Diona Doherty
{{short description|Irish actress, writer and comedian}}
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|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1989}}
|birth_place = Derry, Northern Ireland
|known_for = Soft Border Patrol, The Blame Game
}}
Diona Doherty (born 1989) is a Northern Irish actress, writer and comedian from Derry. She starred in BBC Northern Ireland's Soft Border Patrol.{{Cite web |first=Lee |last=Henry |date=March 23, 2019 |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/hanging-with-the-hegartys-sean-and-diona-on-love-marriage-and-always-seeing-the-funny-side-37941966.html|title=Hanging with the Hegartys... Sean and Diona on love, marriage and always seeing the funny side|website=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk}} She played a Ukrainian student in an episode of Channel 4's Derry Girls.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/neil-delamere-on-comedys-sweet-spot-freestayto-and-funny-ideas-41096007.html|title=Neil Delamere on comedy's sweet spot, FreesTayto and funny ideas |first=Rodney |last=Edwards |date=November 28, 2021 |website=Independent.ie |access-date=2022-01-05}} She has been a panellist on The Blame Game, since 2021.
Career
Doherty has frequently worked with Hole in the Wall Gang, as a writer and member of the cast of BBC Radio Ulster's satirical sketch show A Perforated Ulster since 2020,{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kwn5 |title=BBC Radio Ulster - The Eve Blair Show, Diona Doherty on A Perforated Ulster |website=BBC.co.uk|publisher=BBC Radio Ulster |access-date=2022-01-05 |date=11 July 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z5ll |access-date=2022-01-05 |title=BBC Radio Ulster - A Perforated Ulster, Series 12, A Perforated Ulster Best Of|website=BBC.co.uk |publisher=BBC Radio Ulster |date=August 2020}} working with Tim McGarry on The Blame Game since 2021, a regular role of Derry girl Gráinne in Give My Head Peace, and a member of the revamped Dry Your Eyes cast in 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://www.newry.ie/arts-and-entertainment/bbc-ni-launch-new-comedy-sketch-show-for-22|title=BBC NI launch new Comedy Sketch Show for '22|first=Columba|last=O'Hare|website=Newry.ie|date=3 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-05}} She competed in 2021's BBC New Comedy Award, making it to the Northern Irish final.{{Cite web |publisher=BBC Three |date=April 5, 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09z2pzt/p09z2nnz|title=BBC Three - BBC New Comedy Awards, 2021, Meet the New Comedy Awards 2021 comedians - Diona Doherty |website=BBC.co.uk}}
Personal life
Doherty is married to Northern Irish comic Sean Hegarty.{{Cite news |first=Maureen |last=Coleman |access-date=2022-01-05 |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/baby-joy-for-ni-comedians-diona-doherty-and-sean-hegarty-40278374.html |title=Baby joy for Northern Ireland comedians Diona Doherty and Sean Hegarty|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |date=April 5, 2021}} They have two daughters, {{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/my-weekend-with-diona-doherty-41018457.html |title=My weekend… with Diona Doherty |newspaper=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk |first=Audrey |last=Watson |date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=2022-01-05}} and Hegarty has children from a previous relationship.{{Cite web |url=http://www.irishnews.com/arts/2020/09/21/news/derry-s-diona-on-performing-to-windscreens-making-ivf-funny-and-being-a-stepmum-2071106/|title=Derry's Diona on performing to windscreens, making IVF funny and being a stepmum|first=Gail|last=Bell|date=September 21, 2020|website=The Irish News}}
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Category:Television actresses from Northern Ireland