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7th Irish Film And Television Awards
The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009. Awards in film Best Film * '' The Eclipse'' (Winner) ** '' Ondine'' ** '' The Secret of Kells'' ** '' Zonad'' ** ''Eamon'' Director in Film * Jim Sheridan – '' Brothers'' (Winner) ** Neil Jordan – '' Ondine'' ** John Carney, Kieran Carney – '' Zonad'' ** Conor McPherson – '' The Eclipse'' Script Film * Conor McPherson, Billy Roache – '' The Eclipse'' (Winner) ** Neil Jordan – '' Ondine'' ** John Carney, Kieran Carney – '' Zonad'' ** Margaret Corkery – ''Eamon'' Actor in a lead role * Colin Farrell – '' Ondine'' (Winner) ** Ciarán Hinds – '' The Eclipse'' ** Darren Healy – ''Savage'' ** Stephen Rea – '' Nothing personal'' Actress in a lead role * Saoirse Ronan – '' The Lovely Bones'' (Winner) ** Janice Byrne – '' Zonad'' ** Amy Kirwan – ''Eam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit (born 31 March 1974) is an Irish actress. She is known for playing Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series ''Ballykissangel'', Detective Chief Inspector Roisin Connor in the ITV police procedural ''Trial & Retribution'' and Cruella de Vil in ''Once Upon a Time'' for which she was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in 13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards in 2016. Early life Victoria Smurfit is part of the Smurfit family which, through Smurfit Kappa, is one of the richest in Ireland. The family, headed by Victoria's uncle Michael Smurfit, sponsors a number of sporting events including the Smurfit European Open and the Champion Hurdle. The family is also associated with Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin (UCD). Smurfit studied for an A-level in theatre studies and subsequently went onto the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Career Smurfit gained fame for her role as Orla O'Connell in the BBC television series ''Ballykissangel'' from 1998 to 1999. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea ( ; born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in films such as ''V for Vendetta'', ''Michael Collins'', ''Interview with the Vampire'' and ''Breakfast on Pluto''. Rea was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Neil Jordan's thriller ''The Crying Game'' (1992). He has had important roles in the Hugo Blick TV series '' The Shadow Line'' and ''The Honourable Woman'', for which he won a BAFTA Award. In 2020, ''The Irish Times'' ranked Rea the 13th greatest Irish film actor of all-time. Early life Rea was born in Belfast; his father was a bus driver and his mother a housewife. He studied English at the Queen's University Belfast and drama at the Abbey Theatre School in Dublin. In the late 1970s, he acted in the Focus Company in Dublin with Gabriel Byrne and Colm Meaney. Career After appearing on the stage and in television and film for many years in Ireland and England, Rea came to international attention when he was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avatar (2009 Film)
''Avatar'' (also marketed as ''James Cameron's Avatar'') is a 2009 epic science fiction film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. It is set in the mid-22nd century when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the valuable mineral unobtanium. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The title of the film refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body operated from the brain of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora. Development of ''Avatar'' began in 1994, when James Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for the film. Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film ''Titanic'', for a planned release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hurt Locker
''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team who are targeted by insurgents and shows their psychological reactions to the stress of combat. Boal drew on his experience during embedded access to write the screenplay. ''The Hurt Locker'' premiered at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival before it was released in the United States on June 26, 2009, by Summit Entertainment. The film earned acclaim from critics, who praised Bigelow's directing, Renner's performance, Boal's screenplay, editing, and action sequences. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. It was the first Best Picture winner to have been directed by a woman. The film grossed $49 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ger Ryan
Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress, whose credits include '' Queer as Folk'', ''Family'', '' The War of the Buttons'', '' The Van'', ''Moll Flanders'', ''Intermission'' and '' Little Dog''. Career Ryan has twice been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for ''Family'' and ''Amongst Women'', and received several nominations in the Irish Film and Television Awards, including for ''Amongst Women'', ''Intermission'' and ''The Return''. She is also a recipient of a ''Belfast Telegraph'' EMA Award in for her work on ''A Place with the Pigs'' and ''Song of the Yellow Bittern''. In 2007, she received an IFTA for her work on the two-part docu-drama, '' Stardust'', by RTÉ. She also played Margie McEvoy in the BBC drama series, ''The Street''. She later played the role of Maeve Harte in RTÉ's drama series, ''Raw'', and that of Mary Carroll in the 2013 romantic comedy, ''The Callback Queen ''The Callback Queen'' is a 2013 British romantic comedy independent fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nowhere Boy
