold
Leigh Arnold (born Megan Leigh Arnold) is an Irish actress. A native of Foxrock, County Dublin, Arnold is known for her role of Dr Clodagh Delaney in the Irish TV series '' The Clinic''. Early life Arnold was a pupil of St Andrew's College in Dublin and took a degree in psychology and psychoanalysis at LSB College Dublin. In 2001, she was accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Career Film and TV Arnold landed the role of Dr Clodagh Delaney on the Irish TV series ''The Clinic'', a multi award-winning drama for RTÉ. There were seven series from 2003 to 2009, to critical acclaim and she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Film and Television Awards. In 2010, she appeared on ''Celebrity Salon'' on TV3. Theatre Arnold's theatre experience in Ireland includes Gerry Stenbridges' ''he Grown Up's'', at the Peacock Theatre, Helen of Troy in Michael Scotts ''Trojan Women'', ''The Vagina Monologues'', ''My First Time'' and, in 2010, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemma Craven
Rita Gemma Craven (''née'' Gabriel; born 1 June 1950) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Joan Parker, the frigid wife of Arthur (Bob Hoskins), in the BBC TV drama '' Pennies From Heaven'' (1978). Biography Craven's family moved from Dublin to Britain in 1960, and she attended the same school as Helen Mirren, St Bernard's Convent High School for Girls in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex. She appeared as Cinderella in the film '' The Slipper and the Rose'' (1976) opposite Richard Chamberlain. She was cast as an unknown, having been spotted by one of the producers while performing at the Bristol Old Vic in a production of ''The Threepenny Opera''. The local press touted the event as her own "Cinderella" story. In London's West End, she starred opposite Tom Conti in the musical '' They're Playing Our Song'' for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance, the lead role in ''South Pacific'', and in Noël Coward's '' Private Lives'' opposite Marc Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geraldine Plunkett
Geraldine Plunkett is an Irish actress known for her part as Mary McDermott-Moran in the Irish television series '' Glenroe''. Geraldine Plunkett has recently taken up another new soap role playing Rose O’Brien, mother to Eoghan O’Brien on RTÉ’s popular Fair City. Geraldine’s current storyline on Fair City is that her Dementia is starting to get worse and it’s going to cause some emotional problems for the wider O’Brien family. www.rte.ie/faircity She also played a recurring character for the first 3 seasons on The Clinic. Theatre roles include Juno in Seán O'Casey's '' Juno and the Paycock'', played opposite Donal McCann Donal McCann (7 May 1943 – 17 July 1999) was an Irish stage, film, and television actor best known for his roles in the works of Brian Friel and for his lead role in John Huston's last film, '' The Dead''. In 2020, he was listed as number ... (the Paycock – Captain Boyle) 1980. Filmography References External links {{DE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Pilkington
Rachel Carson Pilkington (born 28 November 1974) is an Irish actress. Career In 2004, Pilkington received an IFTA nomination in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV category for her role in '' The Clinic''. She has been playing the role of Jane Black in RTÉ soap opera ''Fair City'' since 2013. Personal life She is the daughter of the actor Joe Pilkington who played Eamonn Maher in the television serial, ''The Riordans''. She is divorced and has a child. Pilkington follows a vegan Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. ... diet. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilkington, Rachel 21st-century Irish actresses Living people 1974 births Actors from County Tipperary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
