Lorraine McIntosh (born 13 May 1964) is a Scottish singer, vocalist with Scottish band Deacon Blue, and actress. Career McIntosh is a vocalist with Deacon Blue, whose second studio album, When the World Knows Your Name (1989), topped the UK Album Charts for two weeks, and included "Real Gone Kid", which became their first UK top ten single. McIntosh took a break from music to play the character Alice Henderson in the Scottish soap opera River City, which was set in a fictitious suburb of Glasgow. Her character first appeared in 2002 and was written out during May 2010. McIntosh has also appeared in a few Scottish films, including Ken Loach's My Name Is Joe and Lone Scherfig's Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, as well as in three episodes of the TV police-drama series, Taggart. She also starred in BBC One's comedy-drama, Hope Springs. In 2017, McIntosh made a guest appearance in an episode of the fourth series of Scottish comedy series, Scot Squad. Personal life McIntosh is married to Deacon Blue lead singer Ricky Ross and they have four children. She is of maternal Irish Catholic descent, her mother is from Gweedore, County Donegal. Discography Raintown (1987) When the World Knows Your Name (1989) Fellow Hoodlums (1991) Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993) Walking Back Home (1999) Homesick (2001) The Hipsters (2012) A New House (2014) Believers (2016) City of Love (2020) Riding on the Tide of Love (2021) Filmography My Name Is Joe - Maggie (1998) Hope Springs - Ina Harries (2009) River City - Alice Henderson (2002–2010) Taggart - Sharon Nash (2007) Scot Squad - Barbara Edwards (2017, 1 episode) Long Night at Blackstone (2018) References 1964 births Living people 21st-century Scottish women singers People from Bridgeton, Glasgow Scottish people of Irish descent Scottish pop singers Scottish television actresses Scottish film actresses Scottish soap opera actresses Actresses from Glasgow People from Cumnock Musicians from Glasgow Deacon Blue members Scottish Roman Catholics 20th-century Scottish women singers