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The Lir Academy
The Lir - National Academy of Dramatic Art is an Irish drama school that offers conservatory training for theatre, film and television from industry professionals. The Lir is located in Dublin, Ireland, and is a part of Trinity College Dublin. It is associated with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. History The Lir was founded by Danielle Ryan in 2011 in collaboration with Trinity College in response to its parent, Trinity College, discontinuing its acting course in 2007. In May 2008, a recommendation was made from the Forum on Actor Training recommending the creation of a national academy of dramatic art to provide university accredited education. The Cathal Ryan Trust funded a purpose-built premises for the Lir, located in Grand Canal Dock in Dublin. In 2017, The Lir had an annual income of €2.1 million and staged 10 theatre shows, an opera production, two short films, a design exhibition and an industry showcase. Courses The Lir provides conservatoire traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama School
A drama school, stage school, or theatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or Academic department, department at a college or university, or a free-standing institution (such as the drama section at the Juilliard School) that specializes in the pre-professional training in drama and "theatre" arts, such as acting, Technical theatre, design and technical theatre, arts administration, and related subjects. If the drama school is part of a degree-granting institution, undergraduates typically take an associate degree, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, or, occasionally, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Design. Graduate students may take a Master of Arts, Master of Acting, Master of Science, Master of Fine Arts, Doctor of Arts, Doctor of Fine Arts, or Doctor of Philosophy degree. Entry and application process Entry to drama school is usually through a competitive audition process. Some schools make this a two-stage process. Places on an acting course are l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Cuffe
Cameron Cuffe (born 5 April 1993) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Gino in the film '' Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016), William Shannon in the ITV series '' The Halcyon'' (2017), and Seg-El in the Syfy series ''Krypton'' (2018–2019). Early life Cuffe was born in West London to an English mother and an American father of Irish and Italian descent. His Irish paternal family are from Waterford and Tramore. He spent some of his teen years in Boston. At 18 he moved to Ireland and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2014. Career Cuffe began his professional career in London, appearing in the Park Theatre production of '' The Vertical Hour'' as Dennis Dutton and the Donmar Warehouse production of '' City of Angels'' as Peter Kingsley. Cuffe appeared in the 2016 biographical film '' Florence Foster Jenkins'' and had a recurring role in the 2017 ITV drama series '' The Halcyon''. After filming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Oliver
Alison Oliver is an Irish actress. She is known for her debut role as Frances in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries '' Conversations with Friends'' (2022), and she was named in '' Variety''s "10 actors to watch" in 2023. Early life and education Alison Oliver was born in Ballintemple, Cork before moving to Blackrock when she was young. Her mother is a social worker and her father worked in the motor trade. She attended Scoil Mhuire, a private school in Cork, and took drama, singing and dancing lessons at The Performer's Academy and the Cork School of Dance. She applied to Trinity College Dublin's drama school The Lir Academy, but was invited to take a year-long foundation course in Acting and Theatre first. She auditioned again after completing the course, going on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in acting in 2020. Career Oliver landed her debut television role as Frances Flynn in ''Conversations with Friends'', a miniseries adaptation of Sally Rooney's 2017 debut no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruairi O'Connor
Ruairà O'Connor (born 9 July 1991) is an Irish actor. On television, he is known for his role as Henry Tudor, the future Henry VIII, in the Starz series ''The Spanish Princess'' (2019–2020). His films include ''Handsome Devil (film), Handsome Devil'' (2016) and ''The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It'' (2021). Early life and education O'Connor grew up in Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, until his three younger sisters, Melanie, Ella and Nicola were born. His family then moved to the countryside when he was 14 to live on a stud farm. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2015. Career O'Connor began his career in 2012 when he was cast as Niall in the Lenny Abrahamson film ''What Richard Did''. In 2016, he had a guest role in the RTÉ2 series ''Can't Cope, Won't Cope'' and a recurring role in the BBC Northern Ireland series ''My Mother and Other Strangers''. He landed his first major television role as Michael Vincent i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes O'Casey
Agnes Eustacia Kenig (born 1995/1996), known professionally as Agnes O'Casey, is an English/Irish actress. On television, she is known for her role in the BBC One drama '' Ridley Road'' (2021). Her films include '' The Miracle Club'' and ''Lies We Tell'' (both 2023). She was named a 2024 ''Screen International'' Star of Tomorrow. Early life O'Casey is from Finsbury Park, the eldest of three daughters of hospitality and retail workers. She is of Irish and a quarter Jewish descent; the playwright Seán O'Casey was her great-grandfather. Her paternal grandfather was of Lithuanian-Jewish heritage. O'Casey has dyslexia and attended a Steiner School. Her family moved to Newton Abbot, Devon when she was 11. She studied art history and English literature at Edinburgh University for a year before being accepted to The Lir Academy in Dublin, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in acting in 2020. Career After appearing in the music video for "Holy Show" by the Pillow Queens in 2020 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Murphy (actor)
