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name: "Amy McAllister"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amy-mcallister"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T07:54:31.988695+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Amy McAllister

Actor. Born in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4749309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3577620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1277228

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Philomena*](https://film.one/film/philomena.md) (82)

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## Biography

Amy McAllister is an Irish actress. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has worked extensively in theatre with companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Abbey Theatre, the Bush Theatre, the Arcola Theatre and the Royal Court.

Her screen credits include the role of Sister Anunciata in the 2013 film *Philomena*, Mary in the 2012 BBC series *Call the Midwife*, Marjorie Cooper in *A Discovery of Witches* (2018–2021), Tilly Hildegard in *Miss Scarlet and the Duke* (2020) and additional voices in the 2023 animated film *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget*. She is also a poet and writer.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theagency.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Fi1m 64, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *Philomena* (2013), Fi1m 82, as Sister Anunciata — [page](https://film.one/film/philomena.md)

## Also known for

- *A Discovery of Witches* (2018), Marjorie Cooper
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Mary
- *Miss Scarlet* (2020), Tilly Hildegard

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