20th-century Irish actresses

The list 20th-century Irish actresses includes Mischa Barton, Sarah Bolger, Maureen O'Hara, Andrea Corr and Alison Doody. The list consists of 116 members and 1 sublist.

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Mischa Barton

British–American actress

Overview: Mischa Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-Irish-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's Slavs! and took the lead in James L ...

Date of birth: 24 January 1986

Age: 39

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Gian Marco Flamini (Long-Term)

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Naturalized citizens of the United States 585T

People from Tribeca 21T

People with acquired American citizenship 984T
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Sarah Bolger

Irish actress

Overview: Sarah Bolger (born 28 February 1991) is an Irish actress. She starred in the films In America (2003), Stormbreaker (2006), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), The Moth Diaries (2011), The Lazarus Effect ...

Date of birth: 28 February 1991

Age: 34

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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People from Rathfarnham 26T

Actresses from County Dublin 15T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 90T
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Maureen O'Hara

Irish-American actress and singer (1920–2015)

Overview: Maureen O'Hara (née FitzSimons; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1920

Date of death: 24 October 2015

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century Irish autobiographers 16T

Naturalized citizens of the United States 1,673T

People from Ranelagh 30T
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Andrea Corr

Irish singer and musician

Overview: Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish singer, songwriter, musician, author and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

Partner: Brett Desmond (Married)

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Women non-fiction writers 57T

Women autobiographers 496T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T
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Alison Doody

Irish actress and model (born 1966)

Overview: Alison Doody (born 11 November 1966) is an Irish actress and model. After making her feature film debut as Bond girl Jenny Flex in A View to a Kill (1985), she went on to play Elsa Schneider in Indiana ...

Date of birth: 9 March 1966

Age: 59

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Models from Dublin (city) 11T

People educated at Mount Anville Secondary School 12T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 99T
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Maureen O'Sullivan

Actress

Overview: Maureen Paula O'Sullivan (17 May 1911 – 23 June 1998) was an Irish-American actress. She was best known for playing Jane Parker in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. In 2020 ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1911

Date of death: 23 June 1998

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Naturalized citizens of the United States 650T

People with acquired American citizenship 997T

People from Boyle, County Roscommon 7T
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Cindy O'Callaghan

British actor

Overview: Cindy O'Callaghan is an Irish-born British former actress and psychologist. Her acting career began in her adolescence, when she was chosen to play the part of Carrie Rawlins in the Disney feature film ...

Date of birth: 18 October 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Psychologist

Gender: Female

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Irish child actresses 15T

Actresses from London 1,257T

20th-century British actresses 509T
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Audrey Dalton

Actress

Overview: Audrey Dalton (born 21 January 1934) is an Irish television and film actress.

Date of birth: 21 January 1934

Age: 91

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Partner: Rod Simenz (Married)

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Actresses from Dublin (city) 61T

Irish male television actors 253T

Irish male film actors 308T
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Maria Doyle Kennedy

Irish actor and musician

Overview: Maria Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and actress. With a singing and acting career that has spanned more than 30 years, she has established herself as one of Ir ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Kieran Kennedy (Married)

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People from Clontarf, Dublin 34T

21st-century Irish women singers 89T

20th-century Irish women singers 74T
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Elaine Cassidy

Irish actor

Overview: Elaine Cassidy (born 31 December 1979) is an Irish actress. She is known for playing the lead character Abby Mills in the American television series Harper's Island for CBS, Felicia in Felicia's Journey ...

Date of birth: 31 December 1979

Age: 45

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Stephen Lord (Married)

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Actresses from County Wicklow 8T

People from Raheny 31T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T
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Orla Brady

Irish actor

Overview: Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish theatre, television, and film actress born in Dublin. She has been nominated for several awards from the Irish Film & Television Academy for her work in televised ...

Date of birth: 28 March 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Nick Brandt (Married)

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Actresses from County Wicklow 8T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 61T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T
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Dervla Kirwan

Irish actor

Overview: 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 ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Rupert Penry-Jones (Married)

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People from Churchtown, Dublin 7T

Irish people of Polish-Jewish descent 6T

Jewish actresses 145T
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Peggy Cummins

Irish actress

Overview: Peggy Cummins (18 December 1925 – 29 December 2017) was an Irish actress, born in Wales, who is best known for her performance in Joseph H. Lewis's Gun Crazy (1950), playing a trigger-happy femme fatale ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1925

Date of death: 29 December 2017

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actresses of Irish descent 596T

2017 deaths 10,572T

Deaths from cerebrovascular disease 817T
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Valerie Hobson

Actor

Overview: Valerie Hobson (born Babette Valerie Louise Hobson, 14 April 1917 – 13 November 1998) was an Irish-born actress who appeared in a number of films during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Her second husband was ...

Date of birth: 14 April 1917

Date of death: 13 November 1998

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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British comedy actresses 69T

20th-century actresses from Northern Ireland 18T

20th-century British actresses 555T
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Fiona Shaw

Irish actress (born 1958)

Overview: Fiona Shaw CBE (born Fiona Mary Wilson; 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She is known for her roles as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2010), Marnie Stonebrook ...

Date of birth: 10 July 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Sonali Deraniyagala (Married)

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People educated at Scoil Mhuire, Cork 4T

Irish lesbian actresses 3T

Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners 14T
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Kerry Condon

Irish actress (born 1983)

Overview: Kerry Condon (born 4 January 1983) is an Irish television and film actress, best known for her role as Octavia of the Julii in the HBO/BBC series Rome, as Stacey Ehrmantraut in AMC's Better Call Saul ...

Date of birth: 9 January 1983

Age: 42

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actors from County Tipperary 10T

Irish Shakespearean actresses 8T

Best Supporting Actress AACTA International Award winners 11T
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Sinéad Cusack

Irish stage, television and film actress

Overview: Sinéad Moira Cusack ( shin-AYD; born 18 February 1948) is an Irish stage, television and film actress. Her first acting roles were at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, before moving to London in 1975 to join ...

Date of birth: 10 February 1948

Age: 77

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Jeremy Irons (Married)

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Actresses of British descent 497T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T

Cusack family (Ireland) 14T
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Daphne Guinness

British socialite

Overview: Daphne Diana Joan Susanna Guinness (born 9 November 1967) is an English socialite and fashion designer. She is a direct descendant of the 18th century Irish brewer Arthur Guinness.

Date of birth: 9 November 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: British

Occupation: Socialite

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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British women fashion designers 126T

Women fashion designers 550T

Women film producers 161T
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Lisa Dwan

actress

Overview: Lisa Dwan is an Irish stage, film and television actress, director, and writer. She is best known for her performances and adaptations of the work of Samuel Beckett and other theater.

Date of birth: 22 November 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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21st-century Irish actresses 97T

Irish television actresses 182T

Irish stage actresses 161T
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Sorcha Cusack

Irish actor

Overview: Sorcha Cusack (born 9 April 1949) is an Irish television and stage actress. Her numerous television credits include playing the title role in Jane Eyre (1973), Casualty (1994–1997), Coronation Street (2008) ...

Date of birth: 7 April 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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Actors at the Royal Exchange, Manchester 104T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 61T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T