29 Facts About Rosena Brown

Rosena Brown allegedly persuaded Hanna into providing information on Armour which she then passed on to the IRA; however, she was not charged with complicity in Armour's murder.

Rosena Brown was portrayed by actress Rose McGowan in the 2008 crime thriller film Fifty Dead Men Walking.

Rosena Brown was born in about 1945 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Rosena Brown was brought up in the Irish nationalist Ardoyne area and raised in the Catholic religion.

Rosena Brown then joined the Charabanc Theatre Company which toured Britain, Europe, the US, and Canada.

Rosena Brown had minor roles in Ken Loach's Hidden Agenda and Richard Attenborough's Closing the Ring, and she played alongside Sinead O'Connor in Hush-a-Bye-Baby.

Rosena Brown had a role in the 2004 Irish comedy Man About Dog in which she played the mother of one of the film's main characters, Mo Chara.

Rosena Brown has done much work in local community theatre since her release from prison.

Rosena Brown joined the Irish republican movement in 1970 as a worker for Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA.

Rosena Brown was described by journalist Mark Devenport as having been especially suited for intelligence work; in particular she was highly skilled at losing herself when members of the security forces were tailing her.

Rosena Brown often used the Irish version of her name, Roisin De Brun.

Ulster Defence Association leader Andy Tyrie suggested that Hanna gave Rosena Brown information regarding the movements of UDA South Belfast brigadier John McMichael which she then passed on to the IRA who subsequently assassinated him.

Rosena Brown was personally introduced to McMichael at his pub the "Admiral Benbow" which he owned in his native Lisburn.

Rosena Brown characterised her as having been "very well-spoken and pleasant to deal with", but firmly denied that they had had a love affair.

Rosena Brown stated that in early 1990, she took a package wrapped in clingfilm out of her mouth and told him to deliver it to another IRA Intelligence Officer, Davy Adams.

McCartland's handlers suggested that the highly detailed information had come from an RUC officer with whom Rosena Brown had formed a liaison.

Rosena Brown was named at Hanna's trial as the conduit through which the information on Armour was passed by Hanna to the IRA.

Rosena Brown was taken in by the RUC for interrogation regarding the Armour killing whilst she was shooting Hush-a-Bye-Baby, a feature film for Channel Four.

Rosena Brown wasn't charged in connection with Armour's killing and subsequently released from police custody.

In early 1992, Rosena Brown was arrested in the seaport of Larne along with IRA volunteers Paul McCullough and Steven Canning, when a booby-trap bomb was discovered in the glove box of their car.

Rosena Brown had been driving the car towards the town when RUC officers stopped the vehicle, ordered her to pull over and all three occupants out onto a verge.

The arrest of Rosena Brown led to some recriminations within loyalist circles.

The April 1992 edition of UDA official journal New Ulster Defender not only highlighted the case of Rosena Brown but claimed that her activity was standard practice within republicanism, claiming:.

Rosena Brown completed two years of an Art degree from Open University.

Rosena Brown was released in mid-December 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

Rosena Brown has since continued to work with the west Belfast theatre group.

Rosena Brown has retained some links to republicanism and was shown in attendance at a Bobby Sands memorial event in 2009 as well as performing at Sinn Fein celebration for International Women's Day in 2010.

Rosena Brown has worked for Coiste na nIarchimi, an organisation for former republican prisoners in which they are employed as tour guides around the Falls Road and other republican areas.

Rosena Brown was portrayed by actress Rose McGowan in the 2008 crime thriller film Fifty Dead Men Walking which is based on IRA infiltrator Martin McGartland.