Angeline Ball (born 1969) is an Irish actress who currently resides in London, England. She is a trained dancer in ballet, tap and modern dance. Her breakthrough role came in 1991 when she starred alongside Maria Doyle Kennedy and Bronagh Gallagher as backing singer Imelda Quirke in Alan Parker's
The Commitments. Since then she has appeared in various films and television series both in Ireland and in America. Most notably, she played Vada's mother in
My Girl 2 for which she sang a rendition of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile". She worked with Alan Parker again when she sang backing vocals for the
Evita soundtrack album. Ian Le Frenais and Dick Clement wrote the short-lived 1993 TV series
Over the Rainbow for her. She also wrote all the music for
Over the Rainbow.
In 2003 Ball swept the board at the IFTA (Irish Film And Television Awards), winning Best Actress in a TV Program for her portrayal of Nora in the TV series
Any Time Now and Best Actress in A Film for her portrayal of "Molly" in
Bloom, an adaptation of James Joyce's
Ulysses. In March 2011 she reunited with other
Commitments cast members to play a number of gigs culminating with a live concert at the O2 Dublin (formerly The Point Depot). She is currently working on an album and some independent projects.
She was featured on an Irish postage stamp in 1996, based on her portrayal of Imelda Quirke in
The Commitments.