Nuala McKeever
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Nuala McKeever is a comic actress from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
McKeever grew up in the west of the city and graduated from Queen's University with a degree in languages.[1]
[edit] Career
After graduating from Queen's McKeever worked at BBC Northern Ireland for eight years, initially as a secretary before becoming a researcher. One of the first projects she worked on after quitting her research job was The Wilsons, for BBC Radio Ulster. This was followed by Two Ceasefires and a Wedding, a film made for the BBC by The Hole in the Wall Gang.[2] The resulting television series Give My Head Peace made McKeever a household name in Northern Ireland. She played the character "Emer" for two series.
After leaving Give My Head Peace she was hired by UTV. Here she wrote and produced McKeever, a sketch show.
Her first play, Out of The Box, was performed at Lyric Theatre in Belfast in April 2006.[3]
