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Nicola hails from Galway, in the west of Ireland where she has been acting since childhood. She trained at both The Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.
She made her on screen debut in the controversial short The Phantom Cnut directed by Tom Collins; director of the Oscar nominated Kings. As a teenager she appeared in animated series such as The Fairytaler, and the title role in France 3's The Little Vampire.
In 2008 she was awarded the 'Outstanding Individual Performance Award' in 'Acting Up' the National Improvisation Competition; judges were former head of the Irish Film Board Leila Doolin and eminent actor/director Alan Stanford.
At Drama School she worked with Dana Andersen of The Second City and was directed by the Royal Shakespeare Company's Vik Sivalingam and Gemma Fairlie.
In Mill on the Floss at Birmingham Hippodrome, one reviewer commented: "Coughlan has the rare advantage of being able to play a vast age span of character...largely due to her small stature and dainty features (she) was able to play Maggie at aged nine years so convincingly well"
The Stage Newspaper nominated her as 'One to Watch' following her graduation showcase, Susan Elkin commented; "Coughlan is very small in stature but uses her diminutiveness to striking effect. Her stage presence shone through in the monologue using her native Irish accent."
Nicola then went on to appear in BBC's Doctors (2011).
Following this Nicola played Kirsty in Luke Barnes' (Game of Thrones) Chapel Street directed by Bryony Shanahan, to rave reviews:
"Nicola Coughlan gave sensational a performance full of energy, verve and humour. Her characterisation was detailed and her delivery was unfaltering." THE ARGUS -FIVE STARS ***** "An on-point, breathless roller coaster (played) by the excellent Nicola Coughlan...she is superb in detail" WHAT'S ON STAGE-FIVE STARS ***** "Nicola Coughlan is outstanding as Kirsty" The Scotsman Four Stars ****
She has appeared in rehearsed readings for The National Theatre (New Playwright's Workshop 2011), Duck directed by Stella Feehily and Max Stafford-Clark for Out of Joint at The St James' Theatre. and Nadya by Chris Jury at The Park Theatre, which featured Phyllis Logan, Stephen Thompkinson, Michelle Terry, Shaun Prendergast & Dominic Mafham.
Most recently Nicola was chosen from 1,150 hopefuls to be one of seven emerging actors featured in the 'Old Vic New Voices Festival' last Summer at The Old Vic. She appeared as Jess in the two-hander Jess and Joe Forever by Zoe Cooper which received huge acclaim and a standing ovation on its first performance.- Actress
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Olwen Fouéré was born on the west coast of Ireland of Breton parents on March 2nd,1954. Fluent in English and in French, her work as a creative artist, actor, writer and director includes film, the visual arts, music and over four decades of theatre. Notable film roles include "The Survivalist" by Stephen Fingleton, "Mandy" by Panos Cosmatos, "Beast" by Michael Pearce, "This Must be the Place" by Paolo Sorrentino. Recent titles include "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" directed by David Blue Garcia, "The Northman" by Robert Eggers and "Violet Gibson, the woman who shot Mussolini" directed by Barrie Dowdall, In 2020, she was listed at number 22 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors of all time.- Actress
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Nora-Jane Noone was born on 8 March 1984 in Galway, Ireland. She is an actress and writer, known for The Descent (2005), The Magdalene Sisters (2002) and Brooklyn (2015).- Owen McDonnell was born in Galway the youngest of four children. Having long nurtured a desire to act he studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, rather than at any Irish academy, simply, he says, because it was the cheapest. Upon graduation he made London his home but has returned to Ireland on several occasions to appear on stage there, as well as for various TV and film projects.
