Rebecca Daly (born 1980) is an Irish

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, and

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Early life

Daly was born in

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and grew up in an Irish family in

Haywards Heath Haywards Heath ( ) is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester. Nearby towns include Burgess Hill to the southwest, Horsham to the northwest, ...

. They later moved to

Naas Naas ( ; or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge) and the List of urban ar ...

, Ireland. She studied theatre studies and English literature at

Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Unive ...

and completed an MA in film at

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological University Dublin, as TU Dublin City Campus. The insti ...

Career

Daly has written and directed three features and two shorts: *''Joyriders'' (2006, short) *''Hum'' (2010, short) *''The Other Side of Sleep'' (2011) *''

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'' (2016) *'' Good Favour'' (2017) She won a Dublin Film Critics' Circle award for Best Irish Director for ''Good Favour''.

Personal life

Daly lives in

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, Ireland. Her favourite films are '' Lost in Translation'' (2003), ''

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'' (2010) and '' Under the Skin'' (2013).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daly, Rebecca 1980 births Irish women film directors Living people Actors from Haywards Heath People from Naas Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Actresses from West Sussex