---
name: "Joan Sheehy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joan-sheehy"
fi1m_id: "joan-sheehy"
imdb_id: "nm0790646"
tmdb_id: 1446941
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:51:01.624557+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."
---

# Joan Sheehy

## Identity

Joan Sheehy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joan-sheehy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joan-sheehy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0790646
- **TMDB ID:** 1446941
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1446941

Actor. Born in Granagh, County Limerick, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1446941

## Biography

Joan Sheehy is an Irish actress and theatre director from Granagh in County Limerick. She is known for her film roles including Úna in *The Quiet Girl* (2022), Agnes in *The Boxer* (1997), the 2nd Tinker Woman in *The Field* (1990), and appearances in *The Snapper* (1993) and *Some Mother's Son* (1996).

She has also worked in television, with credits including *Ros na Rún* (1996), and more recent films such as *End of Sentence* (2019) and *As Luck Would Have It* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, independent.ie, live95fm.ie.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Quiet Girl* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Úna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-girl.md)
- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Woman in Hospital — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Quiet Girl* (2022), as Úna — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-girl.md)
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2021), as Siobhan
- *End of Sentence* (2019), as Jane
- *Marion agus an Banphrionsa* (2006), as Marion
- *Lipservice* (1999), as Caitlin Ni Shuilleabhain
- *The Boxer* (1997), as Agnes
- *The Matchmaker* (1997), as Bus Passenger
- *Some Mother's Son* (1996), as Woman Searcher #1
- *The Run of the Country* (1995), as Widdy McGinn
- *The Snapper* (1993), as Woman in Hospital — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Field* (1990), as 2nd Tinker Woman
- *After Midnight* (1990), as Colleen
- *Anne Devlin* (1984), as Girl Next Door

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