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The favorite leading man of star Bette Davis was born George Brendan Nolan in Ballinasloe, County Galway, Ireland (although his place of birth has also been variosuly given as Raharabeg, County Roscommon and Shannonbridge, County Offaly). He was the youngest of five children born to shopkeeper John J. Nolan and Mary (McGuinness) Nolan, who lived on Main Street in Ballinasloe. His parents separated, making him an orphan from the tender age of eleven. From 1915, he lived with maternal relatives in New York until he was old enough to earn money. To make ends meet, he briefly became a sheep herder and even crossed the Atlantic to find work in the gold fields of South Africa.
George eventually returned to Ireland to study at the University of Dublin. By 1921, he had become -- despite his paternal ancestors' service in the British Army -- a despatch courier for Irish Republican Army guerrilla leader Michael Collins during the "The Troubles". At his time he was hunted by the Black and Tans with a bounty on his head. Goerge had, by then, developed an interest in acting and (partly to cover up his nightly activities for Sinn Fein) joined the Abbey Theatre Players. Tipped off by a double agent to his imminent arrest by British soldiers, he went into hiding and later skipped town. His return to acting was necessitated by the need for a sustainable source of income. By August 1921, he had returned to the U.S. via Canada.
Back in New York four years later, he toured with the hit play 'Abie's Irish Rose' and then with stock companies in Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts, appearing in the ensemble cast of 'The Nightingale' on Broadway' (1927). Another three years on, George co-starred (with Alice Brady and Clark Gable) in the short-lived play 'Love, Honor and Betray'.
He worked in Hollywood from 1930, initially playing farmers, doctors and partner of Rin Tin Tin, before Warner Brothers finally recognised his potential as a handsome leading man for some of their more temperamental female stars. One of those was Ruth Chatterton who picked him to play opposite her in The Rich Are Always with Us (1932). This was the first of four films he made with the actress, whom he eventually married. They divorced after just two years. A specialist in dapper, sophisticated gentlemen, George gave reliable support to such stars as Greta Garbo, Hedy Lamarr, Barbara Stanwyck, and Bette Davis (with whom he appeared in 11 films). However, he could rarely be described as dynamic. In his own words, all a good leading man needed 'was a good haircut since an audience was only ever likely to see the back of his head'. On the other hand, he was able to accumulate six marriages, among his wives another Warner Brothers star (Ann Sheridan).
At his best opposite Davis (with whom he had an affair), the two appeared in 11 films together, including Front Page Woman (1935), Dark Victory (1939), The Old Maid (1939), and The Rains Came (1939). When lead roles became scarce, he appeared against type as the maniacal murderer in the Robert Siodmak-directed thriller The Spiral Staircase (1946). Following that, there were several B-movies on both sides of the Atlantic, after which Brent retired from acting to concentrate on breeding race horses. He died of emphysema in 1979, aged 75.- Cathy Belton was born on 17 January 1970 in Renmore, Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Philomena (2013), Hidden Assets (2021) and Red Rock (2015).
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Simon Phillips is an award winning British actor, probably best known Netflix show FUBAR with Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Witcher Season 3. He has also cited and won awards for his gruesome portrayal of Santa Claus in Christmas Horror features Once Upon A Time At Christmas and The Nights Before Christmas. His Feature film Butchers, garnered high praise from The Guardian Newspaper stating "It's Phillips' performance that keeps the film's pulse going. His Owen is exhilarating unpredictable, alternating between moments of meticulous villainy and sheer lunacy - one moment he will be refitting a spooky music box while eyeing his oblivious prey, next he will be whacking his victim bloodily, channeling a kind of biblical righteousness that makes him slippery, fascinating and, most importantly, terrifying to watch." He has appeared in feature films with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Mark Hamill, Robert Englund, Rutger Hauer, Richard E. Grant, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Malkovich and Mel Gibson.- Producer
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Conor Woodman was born on 21 March 1974 in Galway, Ireland. He is a producer and actor, known for GoldenBoy (2017), True Appaloosa (2015) and Jester (2015). He was previously married to Phoebe Waller-Bridge.- Kiri Flaherty is an award winning Irish Actress from Galway. Best known for her role as Little Karen in the APPLE TV+ Sitcom "The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin", Kiri is a series regular staring alongside Noel Fielding, Hugh Bonneville, Greg Davies & many more.
