---
name: "Emer McCourt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emer-mccourt"
fi1m_id: "emer-mccourt"
imdb_id: "nm0566659"
tmdb_id: 68283
wikidata_id: "Q4966619"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:24:23.012148+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."
---

# Emer McCourt

## Identity

Emer McCourt

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emer-mccourt
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emer-mccourt
- **IMDb ID:** nm0566659
- **TMDB ID:** 68283
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4966619
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68283

Actor. Born 1 January 1964 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1964, Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 1990–1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4966619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68283

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Riff-Raff*](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md) (77)

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## Biography

Emer McCourt is a Northern Irish actress, writer and producer. She was born in 1964 in Newry, County Down.

McCourt is known for her role as Susan in the Ken Loach film *Riff-Raff* (1991). Her other screen credits include *Hush-a-Bye Baby* (1990) and *Boston Kickout* (1995). She produced the 1999 film *Human Traffic* and wrote the novel *Elvis, Jesus and Me* (2004). She studied at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, ricorso.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Susan — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *North* (2014), as Mary
- *Human Traffic* (1999), Producer
- *Sunset Heights* (1999), as Emer Bradley
- *Loop* (1997), as Rachel
- *Boston Kickout* (1995), as Shona
- *The Key* (1995), as Lorna
- *Men of the Month* (1994), as Kim
- *Frank Stubbs Promotes* (1993), series, as Siobhan
- *The House of Bernarda Alba* (1991), as Beggar
- *London Kills Me* (1991), as Sylvie
- *Riff-Raff* (1991), as Susan — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)
- *Shoot to Kill* (1990), as E4A Officer
- *Hush-a-Bye Baby* (1990), as Goretti Friel

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