Dominique McElligott

Dominique McElligott (born 5 March 1986) is an Irish actress. She has appeared as a series regular on Raw (2008), Hell on Wheels (2011–2012), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), House of Cards (2016–2017), and The Last Tycoon (2016), playing Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve in The Boys (2019–2022) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022).

Dominique McElligott
McElligott in July 2017
Born	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 39) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	University College Dublin
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–2022

Early life and education

McElligott grew up in Dublin and began acting during secondary school. She is a graduate of University College Dublin.^[1][2][3]

Career

She starred in Moon (2009) and the RTÉ television series Raw before leaving to film Leap Year (2010).^[4] In 2011, she appeared in the movie The Guard. From 2011 to 2012, she played a lead role in the AMC series Hell on Wheels.^[5] In 2015, she starred in ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club.^[6] In 2016, McElligott played Hannah Conway, wife of the Republican presidential nominee, in the fourth and fifth season of the Netflix show House of Cards.^[7] She played Queen Maeve on Amazon Prime Video's original series The Boys, which is based on the comic book series of the same name.

Filmography

Dominique McElligott at JDIFF 2012

Film

Year	Title	Role
2008	Dark Floors	Emily
	Satellites & Meteorites	Dr. Johnson
2009	Moon	Tess Bell
2010	Leap Year	Bride
2011	The Guard	Aoife O'Carroll
	Blackthorn	Etta Place
2012	Not Fade Away	Joy Dietz
2019	Two/One	Martha

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2002	On Home Ground	Cora Collins	10 episodes
2005	Whiskey Echo	Rachel	Television film
2008	Being Human	Lauren	Episode: "Pilot"
	Raw	Rebecca Marsh	6 episodes
2009	The Philanthropist	Bella Olazabal	The Bella Olazabal character was apparently dropped from The Philanthropist before it was aired.[8]
2011–2012	Hell on Wheels	Lily Bell	Main cast (seasons 1–2); 20 episodes
2015	The Astronaut Wives Club	Louise Shepard	Main cast; 10 episodes
2016–2017	House of Cards	Hannah Conway	Recurring role (season 4); Main cast (season 5); 15 episodes
	The Last Tycoon	Kathleen Moore[9]	Main cast; 9 episodes
2019–2022	The Boys	Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve[10]	Main cast; 22 episodes
2022	The Boys Presents: Diabolical		Voice; episode: "I'm Your Pusher"