Kiri is also well known for her role as Bernadette Flynn in the award winning film "Paddy".
She can often be seen on TV commercials international television series & of course films.
In 2019 Kiri had the honour in working with Harvey Keitel (Winston Wolf) in a well known TVC.
She is usually busy traveling back & forth to London where she is now mainly based.
Kiri is a student of the world-renowned The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, New York City.
She also has a great love of Musical Theatre which she has been involved in since she was 3 years old. In 2019 she won silver & bronze IDTA All Ireland Theatre medals as part of a team from PASG.
When she is not acting, she enjoys singing, hip hop dance and reading. - Tara Breathnach was born in 1980 in Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Jack Taylor (2010), A Nightingale Falling (2014) and Detainment (2018).
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Emma Eliza Regan was born on 4 December 1992 in Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for Darkness on the Edge of Town (2014), Death of a Superhero (2011) and Der Irland-Krimi (2019).- Actor
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James Healey was born in Ireland, raised in the UK and migrated to Australia in 1970, and joined Crawford Productions in TV series Homicide, Division 4, Cop Shop and Matlock Police, before the age of twenty. He attended the National Institute Dramatic Arts (NIDA) after winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy Dramatic Art (RADA).
Healey adapted/produced Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis", and made his London debut in "The Golden Cradle" in honor of the Abbey Theatre in 1978 with Irish stage legend Siobhan McKenna. He joined Ronald Pickup and the National Theatre cast in Anglia TV's "Memories"; appeared in the BBC Play Even Solomon (1979), and guest-starred on Penmarric (1979).
Healey won critical acclaim as Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights" (with Regional Premieres of West End Best Plays: "Privates on Parade", "Bedroom Farce", and "Ten Times Table"). He starred in Australian prime-time series The Restless Years (1977), and as artistic director formed the Falcon Theatre Company in 1983 to act, direct and produce such plays as "This Property is Condemned", "Snow Angel", and "Zoo Story".
Donald P. Bellisario contracted Healey for the lead role of Joshua Leopard in his new prime-time series Ultimate Adventure Company, set to succeed Magnum, P.I. (1980), which was ending its run on ABC. While under exclusive contract at Universal Studios for two years, he attended UCLA Extension Writers' Program, and screenwriting workshops with John Truby and Robert McKee. He guest-starred on Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983), Father Dowling Mysteries (1989); and The Young Riders (1989). After the cancellation of the Ultimate Adventure Company, he would star opposite Joan Collins as Sean Rowan on Dynasty (1981).
Healey was accused of assault with charges reduced to a misdemeanor and community service. He rejoined Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1993) (with fellow Dynasty (1981) alum Catherine Oxenberg) in the reoccurring role of Strake. Producer Bernard L. Kowalski had reportedly previously optioned Healey's screenplay, "Ill-Fated". In 1995, famed producer and former head of Paramount Studios, Robert Evans, reportedly met with Healey for the actor to audition for the lead role in a possible reboot of "The Saint", and pick up the option for "Ill-Fated".
Healey returned to Australia in 1995 to rewrite the script, but his father was ill. Healey cared for for his father until the latter's death in 2000. Healey became a member of the Australian Writers' Guild (1997). In 2005, he formed Caesars Sword Productions. In 2008, Dion & Randall Productions engaged Healey to write "Gypsy Moon", which premiered at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill in Seoul, South Korea. The show became a box-office hit with more than 400,000 attending 497 performances from 2008-10.
