Áine Ní Dhroigneáin is an Irish actress who was formerly a regular on

TG4 TG4 ( ga, TG Ceathair, ) is an Irish free-to-air public service television network. The channel launched on 31 October 1996 and is available online and through its on demand service TG4 Player in Ireland and beyond. TG4 was formerly known a ...

drama '' Ros na Rún''. Ní Dhroigneáin played Tara Ní Néill on the popular

Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ...

soap opera, first appearing in September 2005. She left the series in 2009. She first acted in a production of '' Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'' on stage in Bordeaux in 1996. Since then she has acted in a number of stage plays such as ''

An Triail ''An Triail'' (; "The Trial") is a play written by the Irish playwright Máiréad Ní Ghráda. It starred poet and sean-nós singer Caitlín Maude in its first performance in 1964 at the Damer Theatre. Fionnula Flanagan took over the lead role ...

'' and '' Fear an Tae''. She also participated in the 2006 season of ''

You're a Star ''You're a Star'' is an Irish music competition series broadcast by RTÉ One from 2002 to 2008. Produced by the broadcaster and Screentime ShinAwiL, the series was similar to formats such as ''Idol'' and ''The X Factor''. For its first three se ...

''. in 2010, she starred in an Irish-language short film, Nollaig Shona, which premiered at Times Square as a part of the New York City International Film Festival. She lives in

An Spidéal Spiddal ( ga, An Spidéal , meaning 'the hospital') is a village on the shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland. It is west of Galway city, on the R336 road. It is on the eastern side of the county's Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) an ...

and is currently teaching french and english at Colaiste na Coiribe.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ní Dhroigneáin, Áine Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish soap opera actresses Irish stage actresses Irish television actresses Actresses from County Galway TG4 people You're a Star contestants 20th-century Irish people

See also

References