Ann Skelly

Acting

Ann Skelly

Born
(age 29)
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Credits
16 titles

Biography

Ann Skelly is an Irish actress who first came to fame in 2015 with her role as the troubled teenager Rachel Reid in TV3's soap opera/crime drama Red Rock, a role that placed her at the heart of the drama across two seasons. In 2016, she starred as Biddy Lambert in RTÉ's historical drama Rebellion and she appeared as Annie Moffat in the BBC's adaptation of Little Women over Christmas 2017. In 2018, she was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for best actress for her first film Kissing Candice, in which she played the titular role. Also that year she starred in the adaptation of Eugene McCabe's novel Death and Nightingales alongside Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys. In 2021 she played Penance Adair in the TV series The Nevers for HBO.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 16

YearTitleRole
2026 Honey TV Martha Schmitt (6 ep)
2026 TRAD Film
2025 House of Guinness TV Adelaide 'Dodo' Guinness (5 ep)
2025 Four Letters of Love Film Isabel Gore
2022 The Sandman TV Nuala (7 ep)
2022 100 Years of Ulysses Film Self - Narrator (voice)
2021 The Nevers TV Penance Adair (6 ep)
2021 Rose Plays Julie Film Rose
2018 Death and Nightingales TV Beth Winters (3 ep)
2018 Kissing Candice Film Candice
2018 Seanie & Flo Film Flo
2017 Little Women TV Annie Moffat (1 ep)
2017 Playground TV Hannah Baylor (10 ep)
2016 Rebellion TV Biddy Lambert (5 ep)
2015 Red Rock TV Rachel Reid (53 ep)
2013 Vikings TV Ethelfled (4 ep)
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