A documentary, "It'll be Right on the Night", written and directed by Healey and co-produced by Caesars Sword Productions & Dion and Randall Productions, concerns the challenges confronting Gypsy Moon from concept in Melbourne, to Opening Night in Seoul. In 2010, Healey re-wrote "Will-o'-the-Wisp", re-titled "Poacher", a semifinalist in film festivals, including the L.A. Shriekfest Festival. From 2011-12, "Will-o'-the-Wisp" is in development with Mitchell German at Reelwriting.com. In May 2012 the screenplay entered the Inktip Pitch Summit in Los Angeles.
"Ill-Fated" was purchased by Reel Movie Productions, Melbourne, and the script Precognition optioned. Healey tested for the lead role of Hunter in the pilot episode of a US TV series, "Awakening", and for the lead role of Michael Grace in another proposed U.S. television series, "Grace" (which was not picked up by the ABC network).- Jarlath Conroy was born on 30 September 1944 in Galway, Ireland. He is an actor, known for True Grit (2010), Day of the Dead (1985) and Stay (2005).
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Spent 10 years in British Military Intelligence, which included tours of Afghanistan and an attachment with UK Special Forces. This role also involved working with the UK and other intelligence services on worldwide operations.
Rossa left the army after receiving his MBE for a mission in Central Africa, He also received a Superintendent's Commendation during the 2 years he spent subsequently in Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism. He is now pursuing a career as a screenwriting, specialising in military and spy projects. He also provides a script consultancy service for those writing about military and intelligence affairs.
Rossa has been a technical adviser on shows such on BBC and ITV . He is also a scriptwriter, having written for BBC and audio dramas for Big Finish Productions.- Actress
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Jade Yourell was born on 11 October 1978 in Galway, Ireland. She is an actress and writer, known for Happy Ever Afters (2009), The Clan MacLeod and Waiting for Dublin (2007).- Production Manager
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Adrian has worked on Feature films, HETV, TV drama, Sitcoms, Soaps, TV Entertainment, Documentary Series, Shorts, Commercials and Music videos since 2000. Various roles include Wellbeing and Safeguarding Producer, Covid 19 Covid Supervisor, Line Producer, Production Manager, Unit Manager, 1st Assistant director, 2nd Assistant director, Trainee Assistant director, Directors assistant, Producers assistant, Production trainee. Countries worked include United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany.- Casting Department
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Caitlin McKenna was born in Galway, Ireland. Caitlin is known for I Am Legend (2007), I, Robot (2004) and Watchmen (2009).- Maura Derrane was born on 8 July 1970 in Inis Mor, Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland. She has been married to John Deasy since 27 May 2005. They have one child.
- Bríd Ní Neachtain was born in 1959 in Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Advent (2023) and Róise & Frank (2022).
- John Comer was born on 8 December 1960 in Galway, Ireland. He is an actor, known for EuroTrip (2004), Man on a Ledge (2012) and Pride and Glory (2008).
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John Murphy was born on 29 September 1980 in Milltown, Galway, Ireland. He is an editor and assistant director, known for The Quiet Girl (2022), Shtax: A Homecoming (2009) and Photo City (2017).- Peadar Lamb was born in 1930 in Carraroe, Galway, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Far and Away (1992), Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998) and This Is My Father (1998). He was married to Geraldine Plunkett. He died on 1 September 2017 in Glenageary, County Dublin, Ireland.
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A.M. Reid was born on 15 November 1980 in Galway, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for Billable Hours (2006), Backpackers (2013) and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010).- Eanna O'Dowd was born in Galway, Ireland. Eanna is an actor, known for Cherry (2021), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Limetown (2019).
- Rita Tobin-Weske was born on 8 April 1906 in Galway, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Harmony Heaven (1930), The Wrong Box (1966) and Away from It All (1973). She was married to H Victor Weske. She died on 31 October 1987 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
- Mary Coughlan was born on 5 May 1956 in Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for High Spirits (1988), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and The Miracle (1991). She has been married to Frank Bonadio since September 2003. They have two children.
- Grainne Seoige was born in 1974 in Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Killinaskully (2003), The Panel (2003) and TvThree News (1998). She has been married to Stephen Cullinane since 28 September 2002.
