Valerie O'Connor
{{Short description|Irish actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| caption = O'Connor as Nikki Grogan in Red Rock
| name = Valerie O'Connor
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| birth_date = c. 1981–82
| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland
| occupation = Actor
| website = {{URL|http://www.macfarlane-chard.ie/clients/actors-female/valerie-oconnor}}
| spouse = Peter Campion
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| children = 2
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Valerie O'Connor is an Irish television actress, theatre actress and singer.{{cite web|title=Valerie O'Connor CV|url=http://www.macfarlane-chard.ie/clients/actors-female/valerie-oconnor|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317233755/http://www.macfarlane-chard.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/OCONNOR-Valerie-cv.pdf|archive-date=17 March 2016}} She is best known for playing Det. Insp. Nikki Grogan in soap-opera Red Rock and Miss Jervis in ROY.
Personal life
O'Connor lives in Dublin city centre, but occasionally lives at a house in Wicklow at the weekends. O'Connor is an ambassador for [https://www.cfireland.ie/ Cystic Fibrosis Ireland] and for their 'One in 1,000 Campaign'.
O'Connor revealed in August 2016 that she was nine months pregnant,{{cite magazine|url=http://rsvpmagazine.ie/valerie-oconnor-nine-months-pregnant/|title=Valerie O'Connor is nine months pregnant|magazine=RSVP|first=Mikie|last=O'Loughlin|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160903170137/http://rsvpmagazine.ie/valerie-oconnor-nine-months-pregnant/|archive-date=3 September 2016}} and announced that she gave birth to a baby girl on 15 September 2016.{{cite tweet|user=Valmaryoconnor|author=Valerie O'Connor|number=811987121812676608|date=22 December 2016|title=Thank you so much to everyone for all the well wishes. Myself and Peter had a beautiful baby girl, called Mary Rae on the 15th of September.}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|2008 | City of Ember | Person in Line | |
| The Daisy Chain | Jenny Gahan | ||
| 2010 | Round Ireland with a Fridge | Roisin | |
| 2014 | Davin | Alyssa | |
| 2015 | Cherry Tree | Claire | |
| 2019 | Extra Ordinary | Angela | |
| 2020 | Nowhere Special | Ella | |
| 2024 | The Apprentice | Rona Barrett |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|2007 | The Tudors | Lady Unkindness | Episode: "Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!" |
| The English Class | Tracey | 6 episodes | |
| 2010 | Jack Taylor | Nuala Donnelly | Episode: "The Priest" |
| 2011 | Love/Hate | Miss Byrne | Episode #2.1 |
| 2014 | My Whole Half Life | Mirella | Episode: "Between Heaven and Here" |
| 2014–2015 | Roy | Miss Jane Jervis | 11 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | Red Rock | Insp Nikki Grogan | 102 episodes |
| 2018 | Can't Cope, Won't Cope | Dee | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale | Bridget Paterson | 7 episodes |
Theatre
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| style="width:220px;" scope="col"|Show
! style="width:200px;"|Role | |
|---|---|
| The Threepenny Opera | Dolly |
| Jezebel | Jezebel |
| Durang Durang | — |
| Plaza Suite | Jean |
| Serious Money | Scilla Todd |
| Richard III | Lady Ann |
References
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Category:21st-century Irish actresses
Category:Irish television actresses