Alex Murphy (born 26 December 1997) is an Irish actor. He is best known for his role as Conor MacSweeney in the 2016 comedy film '' The Young Offenders'', for which he received an IFTA nomination for best actor in a lead film role. Murphy went on to reprise his role in the 2018 television series of the same name, produced by RTÉ and the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta .... In 2022, he appeared in the Hulu/BBC/RTÉ television adaptation of '' Conversations with Friends''. Filmography Awards and nominations In March 2019 along with his co star from The Young Offenders Chris Walley, Alex was jointly nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in The Best Male comedy performance category. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Alex Livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Mescal
Paul Colm Michael Mescal ( ; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Maynooth, he studied acting at The Lir Academy and then performed in plays in Dublin theatres. He rose to fame with his leading role in the BBC / Hulu romantic drama miniseries '' Normal People'' (2020), earning a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Mescal progressed to film acting with roles in the psychological dramas '' The Lost Daughter'' (2021), '' God's Creatures'' (2022), and '' All of Us Strangers'' (2023). For his starring role as a troubled father in the coming-of-age drama '' Aftersun'' (2022), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Mescal expanded to big-budget films with a leading role in the historical action film ''Gladiator II'' (2024). On stage, he portra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Martins
Patrick Martins (born 19 May 1997) is an Irish actor. He is known for his stage work and his roles in the Virgin Media One crime drama '' Redemption'' (2022) and the ITVX period drama '' The Confessions of Frannie Langton'' (2022). His films include ''Baltimore'' (2023). Martins was named a 2023 ''Screen International'' Rising Star of Ireland. Early life Of Nigerian origin, Martins moved from Lagos to Ireland in 2002 after his parents separated, where he grew up in Swords, a suburb just north of Dublin in Fingal. Martins attended Fingal Community College. Unsure what to do during his Leaving Cert, his mother suggested he try acting. He took a two-year PLC course with the Bull Alley Theatre Company at Liberties College alongside his good friend Kieran Flynn. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin in 2019. Career Martins made his television debut as Zac in the RTÉ (; ; RTÉThe É in RTÉ is pronounced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren-Shannon Jones
Lauren-Shannon Jones (born c. 1989), is an Irish playwright and performer. Biography Jones began her media career working as a model before going on to graduate with an honours degree in film production from Colaiste Dhulaigh in Coolock and Wolverhampton College. She then completed an MFA in Playwriting in 2018 through Trinity College Dublin's Lir National Academy of Dramatic Art. She is a writer of stories, screenplays and scripts as well as a performer in theatre. She is known for her horror stories including an anthology show ''Mother Stoker’s Sickly Stories'' in ''The Bram Stoker Festival'' in 2016 and ''Fetch'' as part of 2019 ''Dublin Fringe Festival''. Jones is a member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland as well as the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild. Jones has also written for The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It was launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Corm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Lily Hyland
Ella Lily Hyland is an Irish actress. Early life From Carlow, Ireland, her grandfather Dinny Hyland was a record-breaking Irish pole vaulter. Her cousin Jamie Hyland is an All-Ireland schools champion in athletics. She trained in pole vaulting and long jump into her teenage years. A member of the County Carlow Youth Theatre Group and the National Youth Theatre, in 2015 she appeared at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin in ''Salt Mountain'' by Carmel Winters. She was a graduate of The Lir Academy in Dublin. Career Hyland had a lead role alongside Aidan Turner in the 2023 Amazon Prime Video tennis-based drama series '' Fifteen-Love''. Hyland trained for the tennis scenes and was helped on-set by tennis coach and former-pro Naomi Cavaday. Lucy Mangan in ''The Guardian'' described her performance as "mesmerising" and "absolutely superlative", displaying "many facets" of her character – "dislikable, vulnerable, grief-stricken, a case of forced maturity and arrested development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éanna Hardwicke
Éanna Hardwicke is an Irish actor and filmmaker. He began his career as a child actor in Conor McPherson's '' The Eclipse'' (2009). His films since include '' Lakelands'' (2022). On television, he is known for his roles in the BBC One series '' The Sixth Commandment'' and the Paramount+ series '' The Doll Factory'' (both 2023). For the former, he won the Royal Television Society Programme Award for Supporting Actor - Male, and was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hardwicke was named a ''Screen International'' Rising Star in the publication's inaugural Irish edition. Early life and education Hardwicke is originally from the St Luke's–Military Hill area of Cork before his family moved out to Glanmire. He attended Cork School Project (now Cork Educate Together National School) and then Ashton School. He began acting at the age of 10, participating in youth theatre at the Gaiety School of Acting's Cork campus, National Associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Galligan
Danielle Galligan (born 1 December 1992) is an Irish actress, theatre maker, and poet. On television, she is known for her roles in the Netflix series '' Shadow and Bone'' (2021–2023) and the RTÉ series ''Obituary'' (2023). Her films include '' Lakelands'' (2022). Early life and education Galligan is from Rathfarnham, a suburb in South Dublin. Her mother Lorraine is a beauty therapist who runs a salon and beauty school. Galligan attended Loreto High School Beaufort. She was a member of Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre from 2005 to 2011 and was awarded the Ena Burke bursary for the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School. She then studied Drama and Theatre studies at Trinity College Dublin and trained in Acting at The Lir Academy, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2015. Career Theatre After graduating from The Lir, Galligan began her career in stage productions such as ''The Train'' with the Rough Magic Theatre Company. In 2017, she was in ''All Honey'' and played the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
