---
name: "Maggie McCarthy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maggie-mccarthy"
fi1m_id: "maggie-mccarthy"
imdb_id: "nm0565236"
tmdb_id: 1233838
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T03:02:52.154780+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."
---

# Maggie McCarthy

## Identity

Maggie McCarthy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maggie-mccarthy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maggie-mccarthy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0565236
- **TMDB ID:** 1233838
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233838

Actor. Born in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0565236/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233838

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*See How They Run*](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Maggie McCarthy is an English actress born in 1945 in Wandsworth, Surrey. Her film roles include Margaret in *Attack the Block* (2011), Eileen in *Leap Year* (2010), Mrs. Boyle in *See How They Run* (2022), Jean Hooper in *Ghost Stories* (2018), a servant in *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), and appearances in *Calendar Girls* (2003) and *The Little Stranger* (2018).

On television she has played Olive Nattrass in *Call the Midwife* (2016) and Mammy Aoibheann in *Motherland* (2021–2022). McCarthy has also performed in multiple productions with the Royal National Theatre.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, hightide.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *See How They Run* (2022), Fi1m 70, as Mrs. Boyle — [page](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), Fi1m 84, as Margaret — [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *See How They Run* (2022), as Mrs. Boyle — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/see-how-they-run.md)
- *Agatha Raisin: Kissing Christmas Goodbye* (2021), as Phyllis Tamworthy
- *The Little Stranger* (2018), as Mrs. Ravensdale
- *Ghost Stories* (2018), as Jean Hooper
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, as Mrs. Mitchell
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Olive Nattrass — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Attack the Block* (2011), as Margaret — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/attack-the-block.md)
- *Leap Year* (2010), as Eileen
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), as Servant
- *Christine* (2004), as Dr. Henderson
- *Calendar Girls* (2003), as W.I. Administrator 1
- *Death in Holy Orders* (2003), series, as Ruby Pilbeam
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), as Miss Barry
- *Darkness Falls* (1999), as (voices)
- *Hilary and Jackie* (1998), as Margaret
- *What Dreams May Come* (1998), as Stacey Jacobs
- *Firelight* (1998), as Mrs. Jago
- *Berkeley Square* (1998), series, as Cook
- *Trial & Retribution* (1997), series, as Kathleen Norton
- *The Hello Girls* (1996), series, as Miss. Marriott
- *She's Out* (1995), series, as Kathleen O'Reilly
- *(All Quiet on the) Preston Front* (1994), series, as Joyce Lloyd, Lloydy's Mum
- *Harry* (1993), series, as Sandra
- *Tumbledown* (1988), as Nurse Mary
- *Divided We Stand* (1987), series, as Rita
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Helen Green
- *Ladies in Charge* (1986), series, as Amy
- *Widows* (1983), series, Actor
- *God Speed Co-operation* (1982), as Annie
- *Accident* (1978), series, as Midwife
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as WPC Collins — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)

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