Outlander star Maria Doyle Kennedy is set to star in the Untitled Granny Lee Film , a defiant queer drama inspired by a real-life 1980s transgender icon and directed by Ian Gabriel and Gabe Gabriel. The Irish actress and singer, who plays Jocasta Cameron in the Starz drama, is also known for playing Queen Katherine of Aragon in The Tudors , Vera Bates in  Downton Abbey , and Mrs. S in Orphan Black. Her film credits include  The Commitments, Sing Street, Albert Nobbs, The Conjuring 2 and  Wolfwalkers.  Doyle Kennedy in the Canada-South Africa-Ireland co-production will perform the role of Irene, an estranged mother who seeks forgiveness from Lee, a stubborn trans disco queen played by gender activist Simone Heradien. “The world feels very precariously balanced right now, it is the time to acknowledge the wrongs of the past in order not to carry them into the future,” Doyle Kennedy said in a statement.…