- Careena Melia was born in Galway, Ireland and moved to the US when she was 5. She grew up studying dance, primarily ballet, and went on to train at Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts, Boston Ballet, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and at Centre de Danse International in France. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Trinity College in Dublin as an Theater and English major. She moved to NY after graduation to further pursue an acting career. In NY she performed Off-Broadway with Theater for a New Audience (Macbeth), the American Jewish Theater (Anne Frank and Me) and at the Irish Repertory Theater's new plays series. Ms. Melia has worked in TV and Film alongside some high caliber actors including Sissy Spacek, Dustin Hoffman, Kier Dullea, Jake Gyllenhall, and Beau Bridges. The past few years Ms. Melia has been primarily performing on stage at the American Repertory Theater, Moscow Art Theater and with Punchdrunk - the British immersive theater company. Ms. Melia received an MFA from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute at Harvard University.
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Eoin O'Faolain was born on 28 July 1982 in Galway, Ireland. He is a producer and production manager, known for A Dark Song (2016), Homebound (2021) and Tiger Raid (2016).- Conor Quinlan was born on 22 February 1991 in Galway, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for The Siege of Jadotville (2016), Sooner or Later (2018) and Jack Taylor (2010).
- Joe Pilkington was born in 1940 in Galway, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Riordans (1965), The Hanging Gale (1995) and The Ballroom of Romance (1982). He died on 7 July 1999 in Galway, Ireland.
- David Strong was born on 26 July 1943 in Galway, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Sense and Sensibility (1971), Elizabeth R (1971) and The McMasters (1970).
- Máire Ní Ghráinne was born on 19 April 1944 in Dunmore, County Galway, Ireland. She is an actress, known for Ulysses (1967), Here Are Ladies (1971) and The Pallisers (1974).
- Miriam Healy-Louie was born in County Galway, Ireland. She is known for No Telling (1991) and The Making of 'No Telling' (2001).
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Damien Gordon was born on 30 March 1996 in Galway, Ireland. He is an art director, known for Abigail (2024), The Astronaut and Marlowe (2022).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Tony Lundon was born on 13 April 1979 in Galway, Ireland. He is a producer and director, known for The Basis of All Good Relationships (2011), 12:26 - 12:31 (2011) and One Square Mile: London (2012). He has been married to Kelly Anne Leatham since December 2010. They have three children.- Farrell Pelly was born on 1 March 1891 in Galway, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Play of the Week (1959) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He died on 23 April 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Thomas Murphy was born on 23 February 1935 in Tuam, Galway, Ireland. He was a writer and actor, known for Nightflyers (1987), Brigit (1988) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He was married to Jane Brennan and Mary Hamilton-Hippisley. He died on 15 May 2018 in Dublin, Ireland.- Lady Augusta Gregory was born on 15 March 1852 in Roxborough, Galway, Ireland, UK [now Ireland]. She was a writer, known for The Rising of the Moon (1957), Actor's Studio (1948) and Theatre Parade (1936). She was married to William Henry Gregory. She died on 23 May 1932 in County Galway, Ireland.
- Aoife (pronounced Ee-fah) is a successful actress and leading lady in London's West End: she has played notable roles, such as Roxie Hart in Chicago, at the Cambridge Theatre and as Maria von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, at the London Palladium (current). Since landing the leading roles in London's West End she has been highly praised for her singing voice and acting skills.
Aoife is the youngest of four siblings, with two brothers and one sister, (parents John & Margaret). She attended the National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Dublin, and Central School of Speech and Drama [17]. As well as being a skilled Soprano she is an excellent dancer and highly accomplished pianist.
