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My Take
Dominique McElligott will forever be Queen Maeve to me, the conflicted, hard-drinking superhero who became one of the best things about The Boys. I love how the Irish actress brought such a weary humanity to a character who could have been a cartoon, especially in that quietly heroic finale arc. But she'd already proven herself long before, from her steely turn in Hell on Wheels to House of Cards. There's a controlled intensity about her that I find magnetic. I'm always a little disappointed she doesn't headline more, because she's clearly capable of carrying anything she's handed.
Overview
Dominique McElligott (born 5 March 1986) is an Irish semi-retired 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), portraying Maggie Shaw / Queen Maeve in the superhero series The Boys (2019–2022) and The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dominique McElligott
- Name (Japanese)
- ドミニク・マケリゴット
- Reading
- どみにく・まけりごっと
- Born
- March 5, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.