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List Of Irish Child Actors
This is a list of child actors from Ireland. Films and/or television series they appeared in are mentioned only if they were still a child at the time of filming. Current child actors (under the age of eighteen) are indicated by boldface. {{compact ToC, side=yes, top=yes, num=yes B *Emma Bolger (born 1996) **'' In America'' (2002) **''Intermission'' (2003) **''Heidi'' (2005) * Sarah Bolger (born 1991) **'' In America'' (2002) **'' Tara Road'' (2005) **''Stormbreaker'' (2006) **'' The Spiderwick Chronicles'' (2007) **''The Tudors'' (2008) **''The Fence'' (2009) E * Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin (c. 1771-1854), made her stage debut at age 8 in Dublin. G *Jack Gleeson (born 1992) **''Batman Begins'' (2005) **'' Shrooms'' (2007) **''A Shine of Rainbows'' (2009) L *Evanna Lynch (born 1991) **'' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007) **''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009) **''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' (2010) **''Harry Potter and the Deathly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a teenager. Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, who started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like '' National Velvet'' before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Jodie Foster, Christian Bale, Elijah Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (film)
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' is a 2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates from a screenplay by Michael Goldenberg, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' film series and the sequel to ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005). The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Its story follows Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort's return. Filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006, with a one-month break in June. Post-production on the film continued for several months afterwards to add in visual effects. The film's budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Could Never Be Your Woman
''I Could Never Be Your Woman'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film directed and written by Amy Heckerling and starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd. It was released on May 11, 2007 in Spain, July 18 in Belgium, September 14 in Brazil, September 20 in Greece and October 19 in Taiwan. It was not released theatrically in the United States, instead going direct to DVD on February 12, 2008. It was also sent straight to DVD in Italy (February 6), the UK (July 14), Finland (August 6), Australia, Iceland (both August 27) and Germany (December 11), and on February 1, 2011 in France. The film's title is a line from the 1997 song "Your Woman" by British artist White Town. Plot Forty-five-year-old divorced mother Rosie ( Michelle Pfeiffer) is a scriptwriter and producer for a TV show ''You Go Girl''. Insecure about her age, she uses cosmetics to maintain her appearance. Very close to her thirteen-year-old daughter, Izzie (Saoirse Ronan), they become even closer when Izzie falls for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atonement (2007 Film)
''Atonement'' is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, and Vanessa Redgrave. It is based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film chronicles a crime and its consequences over the course of six decades, beginning in the 1930s. It was produced for StudioCanal and filmed in England. Distributed in most of the world by Universal Studios, it was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2007 and in North America on 7 December 2007. ''Atonement'' opened both the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival and the 64th Venice International Film Festival, making Wright, at age 35, the youngest director ever to open the latter event. The film was a commercial success and earned a worldwide gross of approximately $129 million against a budget of $30 million. It received rave reviews, with critics praising its acting, emotional depth, Wright's direction, Dari ... [...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 Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Date For Mad Mary
''A Date for Mad Mary'' is a 2016 Irish drama film directed by Darren Thornton. It won two Irish Film & Television Awards, including Best Film. Thornton and his brother Colin adapted it from Yasmine Akram's one-woman play ''10 Dates with Mad Mary'' (2010). Plot "Mad" Mary McArdle (Seána Kerslake), a young woman with a propensity for violent, antisocial behavior, is released from prison following an assault on another woman at a club. Upon Mary's return to Drogheda to live with her mother and grandmother, she tries to reconnect with old friends and acquaintances. Mary learns that her best friend since childhood, Charlene ( Charleigh Bailey), is getting married, and Mary spends a significant portion of the film writing her maid of honour speech to deliver at the wedding. However, as the film develops, it shows that there is a growing distance between Charlene and Mary, as Mary futilely attempts to arrange to spend time with an increasingly busy and uninterested Charlene. Mary si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Roy