''Nowhere Boy'' is a 2009 British biographical drama film, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood in her directorial debut. Written by Matt Greenhalgh, it is based on Julia Baird's biography of her half-brother, the musician John Lennon. ''Nowhere Boy'' is about the teenage years of Lennon ( Aaron Johnson), his relationships with his aunt Mimi Smith ( Kristin Scott Thomas) and his mother Julia Lennon ( Anne-Marie Duff), the creation of his first band, the Quarrymen, and its evolution into the Beatles. Following its premiere at the London Film Festival on 29 October 2009, ''Nowhere Boy'' opened in British theatres on 26 December 2009. Nearly a year later, in October 2010, the film received its US release, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of Lennon's birth. ''Nowhere Boy'' received positive reviews from critics and was a moderate hit at the box office, earning £4.3 million on a £1.2 million budget. Plot The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years from 1955 to 1960. John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an Irish actress and narrator. She is an accomplished theatre actress and has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award. She has also received acclaim and awards for her television and film work. After graduating from Drama Centre London, Duff made television appearances in '' Trial & Retribution'', '' Amongst Women'' and '' Aristocrats'' in the late 1990s. She made her breakthrough as Fiona Gallagher on the Channel 4 drama series '' Shameless'' and as Queen Elizabeth I in '' The Virgin Queen''; both earned her BAFTA nominations for Best Actress. She was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her work in the 2007 television film '' The History of Mr Polly''. Further television roles include Claire Church in '' From Darkness'' (2015), Ma Costa in the BBC and HBO series '' His Dark Materials'' (2019), Erin Wiley in '' Sex Education'' (2020–2021) and as Tracy Daszkiewicz in '' The Salisbury Poisonings'' (2020). In film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish television, stage, and film actress who specializes in drama roles. She gained attention for her roles in ''Ballykissangel'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', and the Doctor Who Christmas special episode ''The Next Doctor''. Early life Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Peter Kirwan, was an insurance broker, and her mother, Maureen O'Driscoll, was a language teacher. She is the youngest of three daughters. She attended Loreto Beaufort in Rathfarnham, Dublin, a Catholic school for girls, until the age of 16, when she was asked to leave as her career as an actress started to progress. Kirwan completed secondary school at the now-defunct non-denominational Sandymount High School in Dublin. Career Television Kirwan's first credited TV roles were in the TV series ''Troubles'' in 1988 and ''The Lilac Bus'' in 1990 alongside Stephanie Beacham based on Maeve Binchy's novel. Her breakthrough television role was ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon (; born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-English actor. Regarded as one of Ireland and Britain's most distinguished actors, he is known for his work on stage and screen. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six decade long career he's received three Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four BAFTA Awards. In 1999 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Having begun his professional career in the theatre with Olivier at the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, Gambon appeared in many productions of works by William Shakespeare such as ''Othello'', ''Hamlet'', ''Macbeth'' and ''Coriolanus''. Gambon has been nominated for thirteen Olivier Awards winning three times for '' A Chorus of Disapproval'' (1985), ''A View from the Bridge'' (1987), and '' Man of the Moment'' (1990). In 1997 Gambon made his Broadway debut in David Hare's ''Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Tank (film)
''Fish Tank'' is a 2009 British drama film written and directed by Andrea Arnold. The film is about Mia, a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old, and her relationship with her mother's new boyfriend. ''Fish Tank'' was well-received and won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the 2010 BAFTA for Best British Film. It was included in the BBC's The 21st Century's 100 greatest films (compiled in 2016), ranking at no. 65 on the list. The film was funded by BBC Films and the UK Film Council. It was theatrically released on 11 September 2009 by Curzon Artificial Eye. Plot Mia Williams, a volatile and socially isolated 15-year-old, lives on an East London council estate with her single mother, Joanne, and younger sister, Tyler. Mia has just fallen out with her best friend, Keely. She doesn't get along with her precocious sister, nor with her verbally abusive mother. Mia provokes Keely's other friends with physical aggression. Mia regularly practices hip-hop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic '' 300'' (2006). His earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama '' Hex'' (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in ''Hunger'' (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the independent film ''Fish Tank'' (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in ''Inglourious Basterds'' (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of ''Jane Eyre'', as Carl Jung in '' A D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Delaney
Simon Delaney (born 2 September 1970) is an Irish actor, director and television presenter. He is known for appearances in a range of films and television series such as RTÉ's comedy-drama ''Bachelors Walk'' and CBS' legal drama ''The Good Wife'', and in the films ''Zonad'' (2009), ''Delivery Man'' (2013) and ''The Conjuring 2'' (2016) Personal life Delaney was born in his family home in Raheny, Dublin. His father was a printer, who worked for Smurfit's and was also part of show-bands in the 1960s, where he played the clarinet and the saxophone. Delaney married Lisa Muddiman in 2005. The couple have 4 children, Cameron, Elliot, Isaac and they welcomed their 4th child, Lewis, in June 2016. Career Delaney's early work includes being a "Ballydung Player" (one of the actors on '' A Scare at Bedtime''). His first high-profile role was for the RTÉ television series ''Bachelors Walk'' as one of three bachelors living together in a flat on the quays in Dublin, which ran from 2001 until ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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