She is very proud to come from Salthill, in Galway, Ireland and in 2003 became the 30th annual 'Galway Rose', and represented Galway at 'The Rose of Tralee'. The first musical Mulholland appeared in was an amateur production of The Sound of Music, where she played Brigitta and shortly before starting her course at the Central School of Speech and Drama, she moved to London and successfully auditioned for a part as a traditional Irish dancer, in the professional dance show, Dance of Desire, in which she spent four months.
Mulholland is an accomplished musician; with Grade 8 in piano and singing. She also studied for a music degree at University College Dublin and did a post graduate diploma in Business Studies at the National University, Galway. She then went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD). Mulholland graduated from CSSD with a Masters Degree in Acting and Musical Theatre. Whilst training at the CSSD, she appeared in many productions, including Beckett's Play and Come and Go (both directed by Lucy Bailey) as well as A Winter's Tale, The Bright Sun Brings it to Light and as Peggy Sawyer in '42nd Street'. While as Annie Oakley in, 'Annie Get Your Gun', she was nominated for an A.I.M.S Best Actress Award.
Aoife was first seen nationally in 2006 on the hit BBC TV show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? (HDYSAPLM). She appeared on the show with her best friend, Abi Finley and reached the semi-final of the BBC competition, but lost out to fellow Maria, Siobhan Dillon in the sing-off, singing Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Although this was a set back, she was later invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to return to the role as Maria in the West End production of The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium in early 2007.
Shortly after the BBC show HDYSAPLM finished in December 2006 Aoife Mulholland was signed by agents Curtis Brown and promptly took on the part of Roxie Hart, a lead character in the Cambridge Theatre West End musical production of Chicago. She performed this role to rave reviews and standing ovations. Mulholland left the cast of Chicago at the end of March 2007 to take up another leading role in the West End, although on the 5th December 2007 she was, as a past 'Roxie', invited back to attend the star-studded 10 Year Charity Gala performance and Black Tie Reception to celebrate the tenth year of Chicago being performed in the West End - (over the 10 years, 4.5 million people have been in the audience).
Andrew Lloyd Webber asked her to take over the role of Maria in The Sound Of Music as an 'alternate' on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees, from the 16th April 2007; this was after Connie Fisher followed medical advice informing her to only do 6 of the 8 shows per week. She has performed the role of Maria with further glowing reviews and nightly standing ovations from sold out theatre audiences (of over 2300 people a show) filling the London Palladium in the West End. Both Connie and Aoife will be finishing their run in The Sound Of Music as of February 2008.
Aoife has expressed a desire to work in television before returning to the west end stage. - Nora Barnacle was born on 21 March 1884 in Galway, Ireland. She was married to James Joyce. She died on 10 April 1951 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Ciara Newell was born on 7 July 1983 in Galway, Ireland.
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Mark is an Irish director and screenwriter with a bachelor's degree in Architecture from University College Dublin and an MA in Film from DCU. An alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus and the TIFF Film Lab, his debut feature film 'You're Ugly Too' (2015) premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it was nominated for both the Crystal Bear and Best Debut Feature awards. The film was also nominated at the 28th European Film Academy awards and screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide, winning the Directors Guild of America Finder's Series in LA, Best Screenplay Awards in Tokyo and Athens, Best Debut Feature in Galway and Best Breakthrough Feature in Boston, among other awards. His feature documentary debut 'Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect' premiered in Irish and UK cinemas on October 13th 2017 to critical acclaim and was selected for screening at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2018. It has since been released by Salzgeber in Germany and Kino Lorber in the United States.- Christopher Greene was born on 13 February 1988 in Galway, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Kings (2007).
- Cathy Newell was born on 14 July 1982 in Galway, Ireland.
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Walter Macken was born on 3 May 1915 in Galway, Ireland. He was a writer and actor, known for Kraft Theatre (1947), Home Is the Hero (1959) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He was married to Margaret Mary Kenny. He died on 22 April 1967 in Galway, Ireland.- Tom Corless was born on 23 May 1879 in Kinvarra, County Galway, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Blue Bird (1918) and Alice in Wonderland (1931). He died on 3 July 1956 in Hempstead, New York, USA.
