Jane McCarry

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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| yearsactive = 1990–present

| education = Queen Margaret University

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| notable_works = Still Game
Me Too

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Jane McCarry is a Scottish actress and teacher. She is best known for her roles as Isa Drennan in the BBC Scotland sitcom Still Game (2002–2007, 2016–2019), and as Granny Murray in the CBeebies show Me Too! (2006–2008). She trained as an actor at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University School of Drama.

Career

Beginning in 2006, McCarry appeared in the children's programme, Me Too! as the middle-aged childminder, Granny Murray. Similar to the already popular Balamory, the show revolved around McCarry's character working as a nanny who educates children as to what parents may be doing during the workday. The character of Granny Murray provides a kernel of wisdom in each episode that "saves the day" for one of the parents off at work.

McCarry also starred in Rab C Nesbitt, playing Andra's wife in the series eight episode, "Bug" and a nurse in the series 4 episode "Buckfast".

McCarry worked as an actor with the Baldy Bane Theatre Co Glasgow. She appears occasionally in plays at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

McCarry taught drama at Shawlands Academy and St Pauls High School (Pollok) for three years. She also used to teach at St Andrews RC Secondary School in Glasgow's East End as well as Glasgow Gaelic School.

In 2012, Jane appeared in The Steamie at the King's Theatre, Glasgow.{{cite web|url=http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/03/19/jane-mccarry-shows-shes-still-game-for-steamie-role/|title=Jane McCarry shows she's still game for Steamie role|first=Kirsty|last=Topping|publisher=Deadline|date=19 March 2012|access-date=30 November 2017}}

McCarry joined the rest of the cast of the multi BAFTA Scotland award-winning Still Game in 2014 at the comeback live show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. There were 21 performances of the sell-out show.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/still-game-pulls-6million-21-4417745|title=Still Game pulls in £6million from 21 sell-out shows|first=John|last=Dingwall|newspaper=Daily Record|date=11 October 2014}}

In 2016, she reprised her role of Isa in the new series of Still Game, recommissioned by the BBC after the stage show's success.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36275062|title=BBC comedy Still Game to return for new series|date=12 May 2016|work=BBC News}}

In 2018, McCarry appeared in Nativity! The Musical while it toured to The Kings Theatre, Glasgow.{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=Jane McCarry Joins the Cast of NATIVITY! The Musical |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/scotland/article/Jane-McCarry-Joins-the-Cast-of-NATIVITY-The-Musical-20180912 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Glasgow |first=What's On |title=Jane McCarry in Nativity! The Musical {{!}} News |url=https://www.whatsonglasgow.co.uk/news/2018/09/13/jane-mccarry-in-nativity!-the-musical/ |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=What's On Glasgow |language=en}}

Personal life

McCarry is an only child{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-41172439|title=Still Game's Isa on life as a 'sandwich carer'|first=Stephen|last=Brocklehurst|work=BBC News|date=20 September 2017|access-date=30 November 2017}} and was raised in the King's Park area of south Glasgow.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/still-game-actress-jane-mcgarry-2596316|title=Still Game actress Jane McGarry on playing Isa|first=Kenny |last=Smith|publisher=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer |date=10 February 2010|access-date=30 November 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/still-game-star-jane-mccarry-8981662|title=Still Game star Jane McCarry gets quizzed by young look-a-likes when she visits Burnside Primary|first=Jonathan |last=Geddes|publisher=Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer |date=5 October 2016|access-date=30 November 2017}} She has two children (Iain and Alexander) with her former husband, Robert Gibson{{cite news | title=Scotsman.com | work=Granny shows us how | url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/granny-shows-us-how-1-1001833 | location=Edinburgh | first=Gareth | last=Edwards | date=13 October 2006 |access-date=7 March 2018}}{{Cite web|title=Jane McCarry on the secrets behind her Still Game role|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/17521394.jane-mccarry-secrets-behind-still-game-role/|access-date=29 December 2020|website=The Herald|date=25 March 2019 |location=Glasgow|language=en}} who is from nearby Rutherglen;{{cite news|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/news/world-news/ibiza-trip-changed-still-game-star-jane-mccarrys-life-forever/|title=Ibiza trip changed Still Game star Jane McCarry's life forever|work=Sunday Post|date=17 November 2014|access-date=30 November 2017}} she has stated that she based aspects of her Isa character upon observations of the town's residents going about their lives.