Little Roy (born Earl Lowe in Witfield Town, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae artist.Bush, NathanLittle Roy Biography, AllMusic, retrieved 2011-02-14 Biography Little Roy began his career at the age of 12 years in 1965 recording a few unsuccessful tracks with producers Coxsone Dodd and Prince Buster. He is part of the musical legacy, one of the founding Fathers of what we call ROOTS REGGAE ERA. He was the first to record a song with the word REGGAE with producer Prince Buster who named him Little Roy although the song was unsuccessful.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 172 He had his first number one hit with "Bongo Nyah" (1969)at the age of 16 years for Lloyd Daley ("the Matador"), the first song about the Rastafari movement to be successful commercially in Jamaica. For his song "Don't Cross the Nation" (1970), Little Roy worked with the Wailers and producer Lee "Scratch" Perry.He worked with the late Dennis Brown on the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair City
''Fair City'' is an Irish television soap opera which has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 1989. Produced by the public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), it first aired on Monday, 18 September 1989. It has won several awards and is both the most popular and the longest running Irish drama serial. Plots centre on the domestic and professional lives of the residents of Carrigstown, a fictional suburb of the Northside part of the city of Dublin. The area encompasses a restaurant, pub, garage, corner shop, community centre, charity shop, surgery, boxing club (Esker/Carrigstown Boxing Club) and various businesses. Originally aired as one half-hour episode per week for a limited run, the show is now broadcast year round on RTÉ One in four episodes per week, all of which air at 20:00. ''Fair City'' is the most watched drama in Ireland, with average viewing figures of 550,000. Devised by executive producer Margaret Gleeson and series producer Paul Cusac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susie Power (actress)
Susie Power is an Irish teen actress and singer. She is best known for playing Eleanor Daly on ''Fair City''. She is also known for her roles in '' Dark Touch'' and Roy O'Brien in ''Little Roy''. Acting career Early roles Susie began her career at nine months old in a theatre production of ''The Lion King'' as Simba. She followed this up with additional theatre works ''The Dream Warp'', ''The Lost Toys'' and ''The Naughty Elf''. ''Fair City'' In 2008 Susie made her television debut on Irish soap ''Fair City''. She played the role of Eleanor Daly until 2010. She returned to the role in 2015. In late 2015/early 2016 a storyline involving her mother (played by Una Kavanagh) poisoning her drew a lot of controversy. Throughout 2016 and 2017 Susie became involved in the "Katie Kidnapping" storyline working alongside her real life Uncle Johnny Ward. The storyline came to a conclusion in mid 2017. Susie returned to the soap in December 2018 ''Little Roy'' Susie was cast in the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter (film Series)
''Harry Potter'' is a film series based on the eponymous novels by J. K. Rowling. The series is produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) and culminating with ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). A spin-off prequel series, planned to consist of five films, started with ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (2016), marking the beginning of the Wizarding World shared media franchise. The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Four directors worked on the series: Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates. Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007), while the remaining films' screenplays were written by Steve Kloves. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela's Ashes (film)
''Angela's Ashes'' is a 1999 drama film based on the memoir of the same name by Frank McCourt. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, it was co-written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge, the latter three playing the Young, Middle, and Older Frank McCourt, respectively. Plot Frank McCourt and his family live in America, and shortly after the birth of their first daughter Margaret, she dies. Frank's mother Angela slips into depression, his drunkard father Malachy Sr. leaves for several days and they are left without food. Frank and his brother Malachy Jr. get help from his neighbors, who give food to them and their twin younger brothers Eugene and Oliver. The neighbors send a letter to Angela's relatives in Ireland for money to buy tickets to return to Ireland. After their return, Malachy Sr. tries to collect money for his military service, but as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Murray
Devon Michael Murray (born 28 October 1988) is an Irish actor, best known for playing Seamus Finnigan in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. Early life and career Devon Michael Murray was born on 28 October 1988 in County Kildare, Ireland. When he was six, his parents Michael and Fidelma Murray sent him to the Billie Barry and within two weeks he landed a Tesco television ad. Within six months he was in his first film, acting alongside Aidan Quinn in '' This Is My Father'' (1998). He then joined the National Performing Arts School and had his breakthrough role in ''Angela's Ashes'' (1999). He also acted alongside Jane Seymour Jane Seymour (c. 150824 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII of England from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne ... in ''Yesterday's Children'' (2000). Personal life Murray has been in a relationship with Shannon McCaffrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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