Inside Amandaland star Siobhan McSweeney’s private life – from boyfriend to family tragedy

Siobhan McSweeney is champion known for playing the witty, stoney-faced Sister Michael successful Derry Girls, a relation that earned her a Bafta and a spot successful the hearts of comedy lovers for each eternity.

But she’s present backmost connected screens as a antithetic character, joining the hotly anticipated Motherland spinoff Amandaland.

She graces our screens with her talents and humour alongside Dame Joanna Lumley, Lucy Punch, and Philippa Dunne.

Away from the tiny screen, the Irish actress, 45, is famously backstage erstwhile it comes to her idiosyncratic life.

Let’s instrumentality a look astatine what we do know astir the pistillate down Our Lady Immaculate College’s stoic headmistress…

Who is Siobhan McSweeney?

Born successful County Cork, Siobhan McSweeney moved to London successful 2001, wherever she attended play school.

From there, she bagged her archetypal relation arsenic Julia successful the movie The Wind That Shakes the Barley successful 2006.

Her different roles see 2015’s Mr. Holmes, successful which she played Una Gilbert, and Ruth Cheetham successful No Offence.

She’s besides appeared successful As You Like It astatine National Theatre Live and had a portion successful 2017’s Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Of course, her breakthrough came successful 2018 erstwhile she archetypal played Sister Michael successful Lisa McGee’s Derry Girls, a relation she fulfilled until 2022 erstwhile the bid ended.

Being Sister Michael catapulted Siobhan to nationalist stardom, arsenic she became a household sanction and her lines instantly quotable, acting alongside the likes of Nicola Coughlan, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, and, of course, Peter Campion arsenic the clergyman she loved to hate.

Besides Derry Girls, the award-winning histrion has appeared successful the TV amusement Porters and the abbreviated movie The Widow.

She’s besides go known for her appearances connected assorted different daytime and evening TV shows, from The Great British Bake Off and Sunday Brunch to The Great Pottery Throw Down.

In aboriginal 2025, it was announced that Siobhan would big the Irish mentation of The Traitors connected RTE One.

Is Siobhan McSweeney married?

The comical prima likes to support her backstage beingness precisely that—private.

However, it was ‘confirmed’ successful 2023 that she was dating British endowment cause Kevin Joseph Brady.

While neither enactment has spoken astir the quality of their relationship, they person often posed for photos with 1 different astatine events.

Does she person family?

The much-loved TV prima has been dealt her just stock of calamity and grief, contempt being idiosyncratic who brings laughs to america each with her characters.

Her mum, Mary, died erstwhile Siobhan was alternatively young, soon aft she graduated successful 2005.

Then her father, Traolach, died aft a agelong unwellness portion Siobhan was filming play 2 of Derry Girls successful 2018.

Speaking astir losing her dad, she antecedently told Kathy Burke’s podcast, Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake: ‘I was manic for 3 months aft helium died. After the manic stopped, I curse to God, Kathy, this outpouring of ideas and of plots and plans.

‘And I started writing, and I had an thought for this, and I had an thought for that, and I privation to spell for this. It was similar a dam had burst. And I deliberation that the champion acquisition my parents gave maine was dying.’

Who does she play successful Amandaland?

In Amandaland, Siobhan plays Della Fry.

Della is the caput cook astatine Shin, a edifice Amanda is impressed by.

Her quality doesn’t precisely person overmuch emotion for Amanda to statesman with, suggesting she’ll beryllium the 1 bringing play and hostility to the series.

Watch Amandaland connected BBC and BBC iPlayer.

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