Siobhán McCarthy
Siobhán Mary Ann McCarthy (born 6 November 1957 in Dublin) is a television and stage actress. Career. McCarthy portrays Roisin Connor in ITV1's Prison drama Bad Girls. Her other television credits include "Lovejoy", "The Big Battalions" and "Holby City". McCarthy originated the roles of the Mistress in "Evita" in 1978 in London's West End, before later returning to the show to play the title role. In between, Siobhan joined the vocal harmony group "Wall Street Crash" (1980–1983) where she performed several times at London's Talk of the Town, at the Casino in Monte Carlo, and  in two Royal Variety Performances (1980 and 1982). She was also the first to play Donna Sheridan in "Mamma Mia!" in 1999, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Other roles include leads as Mrs. Johnstone in "Blood Brothers", Svetlana in the original London production of "Chess", Fantine in "Les Misérables", Mary Magdalene in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Deborah Warner's Medea". More recently she played the roles of Velma Von Tussle in the London production of "Hairspray" (February 2010 – March 2010) and Joanne in the Southwark Playhouse revival of Stephen Sondheim 's "Company". In 2017 she received a Lucille Lortel Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical nomination for her performance in the Off-Broadway production of . Personal life. She married the theatrical sound designer Andrew Bruce in 1986 and lives in London with her husband and two children.