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Irish actress Maria Doyle Kennedy on playing Tannie Maria

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Maria Doyle Kennedy has an illustrious career spanning more than 30 years in music and film. As an actor she can boast with a variety of roles in Outlander, Orphan Black and The Tudors. Now she gets to strut her stuff in the Karoo as Tannie Maria in M-Net’s “Recipes for Love and Murder” – an on screen adaptation from the Sally Andrew book series.

Ryan spoke to Maria about her career, her time spent in South Africa, and her plans to visit our shores again.

Listen to the full interview here:

Recipes for Love and Murder is now available to stream on Showmax.

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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