Born in Wicklow, Marcella Plunkett has worked extensively in theatre, television and film in the UK and Ireland. At the National Theatre in London, Marcella appeared in Exiles and Aristocrats, and at the no less prestigious Donmar Warehouse, she appeared in Phaedra. In Ireland, she has played many venues including the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in The Plough and the Stars, the Lyric, Belfast in Shadow of a Gunman and the Red Kettle in Waterford in Mackerel Sky. Her another appearance was as Sister James in the London premiere of Doubt directed by Nicolas Kent at the Tricycle Theatre, London.
Marcella's film credits include Zonad, Once, On the Edge, Cinderella, Country, Falling for a Dancer and A Kind of Hush. She played a leading role in Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne, an independent Irish feature film directed by Conor McDermottroe. She has a leading role in The Rafters, written and directed by John Carney. On television Marcella is best known as Alison on all three seasons of the Irish hit series Bachelors Walk. She appeared as Maura, a leading role in Single Handed III - The Drowning Man directed by Antony Byrne and Ellen in the third series of Raw. She filmed a lead role in a horror film with French director Marina de Van called Dark Touch due for release.
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