Irish celebrities

The list Irish celebrities includes Niall Horan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Colin Farrell, Katie McGrath and Colin Morgan. The list consists of 17,847 members and 2 sublists.

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Tribes of ancient Ireland
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Niall Horan

Irish, Singer

Overview: Niall James Horan (born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the band One Direction. In 2010, Horan auditioned as a solo contestant for British singing ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1993

Age: 30

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Amelia Woolley (Dating)

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Irish male singer-songwriters 90T

21st-century Irish male singers 89T

Shorty Award winners 216T
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Colin Farrell

Irish, Actor

Overview: Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. He first appeared in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998), then made his film debut in the drama film The War Zone (1999), and was discovered ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1976

Age: 47

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 78T

Male actors from County Dublin 16T

20th-century Irish male actors 180T
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Caitríona Balfe

Irish, Actress

Overview: Caitríona Mary Balfe (born 4 October 1979) is an Irish actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is best known for her starring role as Claire Fraser in the Starz historical drama series Outlander ...

Date of birth: 4 October 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Tony McGill (Married)

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Models from Dublin (city) 10T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 95T

21st-century Irish actresses 130T
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Katie McGrath

Irish actor

Overview: Katie McGrath () is an Irish actress. In television, she is best known for portraying Morgana on the BBC One series Merlin (2008–2012), Lucy Westenra on the British-American series Dracula (2013–2014) ...

Date of birth: 24 October 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Colin Morgan (Engaged)

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Actresses from County Wicklow 8T

21st-century Irish actresses 97T

Irish television actresses 182T
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Saoirse Ronan

Irish actress

Overview: Saoirse Una Ronan ( SUR-shə; born 12 April 1994) is an Irish and American actress. Primarily noted for her roles in period dramas since adolescence, she has received numerous awards and nominations, i ...

Date of birth: 12 April 1994

Age: 29

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Jack Lowden (Dating)

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Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients 157T

People from Howth 31T

Best Actress AACTA International Award winners 9T
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Michael Fassbender

Irish-German actor

Overview: Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor and racing driver. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic 300 (2007) as a Spartan warrior; his earlier roles included various ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1977

Age: 46

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Alicia Vikander (Married)

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Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 76T

Male actors of German descent 672T

Best Supporting Actor AACTA International Award winners 7T
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Ruth Kearney

Irish actor

Overview: Ruth Delia Kearney (born 11 November 1984) is an Irish actress, best known for her roles as Jess Parker in Primeval, Daisy in The Following, and London in Flaked, a series on Netflix.

Date of birth: 11 November 1984

Age: 39

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Theo James (Married)

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21st-century Irish actresses 97T

Irish television actresses 182T

People educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin 36T
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Eve Hewson

Irish, Actress

Overview: Eve Hewson (born Memphis Eve Sunny Day Iris Hewson; 7 July 1991) is an Irish actress. Her first major role was in the 2011 drama film This Must Be the Place, and she made her television debut as Nurse ...

Date of birth: 7 July 1991

Age: 32

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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21st-century Irish women 74T

Actresses from Dublin (city) 97T

21st-century Irish actresses 150T
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Mark Feehily

Irish singer

Overview: Markus Michael Patrick Feehily (commonly known as Mark Feehily, born 28 May 1980) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is one of the two lead singers of the vocal group Westlife. He is the youngest in ...

Date of birth: 28 May 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Cailean O'Neill (Dating)

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21st-century Irish musicians 14T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

21st-century male singers 6,386T
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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: 32

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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Enya

Irish, Musician

Overview: Enya Patricia Brennan (Irish: Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin; born 17 May 1961), known professionally by the mononym Enya, is an Irish singer, songwriter, and musician known for modern Celtic music. She ...

Date of birth: 17 May 1961

Age: 62

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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21st-century women pianists 661T

20th-century women pianists 497T

Irish women singer-songwriters 40T
12.

Evanna Lynch

Actress

Overview: Evanna Patricia Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress and activist. She is best known for portraying the role of Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series.

Date of birth: 16 August 1991

Age: 32

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Andel (musician) (Dating)

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Irish veganism activists 2T

Irish animal rights activists 4T

Actresses from County Louth 4T
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Stuart Townsend

Irish actor

Overview: Stuart Townsend (born 15 December 1972) is an Irish actor. His most notable portrayals are of the characters Lestat de Lioncourt in the 2002 film adaptation of Anne Rice's Queen of the Damned, and Dorian ...

Date of birth: 15 December 1972

Age: 50

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

People from Howth 31T

Male actors from County Dublin 13T
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Sinéad O'Connor

Irish, Singer

Overview: Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023), known professionally as Sinéad O'Connor, was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist. Her debut studio album ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1966

Date of death: 26 July 2023

Age: 56 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Irish women guitarists 8T

21st-century Irish memoirists 16T

21st-century Irish singer-songwriters 42T
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Pierce Brosnan

Actor

Overview: Pierce Brosnan OBE (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer, activist, and environmentalist. After leaving comprehensive school at age 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration ...

Date of birth: 16 May 1953

Age: 70

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Keely Shaye Brosnan (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

People with acquired American citizenship 943T

Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art 226T
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Maureen O'Hara

Irish, Actress

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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People from Ranelagh 21T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T

American women memoirists 699T
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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: 49

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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Georgia Salpa

Model

Overview: Georgia Salpa Penna (Greek: Γεωργία Σάλπα; born 14 May 1985) is a Greek-Irish glamour model.

Date of birth: 14 May 1985

Age: 38

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Model (Adult/Glamour)

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Joe Penna (Dating)

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Glamour models 250T

Participants in Irish reality television series 63T

Greek emigrants to Ireland 3T
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Aisling Bea

Irish, Actress

Overview: Aisling Clíodhnadh O'Sullivan (born 16 March 1984), known professionally as Aisling Bea ( ASH-ling BEE), is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This ...

Date of birth: 16 March 1984

Age: 39

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Women civil rights activists 609T

People from Kildare (town) 5T

Actresses from County Kildare 3T
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Aidan Turner

Actor

Overview: Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor. He played the roles of Ross Poldark in the 2015–2019 BBC adaptation of The Poldark Novels by Winston Graham, Dante Gabriel Rossetti in Desperate Rom ...

Date of birth: 19 June 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Caitlin FitzGerald (Married)

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People from Clondalkin 18T

Best Male Newcomer Empire Award winners 9T

Irish male television actors 253T