# Rebecca O'Mara

Rebecca O'Mara (born 15 March 1977) is an Irish actress. The Dublin-born actress grew up by the sea in Sandycove and is the voice actor for Caitlin in the children's television series Thomas & Friends.

## Early life

O'Mara attended Holy Child Killiney before completing a degree in Drama and Theatre at Trinity College Dublin. On graduating, she moved to London and worked in film production for some years. In 2004, she began her acting training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

## Career

She has also worked extensively in theatre in the UK and Ireland since graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She played Minnie Larkins in The History of Mr Polly, Mrs. O Keefe in the 2014 Ken Loach film Jimmy's Hall and has guest starred in various television programmes including Line of Duty and Doctors, but is probably best known for her role as scene of crime officer, Frankie Hynes, in TV3's Red Rock. In 2018, at the Mick Lally Theatre in Galway, she starred in Druid Theatre's production of Furniture, a "wickedly insightful comedy" from Sonya Kelly. In March 2019, she won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the performance.

## Personal life

She is married to Irish composer Ciaran Hope and is the younger sister of actor, Jason O'Mara.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Character | Production | Notes |
| 2007 | Doctors | Cleo Tucker | BBC One | Episode: "Background Noise" |
| 2013–2015 | Thomas & Friends | Caitlin and a Slip Coach | HIT Entertainment | Episodes: "Calm Down Caitlin", "Not So Slow Coaches", "Duck and the Slip Coaches", "Last Train for Christmas", "The Truth About Toby", "Best Engine Ever" |
| 2016 | Line of Duty | Rachel O' Connor | BBC | Episode #3.1 |
| 2016 | Line of Duty | Rachel O' Connor | BBC | Episode #3.2 |
| 2017 | Red Rock | Frankie Hynes | TV3 | Episode #4.29 |
| 2017 | Red Rock | Frankie Hynes | TV3 | Episode #4.30 - Season Finale |
| 2019 | Bump | Colette | Blue Ink Films in association with RTE | Full Season |
| 2020 | Doctors | Bethany Hastings | BBC One | Episode: "Peccata Mundi" |
| 2022 | Smother | Sheahan | RTE | Season 3 episodes 1,2 & 6 |

### Film

| Year | Title | Character | Notes |
| 2007 | The History of Mr. Polly | Minnie Larkins | TV movie |
| 2010 | Laika | Laikia (voice) | Short |
| 2013 | Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway | Caitlin | |
| 2014 | Jimmy's Hall | Nora O' Keefe | Director: Ken Loach |
| 2016 | Thomas & Friends: The Great Race | Caitlin | |
| 2020 | Herself | Grainne | Director: Phyllida Lloyd |
| 2022 | The Toxic Avenger | Shelly Gooze | Director: Macon Blair |
| 2024 | Anniversary | Enumerator | Director: Jan Komasa |
| 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Jody Welch | Director: Tim Burton |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Character | Production | Director |
| 2006 | 06/07/05 | | Arcola | Hamish Pirie |
| 2007 | Salt Meets Wound | Various | Theatre 503 | Paul Robinson |
| 2007 | Minsk | Minsk | Bush Theatre at Latitude | Josie Rourke |
| 2008 | Deep Blue Sea | Ann | Theatre Royal Bath/ West End | Edward Hall |
| 2008 | Far From the Madding Crowd | Bathsheba | English Touring Theatre (ETT) | Kate Saxon |
| 2009 | The Yalta Game | Anna | Gate Theatre, Dublin & Edinburgh International Theatre Festivals | Patrick Mason |
| 2010 | Danton's Death | Lucille | Royal National Theatre, London | Michael Grandage |
| 2011 | Moment | Ruth Pigeon | The Bush Theatre | David Horan |
| 2012 | Hayfever | Sorel Bliss | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Patrick Mason |
| 2013 | Mrs Warren's Profession | Vivie Warren | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Patrick Mason |
| 2014 | Pride and Prejudice | Caroline Bingley | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Alan Stanford |
| 2014 | The Vortex | Clara Hibbert | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Annabelle Comyn |
| 2014 | Aristocrats | Alice | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | Patrick Mason |
| 2014 | Wuthering Heights | Isabella Linton | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Michael Barker Cavan |
| 2015 | Chekhov's First Play | Sasha | Dublin Theatre Festival | Bush Moukarzel/Ben Kidd |
| 2016 | Othello | Desdemona | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | Joe Dowling |
| 2016 | Helen and I | Lynn | Druid Theatre, Dublin | Annabelle Comyn |
| 2017 | Private Lives | Amanda | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Patrick Mason |
| 2018 | Describe the Night | Yevgenia | Hampstead Theatre, London | Lisa Spirling |
| 2018 | Furniture | Dee | Gate Theatre, Dublin | Cathal Cleary |
| 2021 | All the Angels | Susannah | Smock Alley Theatre & The Everyman Theatre | Lynn Parker |
| 2022 | The Last Return | Umbrella Woman | Gate Theatre & Druid Theatre Company Production, Dublin | Sara Joyce |
| 2023 | The Quare Fellow | Lifer & Governor | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | Tom Creed |
| 2024 | Children of the Sun | Lisa | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | Lynne Parker |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Irish Times Theatre Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Furniture | Won | |