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name: "Jennifer Gibney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-gibney"
fi1m_id: "jennifer-gibney"
imdb_id: "nm0316800"
tmdb_id: 78294
wikidata_id: "Q18066887"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 July 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T15:36:51.207921+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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# Jennifer Gibney

## Identity

Jennifer Gibney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennifer-gibney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennifer-gibney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0316800
- **TMDB ID:** 78294
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18066887
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Gibney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18066887, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78294

Actor. Born 7 July 1964 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 July 1964, Dublin, Ireland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Gibney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18066887, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78294

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mrs Brown's Boys*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md) (45)

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## Biography

Jennifer Gibney is an Irish actress born on 7 July 1964 in Dublin. She is best known for playing Cathy Brown in the BBC sitcom *Mrs. Brown's Boys* (2011–present) and its adaptations, including the 2014 film *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* and the 2022 film *Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming*. She began the role in earlier stage and original series versions of the show created by her husband, Brendan O'Carroll, whom she married in 2005.

Gibney's earlier screen credits include a minor part in the 1996 film *Some Mother's Son* and appearances in *Agnes Browne* (1999) and the television series *Prosperity* (2007). She trained at the Dublin Oscar Theatre School after working in the Irish civil service and at the Bank of Ireland. In 2014 she competed as a contestant on the twelfth series of *Strictly Come Dancing*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), Fi1m 45, as Cathy Brown — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming* (2022), as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys Live Episode: Mammy Sutra* (2016), Actor
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: How Now Mrs. Brown Cow* (2015), as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: For the Love of Mrs. Brown* (2014), as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014), as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Mrs. Brown Rides Again* (2013), as Cathy Brown · Executive Producer, Director
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys Live Tour: Good Mourning Mrs. Brown* (2012), as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys* (2011), series, as Cathy Brown — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-browns-boys.md)
- *Mrs. Brown's Bloomers* (2010), Actor
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys - The Original Series* (2006), series, as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 2* (2003), as Cathy Brown · Director, Producer
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: The Last Wedding - Part 1* (2002), as Cathy Brown · Director, Producer
- *Agnes Browne* (1999), as Winnie the Mackerel
- *Some Mother's Son* (1996), as Woman Searcher #2
- *Brendan O'Carroll: How's Your Snowballs* (1994), Producer, Director
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys: Crackin' Christmas*, as Cathy Brown
- *Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Surprises*, Actor
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys - Christmas Package*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown Boys: Christmas Crackers*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown’s Boys: Crackin’ Christmas Specials*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Festive Fancies*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Mammy's Tickled Pink/Mammy's Gamble*, Actor
- *Mrs Brown's Boys: Christmas Corkers*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Brendan O'Carroll (left) and Jennifer Gibney (right) being driven in a vintage car in the 2015 Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade](https://film.one/media/person/6791693/gallery-6a2f6bb9bc97.jpg) Brendan O'Carroll (left) and Jennifer Gibney (right) being driven in a vintage car in the 2015 Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade — William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Brendan_O%E2%80%99Carroll_was_the_Grand_Marshal_At_The_St._Patrick%27s_Day_Parade_In_Dublin_REF-102282_%2816640203117%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jennifer Gibney](https://film.one/media/person/6791693/gallery-3d7a59bfdf2f.jpg) Jennifer Gibney — William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Jennifer_Gibney_At_The_St._Patrick%27s_Day_Parade_In_Dublin_REF-102282_%2816640203117%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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