Lorraine McIntosh

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Lorraine McIntosh

| image = Lorraine McIntosh, Deacon Blue (cropped).jpg

| caption = McIntosh performing with Deacon Blue in London, 2006

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|05|13}}

| birth_place = Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom

| origin =

| genre = Alternative rock, pop

| spouse = {{marriage|Ricky Ross|1990}}

| occupation = Singer, actress

| years_active = 1980–present

| current_member_of = Deacon Blue

}}

Lorraine McIntosh (born 13 May 1964) is a British from Scotland singer and actress. She is one of the vocalists of the pop/rock band Deacon Blue.

Career

McIntosh is a vocalist with Deacon Blue, whose second studio album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Albums Chart for two weeks,{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Deacon Blue |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 September 2011 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/When%20The%20World%20Knows%20Your%20Name |title=Deacon Blue – When The World Knows Your Name |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=16 September 2011}} and included "Real Gone Kid", which became their first UK top ten single.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Real%20Gone%20Kid |title=Deacon Blue – Real Gone Kid |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=15 October 1988 |access-date=16 September 2011 }}

McIntosh took a break from music to play the character Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010. McIntosh has also appeared in a few Scottish films, including Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lorraine-mcintosh/credits/3000501312/ |title=Deacon Blue |work= tvguide.com |access-date=4 February 2024 }} and Lone Scherfig's Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, as well as in three episodes of the TV police-drama series Taggart. She also starred in BBC One's comedy-drama Hope Springs.

In November 2024, Abertay University honoured McIntosh with an honorary Doctor of Arts degree.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Deacon Blue star Lorraine McIntosh to receive Honorary Degree at Abertay University's winter graduation |url=https://www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2024/deacon-blue-star-lorraine-mcintosh-to-receive-honorary-degree-at-abertay-university-s-winter-graduation/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Abertay |language=en}}

Personal life

McIntosh married Deacon Blue lead singer Ricky Ross on 12 May 1990, and they have four children.{{Cite web |title=Unknown |url=http://www.glasgowskyline.com/biography2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320150238/http://www.glasgowskyline.com/biography2.htm |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Glasgow Skyline}}{{cite web|last=Watt|first=Laura|title=Ricky Ross in tribute to tragic mum Andrea Kearney|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/2008/11/30/ricky-s-tribute-to-tragic-andrea-78057-20935005/|work=Daily Record|access-date=27 May 2011}}

She is of maternal Irish Catholic descent: her mother, Sarah McIntosh (née Gallagher), was from the townland of Dore in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster.{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/true-blue-1.835284 |title=True blue |newspaper=The Herald |date=19 May 2007 |access-date=19 February 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/interview-deacon-blue-s-ricky-ross-on-the-city-behind-the-songs-1-2529328 |title=Interview: Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross on the city behind the songs |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=15 September 2012 |access-date=19 February 2015}}{{cite web|title='Donegal will always be my spiritual home - popstar Lorraine'|newspaper=Donegal Daily|date=2 April 2021|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2021/04/02/donegal-will-always-be-my-spiritual-home-popstar-lorraine/}}

Discography

Raintown (1987)
When the World Knows Your Name (1989)
Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
Walking Back Home (1999)
Homesick (2001)
The Hipsters (2012)
A New House (2014)
Believers (2016)
City of Love (2020)
Riding on the Tide of Love (2021){{cite news |title=Deacon Blue Share "Riding on the Tide of Love" Lyric Video – Watch + Listen |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/deacon-blue-share-riding-on-the-tide-of-love-lyric-video-watch-listen/ |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=Rock 'N' Load |date=June 12, 2020 |quote=Deacon Blue will release Riding on the Tide of Love, which features eight brand new songs, on February 5 via earMUSIC.}}
The Great Western Road (2025)

Filmography

class="wikitable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1998 \| My Name Is Joe \| Maggie \|
2000 \| Aberdeen \| Nurse \|
2002 \| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself \| Ruby \|
2004 \| Wise Guys \| Pauline \| Short film
2014 \| Gasping \| AA Attendee \| Short film
2016 \| West Skerra Light \| Joan \| Television film
2018 \| Long Night at Blackstone {{cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/long_night_at_blackstone/cast_crew/\|title=Long Night At Blackstone cast and crew credits\|website=British Comedy Guide\|access-date=5 August 2018}} \| Faye Bowers \| Television film

class="wikitable"

|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1998

| My Name Is Joe

| Maggie

2000

| Aberdeen

| Nurse

2002

| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

| Ruby

2004

| Wise Guys

| Pauline

| Short film

2014

| Gasping

| AA Attendee

| Short film

2016

| West Skerra Light

| Joan

| Television film

2018

| Long Night at Blackstone {{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/long_night_at_blackstone/cast_crew/|title=Long Night At Blackstone cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|access-date=5 August 2018}}

| Faye Bowers

| Television film

class="wikitable" \|+ Television
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1991 \| Screen Two \| Deacon Blue - Girl in Graveyard \| Series 7, Episode 10: "Dreaming"
rowspan=2 \| 1999 \|Psychos \| Carrie Burns \| Mini-series, Episode 5
Life Support \| Bethan Gilchrist \| Episode 3: "The Price of Love" and Episode 5: "Soul and Conscience"
1999 2003 2008 \| Taggart \| Cocktail Waitress Brenda Johnstone Sharon Nash \| Series 15, Episode 4: "Long Time Dead" Series 19, Episode 6: "Halfway House" Series 24, Episode 7: "Safer"
2002 \| Fran's People \| Janis Dunlop \| Series 1, Episode 2
2002–2023 \| River City \| Alice Henderson \| 4 episodes
rowspan=2 \| 2009 \| Hope Springs \| Ina Harries \| 7 episodes
Happy Hollidays \| Rosalind \| Episode 5: "Donkey"
2017 \| Scot Squad \| Barbara Edwards \| Series 4, Episode 2
2020 \| Outlander \| Mrs. Sylvie \| Series 5, Episode 10: "Mercy Shall Follow Me"
2021 \| Princess Mirror-Belle \| Ruth \| Episode 3: "Big Bad Wolf"
2023 \| Shetland \| Heather Bain \| Series 8, 2 episodes

class="wikitable"

|+ Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1991

| Screen Two

| Deacon Blue - Girl in Graveyard

| Series 7, Episode 10: "Dreaming"

rowspan=2 | 1999

|Psychos