- Sile grew up in Spiddal, Co. Galway. Spiddal is a rural village nestled in the heart of the scenic Connemara Gaeltacht. Raised with both Irish and English Sile is fluent in both and has made notable appearances on both TG4 (the Irish Language TV station) and RTE the Irish State Broadcaster.
Born to Philomena and Mairtin Seoige (former Garda) Sile, the youngest in the family, has three siblings, two brothers Eamonn and Cian and her older sister, and Sky news anchor, Grainne.
Sile attended Scoil Mhuire at primary level and Colaiste Chroi Mhuire at secondary level - both in Spiddal. Shortly after completing her leaving certificate Sile landed the much sought after job of presenting an Irish language movie program for TG4 (then TnaG), called "Hollywood Anocht". Sile reflects on her first weeks work where she interviewed among others, Harry Connick Junior and Meryl Streep. Over the period she worked on Hollywood Anocht she regularly flew to London for Movie Premieres and celebrity interviews. Her most notable interviews were with the cast of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Director Joel Schumacher, and Hollywood Hunk Bruce Willis. When Hollywood Anocht came to an end Sile returned to her native Galway where she was involved in a pilot for Galway TV called "The Kitchen Sink" - it was witty and irreverent and gave Sile a chance to get out and about with the Galway Public. Then TnaG, approached her to join the station full-time as a weather and continuity presenter. Sile spent two years in this role before taking the anchor position on their kids wrap around programme Cula4.
It would appear that her inner child was quick to surface, as Sile adopted the guise of Britney, Shakira and other Pop personalities for the show, and a growing fan base set up a site-following her escapades!
After two years of Cula4 Sile decided to take a year-out. She had gone directly from secondary school to working in the TV industry and felt that she needed a little time to travel and open her mind. After spending over seven months travelling around Europe with her boyfriend in a camper van, she returned to Ireland to try her hand at radio presenting. Sile has anchored radio shows on the fledgling Beat 101-102 in the south east and she then moved on to a regular spot with Today FM. The summer of 2004 brought a new challenge for her, RTE were looking for a presenter for their summer festivals series of Nationwide for RTE One. Sile landed the gig and spent the next three months criss-crossing the country visiting festivals from Drumshanbo to the Killarney Summer Fest and the Rose of Tralee!
Following quickly on the heels of Nationwide, Sile worked as a reporter on "Up for the Match" and then landed a regular slot on the bi-lingual RTE programme "Seachtain". This news and features format was very different for Sile, but she revelled in the opportunity to get out amongst the public and it gave her a firm footing in production, scripting and media law. While Seachtain was underway Sile was approached to be the face of "Seachtain na Gaeilge" - the yearly national festival that celebrates everything Irish. Coupled with the press launches, photo-shoots and interviews Sile started production on "Coisceim" with Breandan O Gallai(Riverdance fame)- a four part series to run in conjunction with Seachtain na Gaeilge. SnaG-05 the CD, which brought together many of Irelands finest music talent- singing in their native tongue, offered Sile another opportunity - this time The Devlins approached Sile to sing on their track: "Coinleach Glas an Fhomhair".
Once Seachtain na Gaeilge was over - Sile moved on to co-present RTE's coverage of the 2005 St. Patricks Day Parade with Ronan Collins, Derek Mooney and Kathryn Thomas. Produced by COCO TV the St. Patricks Day coverage hit a 54.6% share of the viewing public!
Since then Sile has slowed down a little - she is working on the current series of Seachtain - (RTE One - Sunday 5:30) and is in negotiation for another summer series for 2005. - Francis Barrett was born on 19 March 1977 in Galway, Ireland.
- Paula Mee was born in Galway, Ireland. She is known for Health Squad (2002) and The Afternoon Show (2002).