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Angeline Ball (born 28 June 1969) is an Irish actress who resides in London, England. She is known for her roles as Imelda Quirke in Alan Parker's The Commitments (1991) and as Tina in John Boorman's The General (1998).
An image of four of the actors of the original film, in character, was featured on an Irish postage stamp as part of the Ireland 1996: Irish Cinema Centenary series issued by An Post; the image includes lead singer Deco Cuffe (Andrew Strong), along with the three "Commitmentettes" – Imelda Quirke (Angeline Ball), Natalie Murphy (Maria Doyle ...
The Commitments received mostly positive reviews. [1] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes sampled 48 reviews, and gave the film an approval rating of 90%, with an average score of 7.4/10. The critical consensus reads, "The Commitments is a vibrantly funny and blissfully heartfelt ode to the power of music". [67]
Andrew Strong as Declan "Deco" Cuffe in The Commitments [5] Angeline Ball as Imelda Quirke in The Commitments; Maria Doyle Kennedy as Natalie Murphy in The Commitments; Bronagh Gallagher as Bernie McGloughlin in The Commitments; Richard Harris as 'Bull' McCabe in The Field; Seán Bean as Tadhg McCabe in The Field; John Hurt as The 'Bird' O ...
The Commitments is a 1991 comedy-drama film directed by Alan Parker with a screenplay adapted by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, and Doyle himself. [10] The Commitments was an international co-production between companies in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was filmed on location in Dublin.
Imelda de' Lambertazzi, main character in the tragic opera of that name Imelda Quirke, backing singer in Roddy Doyle's The Commitments and later in The Guts Imelda Rivera, main character in the 2017 animated film Coco
The Commitments is a jukebox musical written by Roddy Doyle, based on the 1987 novel of the same name, also written by Doyle. Like the novel (and its 1991 film adaptation), the musical is about a group of unemployed Irish youths who start a soul music band. It premiered in 2013 at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.
A native of Drumcondra, Dublin, [2] Arkins has been a professional musician from the age of 15. [3] He left school at 17 to front his band, Housebroken. [1] He is a vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who counts piano, bass and trumpet in his repertoire. [1]