Alison McKenna's Equity Profile
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About
| Profession: | Actor; Voice Over |
| Spotlight Number: | Page 4143 |
| Hair Colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 5'5" |
| Playing Range: | 28 - 38 |
| Eye Colour: | Blue |
| Agent Email: | info@lisarichards.ie |
| Gender: | Female |
| Agent or Agency Name: | Jonathan Shankey |
| Agent Address: | Lisa Richards www.lisarichards.ie Also Jean Diamond Diamond Management London 00 44 20 7631 0400 |
| IMDb: | www.imdb.com/name/nm0571329/ |
Experience
| Training: | Trinity College Dublin - Diploma in Theatre Studies |
| Theatre: | The Rivals Abbey Theatre Director Patrick Mason Role: Julia Lady From The Sea Arcola Theatre Director Hannah Eidinow Role: Bolette An Enemy Of The People Arcola Theatre Director Mehmet Erghem Role: Catherine Stockmann Other theatre credits: Tic a new play by Elizabeth Moynihan for Storytellers Bewleys Cafe Theatre Terry Johnson’s Hysteria for b*spoke theatre company Project Arts Centre – nominated Best Actress, Irish Times Awards For the Abbey Tom Murphy’s version of The Cherry Orchard Directed by Patrick Mason Role: Varya The Importance of Being Earnest Directed by Patrick Mason Gwendolyn The Colleen Bawn Directed by Conall Morrison Role: Collen Ruaidh Nominated for Irish Times / ESB Best Supporting Actresss Award Six Characters in Search of an Author - Tom Kilroys version Directed by John Crowley Role Stepdaughter Moses Rock Directed by Patrick Mason Role: Joan The Misogynist Director Judy Friel Role: Chorus For The Gate Theatre Fay Weldon’s adaptation of Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice Directed by Alan Stanford Role: Adele Hugh Leonard’s version of Great Expectations Directed by Alan Stanford Role: Estella Brian Friel’s Aristocrats ( at the Gate Theatre & Aristocrats also in NY ). Directed by Ben Barnes Role: Claire U.K. theatre includes: The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Mutabilitie by Frank McGuinness National Theatre Directed by Trevor Nunn Role: Annas Night Of the Iguana by Tennesse Williams National Theatre Directed by Richard Eyre Role: Charlotte A Woman of No Importance Directed by Marianne Elliot Manchester Royal Exchange Role Hester The Colleen Bawn Directed by Garry Hynes Manchester Royal Exchange Role: The Collen Bawn, Eily The Hostage Directed by Michael Bogdanov RSC Barbican Role: Teresa The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourne Basingstoke Role: Sarah The Glass Menagerie Directed by David Lan Watford Palace Theatre Role: Laura Young Writers Festival Directed by Ian Rickson Royal Court Hysteria directed by Loveday Ingram Minerva Theatre, Chichester Role: Jessica |
| Skills: | Singing Driving Licence German |
| Film: | Bossanova Blues RCA Directed by Kieron J Walsh, Role: Kate The Actors Mirimax Directed by Conor McPherson Role: Various / Gretta The Fifth Province Ocean Films Directed by Frank Stapleton The American Directed by Paul Unwin With Matthew Modine Role: Mrs Tristam When Reason Sleeps C4 Role: Sally Three Wishes For Jamie Director Robert Young HTV/ Columbia Role: Village Girl Now I Know Director Robert Pappas Role: Noirin |
| Voice Over: | Voice Over Campaigns Including AIB RTE 2 voice for eight months Fuji Mail On Sunday Radio Plays The Road WIfe The Night Manager HauntingManager All for BBC Radio 4 The Importance of Being Earnest Loonies The Funeral A MidSummers Nights Dream Animated Movies The Sign Of The Fish Setanta Role: Dorcas |
| Languages & Accents: | Dublin Standard Dublin Cork Northern Irish RP American - East Coast American - Southern |
| TV: | The Clinic Director Robert Quinn Parallel Films Role: Marina The Bill Director Thames TV Role: Joanne Marsden Pie in the Sky Director Colin Gregg BBC Role: Linda 10 eps The Ambassador Ecosse Films Role: Jennifer 6 episodes The Cassidys Director Justin Molotnikov RTE Role:Emma 6 episodes Fair City Director Paul Role: Celia RTE 8 episodes |
| Commercials: | Erin Soup Campaign Ulster Bank |
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