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).
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Early life and education
McElligott grew up in Dublin and began acting during secondary school. She is a graduate of University College Dublin.
Career
McElligott's first role was in the 2001 RTÉ television series On Home Ground, which was set in a rural Gaelic football club, alongside Sean McGinley and Amy Huberman. She starred in Moon (2009) and the RTÉ series Raw before leaving to film Leap Year (2010). 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. In 2015, she starred in ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club. 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. 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. In a 2026 interview, series creator Eric Kripke said that she had "mostly retired" from acting.