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Jane Brennan
Jane Brennan is an Irish people, Irish actress. Primarily known for her work on the stage, she played Mary Lacey in the Academy Award-nominated film ''Brooklyn (film), Brooklyn''. She also had a recurring role as Margaret Bryan, Lady Margaret Bryan on the series ''The Tudors''. She is the co-founder of the Bespoke Theatre Company. Biography Her father was Denis Brennan, a theatre director. Her mother was Daphne (née Carroll) Brennan, an actress. Several other members of her family are also actors. Brennan made her film debut in ''Attracta (film), Attracta'' (1983), an Irish film that starred Wendy Hiller. In 2002, she appeared in the television remake of ''The Magnificent Ambersons (2002 film), The Magnificent Ambersons''. She played Hannah Arnold in the 2003 television film ''Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor''. Also in 2003, she appeared in ''Veronica Guerin (film), Veronica Guerrin'', an Irish drama film about the murder of Veronica Guerin. She also had supporting roles i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan ( , ; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards and five British Academy Film Awards. Ronan made her acting debut in 2003 on the Irish medical drama series '' The Clinic'' and her film debut in ''I Could Never Be Your Woman'' (2007). She had her breakthrough role as a precocious teenager in Joe Wright's ''Atonement'' (2007), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her career progressed with starring roles as a murdered girl seeking closure in ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009) and a teenage assassin in '' Hanna'' (2011), and the supporting role of a baker in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014). Ronan received critical acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a homesick Irish immigrant in 1950s New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Film Actresses
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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A Good Woman Is Hard To Find
''A Good Woman Is Hard to Find'' is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Abner Pastoll and written by Ronan Blaney. The film stars Sarah Bolger as a young, recently widowed mother who will go to any length to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder. The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on 21 July 2019. It was released in the United Kingdom in cinemas and on Digital HD on 25 October 2019 by Signature Entertainment. Plot Sarah Collins, a recently widowed young mother of two children, Ben and Lucy, is desperate to know who murdered her husband Stephen. Her son Ben has been an elective mute since the day he witnessed his father being knifed to death on their estate in the middle of the day. Police have done nothing to catch the killer, categorising his death as a falling-out amongst thieves. One day, after ripping off local crime boss Leo Miller, Tito breaks into Sarah's flat, where he decides to stash the stolen drugs. Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abner Pastoll
Abner Pastoll (born 12 February 1982) is a British-South African film director, screenwriter, and editor, born in South Africa, where his family used to own a two-screen cinema. Background Abner started making films at the age of 4, inspired primarily by his family's cinema, and his father's film and video equipment. He originally thought he wanted to become an actor, but soon discovered he preferred being behind the camera. He grew up in London. Career His directorial work includes ''A Good Woman Is Hard to Find'' (2018), ''Getaway Driver'' (2017) and ''Road Games (film), Road Games'' (2015). He is co-founder of production company February Films, which he runs with producer Junyoung Jang (co-producer of Korean film ''The Host (2006 film), The Host''). In the summer of 2014, he shot the France-UK co-production ''Road Games (film), Road Games'' (aka ''Fausse Route''), starring Andrew Simpson (actor), Andrew Simpson, Joséphine de La Baume, Frédéric Pierrot and genre legend Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bolger
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the aun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' is a 1996 dramatic play by Martin McDonagh which was premiered by the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, Ireland. It also enjoyed successful runs at London's West End, Broadway and Off-Broadway. It was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as Best Play for the London production, and the 1998 Broadway production was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning four, for Best Leading Actress in a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play, Best Featured Actress in a Play and Best Direction of a Play. Productions Production history The play received its world premiere when the Druid Theatre Company opened the production at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway on 1 February 1996. It then toured Ireland, stopping off in Longford, Kilkenny and Limerick. It transferred to London's West End, where it opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 29 February 1996. The Druid production then returned to Ireland to embark on an extensive national tour, playing in Galway, Cork, Kerry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Playboy Of The Western World
''The Playboy of the Western World'' is a three-act play written by Irish playwright John Millington Synge and first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, on 26 January 1907. It is set in Michael James Flaherty's public house in County Mayo (on the west coast of Ireland) during the early 1900s. It tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father. The play is known for its use of the poetic, evocative language of Hiberno-English, heavily influenced by the Irish language, as Synge celebrates the lyrical speech of the Irish. Characters * Christy Mahon, a man who brags he has killed his father * Old Mahon, Christy's father, a squatter * Michael James Flaherty, a publican * Margaret Flaherty, called Pegeen Mike, Michael's daughter and the barmaid * Shawn Keogh, a young man who loves Pegeen * Widow Quin, a widow of about thirty * Philly Cullen and Jimmy Farrell, farmers * Sara Tansey, Susan Brady, Honor Blake, and Nell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dancing At Lughnasa
''Dancing at Lughnasa'' is a 1990 play by dramatist Brian Friel set in County Donegal in Ulster in the north of Ireland in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg. It is a memory play told from the point of view of the adult Michael Evans, the narrator. He recounts the summer in his aunts' cottage when he was seven years old. Background This play is loosely based on the lives of Friel's mother and aunts who lived in Glenties, a small town in the south-west of County Donegal in the west of Ulster. Set in the summer of 1936, the play depicts the late summer days when love briefly seems possible for five of the Mundy sisters (Maggie, Chris, Agnes, Rose, and Kate) and the family welcomes home the frail elder brother, Jack, who has returned from a life as a missionary in Africa. However, as the summer ends, the family foresees the sadness and economic privations under which they will suffer as all hopes fade. The play takes place in early August, around the festival of Lughn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Singular Life Of Albert Nobbs
''The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs'' (French: ''La Vie singulière d'Albert Nobbs'') is a play by French author Simone Benmussa. Based on a novella by George Moore, the drama tells the story of a 19th-century woman who disguises herself as a man to avoid poverty. The role of Albert Nobbs was originated by French actress Juliet Berto. The drama premiered in November 1977 at the Théâtre d'Orsay in Paris. Synopsis Having spent much of his life disguised as a man, Dublin hotel butler Albert Nobbs is shocked when he meets a female painter, Hubert Page, who is also living as a man. Upon seeing Hubert's happy domestic situation, Albert resolves to set up a similar arrangement for himself. Cast History Performance history The play's English-language version premiered on 27 June 1978 at London's New End Theatre with Susannah York in the lead. Translated by Barbara Wright, it was subsequently staged in Rome with Maddalena Cripa and in Ireland with Jane Brennan. In 1982, ''Albert No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
