---
name: "Rachael Dowling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rachael-dowling"
fi1m_id: "rachael-dowling"
imdb_id: "nm0235868"
tmdb_id: 939841
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:40:16.067445+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."
---

# Rachael Dowling

## Identity

Rachael Dowling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rachael-dowling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rachael-dowling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0235868
- **TMDB ID:** 939841
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939841

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1987–2014
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 83 (1), 2010s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $70m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939841

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Rachael Dowling is an Irish actor. She made her screen debut as Lily in John Huston's *The Dead* (1987). Subsequent film roles include the Policewoman in *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Girl at Dance in *The Field* (1990), Maureen in *Bogwoman* (1997) and Mary Anne in *The Tichborne Claimant* (1998).

On television she has appeared as Sharon in the long-running Irish serial *Glenroe*, as Claire Larkin in *Kin* (2021) and as the Dress Shop Owner in *Penny Dreadful* (2014). Her stage work includes a professional debut in Jim Sheridan's 1985 New York production of Brendan Behan's *The Hostage* and a 2012 run in Edna O'Brien's adaptation of *The Country Girls* at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.

Dowling studied film and television production at Hunter College in New York and holds an MA in Film Studies from Dublin City University. She has lectured in film history, directed the short film *Stealth* and worked as a script editor and creative consultant.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, as Dress Shop Owner — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Fi1m 83, as Policewoman — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Lily — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Anniversary* (2025), as Heidi Harris
- *Re-Creation* (2025), as Shanna Kierans
- *Kin* (2021), series, as Claire Larkin
- *Three Families* (2021), series, as Head Teacher
- *Paula* (2017), series, as Mrs Morecroft
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, as Dress Shop Owner — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Rewind* (2010), as Mary
- *Double Act* (2002), as Rose
- *Escape* (2000), as Mother
- *The Tichborne Claimant* (1999), as Mary Anne
- *Bogwoman* (1997), as Maureen
- *Scarlett* (1994), series, as Bridie O'Hara
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), as Policewoman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *The Field* (1990), as Girl at Dance
- *Tears in the Rain* (1988), as Young Emily
- *The Dead* (1987), as Lily — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)

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