Orla Brady Movies

A girl experiences the joys and sorrows of adolescence in this comedy-drama set in 1979. Maeve (Ailish McCarthy) is a thirteen-year-old girl growing up in a small Irish town is keeps wondering when she's finally going to become a woman, as she's among the last in her group of friends to have her first period or need a bra. Not long after her mother gets Maeve her first brassiere -- a less-than-impressive 32A -- she learns that Brian (Shane McDaid), an older boy she fancies, has just been dumped by his girlfriend. To Maeve's surprise, Brian is also interested in her, and she finds herself experiencing her first kiss and first romance. However, she also discovers not all her friends are happy for her, and she becomes acquainted the bitter taste of jealousy and betrayal. 32A was the directorial debut from filmmaker Marian Quinn, and won the prize for "Best First Film" at the 2007 Galway Film Fleadh. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This Irish comedy focuses on a woman named Ellie, who despite her family reputation as the wild free spirit, is left in charge of her sister Kate's retirement home when Kate is called home to care for their ailing mother. Ellie already has an aversion to responsibility, and she's definitely not prepared for the downright rude "hardcore" residents at Woodlands rest home. Strangely enough, however, Ellie and the people in her care begin to learn from each other, and her unexpected journey doesn't seem like such a terrible burden after all. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

A journalist investigating the murder of a seemingly inconsequential thief discovers that the clues to the crime actually lead directly to the politician currently in the running to become the Prime Minister of Ireland in the acclaimed British television series that ratchets up the tension in the first episode and never lets up. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Three travelers caught in a dense fog share the stories and secrets of their lives in director Ate de Jong's low-key drama Fogbound. Stranded on a mountainside after their car breaks down, Bob (Luke Perry, and married couple Leo (Bob Daniels) and Ann (Orla Brady) bare their souls as they discuss every intimate detail of their lives. Revealing everything from Leo and Anne's troubled marriage to Bob's revelation regarding his trist with an undersexed overweight woman to an odd secret from Bob and Leo's previous business trip to the Far East, it soon becomes clear that the old friends have alot to learn about one another, and it's all suddenly coming into the open as never before. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Based on a true story, A Love Divided chronicles the aftermath of Sheila's (Orla Brady) pledge to send her children to Catholic school. Raised Protestant, Sheila was forced to sign a contract obligating her to bring up her own children as Catholics when she was married into the religion, but years later she decides that no church will dictate the religion chosen for her kids. The dogmatic Father Stafford (Tony Doyle), however, is so relentless in his insistence that her children do, indeed, become Catholics, that Sheila is forced into kidnapping her own family. With both the highest levels of the Irish government and the Vatican after her, the potential consequences of not following the Catholic faith become increasingly surreal. Directed by Sydney Macartney, the film also features Liam Cunningham, Jim Norton, Peter Caffrey, and Brian McGrath. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

The four-part British miniseries Pure Wickedness was set in motion when Mo Healy (Lesley Dunlop), the neglected wife of a prominent doctor, entered into what she thought would be a casual affair with oafish window washer Geoff Meadows (Kevin Whateley). The consequences of this infidelity would be disastrous for Mo's preoccupied husband Frank Healy (David Morrisey) and Geoff's wife Eileen (Danielle McCormack). But the real victims of this domestic tragedy turned out to be the children of the people concerned. Pure Wickedness was first telecast from September 14 to October 4, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

After a dalliance with a government official, Patsy (Joanna Lumley) becomes embroiled in a tabloid sex scandal and is irate to see her true age reported nationally. "Borrowing" the Monsoon house for an interview with Hello magazine, she is disappointed to learn that photos for the spread won't be shot until the following week. However, when Edina (Jennifer Saunders) stubs her toe and enters the hospital for minor surgery, Pats takes the opportunity to accompany her and undergo a quick face peel. Finding the accommodations less than deluxe and ridiculed by a pair of wise-cracking nurses (Llewella Gideon and Orla Brady), Edina pops painkillers like candy and falls into a disturbing fugue in which her friends and family appear to her in the guise of British celebrities, from Helena Bonham-Carter to Germaine Greer -- both of whom have been the subject of ridicule on previous episodes. Awakening from her dreams to find that her surgery has already been completed, Eddy learns that her injuries were even more minor than they appeared; Patsy's face peel, however, doesn't generate quite such a happy outcome, nor does her debut in the pages of Hello. Originally broadcast on BBC 1 on January 27, 1994, Absolutely Fabulous: Hospital marked series two, episode one of this popular Brit-com. Suzi Quatro, Mandy Rice-Davies, Richard E. Grant, and Sylvia Anderson joined Bonham-Carter and Greer in the cast of cameo stars. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide