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Movies In the Name of the Father, Shooting For Socrates, Whole Lotta Sole, You, Me & Marley, Hush-a-bye baby Children Matthew McElhinney, David McElhinney, Darren McElhinney Books A Night in November, Women on the Verge of HRT, The Blind Fiddler: A Play, Stalking Is Not Love: The Stalk, Stones in His Pockets a Similar People Ian McElhinney, Sean Campion, Conleth Hill, James Erskine, Terry George | ||
Actress, Jill Marie Jones, discusses Sex, Love, and new role in Craig Ross JR.’s series ‘MONOGAMY’
Sarah Marie Jones OBE is a Belfast-based actress and playwright. Born into a working-class Protestant family, Jones was an actress for several years before turning her hand to writing. Her plays have been staged on Broadway in New York as well as in Northern Ireland.
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- Actress Jill Marie Jones discusses Sex Love and new role in Craig Ross JRs series MONOGAMY
- Highlights emmy nominated actress dot marie jones hallmark channel
- CharabancDubbelJoint
- Plays
- Film roles
- Plays written by Jones
- Awards
- Marriage and family
- References
Highlights emmy nominated actress dot marie jones hallmark channel
Charabanc/DubbelJoint
She helped found the Charabanc Theatre Company, an all-women touring group. It was created to help counteract the lack of roles for women, and which produced a series of collaboratively written original works. The group’s first play, Lay Up Your Ends, based on a strike by mill girls in the early part of the 20th century, was an immediate hit. She remained with Charabanc until 1990 when she left and co-founded the DubbelJoint theatre group in 1991.
Plays
She wrote five plays for the Replay Theatre Company, including Under Napoleon’s Nose (1988). The play for which she may be best-known is Stones in His Pockets, a play based on the idea of a Hollywood film company filming a movie in a small Irish village and the resulting impact on that community. This was performed on Broadway to critical acclaim.
She has written a number of stage and television plays, including Tribes (1990), The Hamster Wheel (1991), Fighting the Shadows (1992), Wingnut and the Sprog (1994) and A Night in November (1994). A Night in November, about The Troubles, was performed in London's West End and in New York City off-Broadway. Most recently, she wrote the book for a new musical, The Chosen Room, performed in Belfast in August 2008 by Youth Music Theatre: UK. She then wrote Act 2 of this musical, which was staged again the following year in 2009 at the same venue.
Fly Me To The Moon (2012), performed in New York and Belfast, tells the story of Davy, an 84-year-old Frank Sinatra fan and his two carers Francis and Loretta.
Film roles
As a film actress, she is best known for playing "Sarah Conlon" in In the Name of the Father, a film about The Troubles.
Plays written by Jones
Awards
Marriage and family
She is married to Northern Irish actor Ian McElhinney. They live in Belfast and have 3 sons.