Biography
The youngest of six Catholic brothers and sisters born to head-teacher parents, O'Neill grew up in the English Midlands, Midlands, where she was educated at a convent school, and, after being inspired by a sixth-form drama teacher, "fell" into acting. After training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she starred in the video for Simply Red's "Holding Back the Years" in 1986, before making her professional stage debut in ''Moving Pictures'', by Stephen Lowe (playwright), Stephen Lowe, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, in 1985. After making her professional screen debut in the British production ''Mona Lisa (1986 film), Mona Lisa'' opposite Bob Hoskins in 1986, she made her Hollywood debut in the Sigourney Weaver film ''Gorillas in the Mist'' in 1988. She played alongside Keith Barron and Annette Crosbie in the 1989 TV series ''Take Me Home (TV series), Take Me Home''. O'Neill played Alex Redman in ITV (TV network), ITV's medical drama '' Peak Practice'', and appeared as List of Shameless (British TV series) characters#Sheila Jackson, Sheila Jackson in Channel 4's comedy drama '' Shameless.'' O'Neill also played Max Branning, Max and Jack Branning's sister Suzy Branning, Suzy in the BBC1 soap opera ''Filmography
*''Mona Lisa (1986 film), Mona Lisa'' (1986) as Girl in Paradise Club *''Wherever You Are...'' (1988) as Julian's second wife *''Gorillas in the Mist'' (1988) as Kim *''Defrosting the Fridge'' (1988) (TV) *''The Storyteller (TV series), Jim Henson's The Storyteller – Greek Myths'' (TV) as Ariadne *''Take Me Home'' BBC – Three Part TV Drama (1989) (TV) as Kathy *' (1989) as Berta *''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'' (1991) (TV) in episode "Fat Chance" as Hilary Dobson *''Under Suspicion (1991 film), Under Suspicion'' (1991) as Hazel Aaron *''Boon (TV series), Boon'' (1991) (TV) in episode "Lie of the Land" as Amanda Shepley *''The Life and Times of Henry Pratt'' (1992) TV *''Friday on My Mind'' (1992) BBC TV as Louise *''When Pigs Fly (film), When Pigs Fly'' (1993) as Sheila *''Cadfael (TV series), Cadfael'' (1994) (TV) in episode "One Corpse Too Many" as Aline Siward *''All Men Are Mortal'' (1995) as Florence *''Killing Me Softly'' (1995) (TV) as Sara Thornton *''The Fix (TV film), The Fix'' (1997) (TV) as Marina Kay *''Invasion: Earth (TV series), Invasion: Earth'' (1998) (TV) as Amanda Tucker *''Births, Marriages and Deaths'' (1999) as Alex *''Hero of the Hour'' (2000) (TV) as Alison Liddle *'' Peak Practice'' (2001, 2002) (TV) as Alex Redman *''White Teeth (TV serial), White Teeth'' (2002) (TV) as Poppy Burt-Jones *''Murder in Mind (TV series), Murder in Mind'' (2002) (TV) in episode "Rage" *''Blue Murder (British TV series), Blue Murder'' (2004) in episode "Lonely" (TV) as Matilda Urwin *'' Shameless'' (2004–2007) (TV) as Sheila Jackson *''Midsomer Murders'' (2004) (TV) in episode "The Straw Woman" as Agnes Waterhouse. *''Wild at Heart (UK TV series), Wild at Heart'' (2007) as Elaine *''Mansfield Park (2007 film), Mansfield Park'' (2007) as Mrs Norris *''Little Devil'' (2007) (TV) as Laura Crowe *''The Royal'' (2007) (TV) as Jane Cooper in episode #2.5 *''Other appearances
*Simply Red, "Holding Back The Years" (1985) (music video) as the young teacher *Clock Opera, "The Lost Buoys" (2012) (music video) as the wifeReferences
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