Gabrielle Reidy (23 July 1960 â€" 13 October 2014) was an Irish
actress, who appeared in multiple plays at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
from 1971 to 2012. She acted in 23 films, 31 television series, and 25
theatre performances in Ireland and the United Kingdom.Reidy was born
on 23 July 1960 and grew up in Malahide, County Dublin. Her father was
a former Royal Air Force pilot, and later an Aer Lingus pilot. She had
two older sisters. She studied modern languages at Trinity College
Dublin, as Ireland had no professional acting qualifications at the
time. Reidy's mother died during Gabrielle's first year of
college.Reidy acted in 23 films, 31 television series, and 25 theatre
performances. Reidy's first acting appearance was in 1971, at the age
of 11, in a performance of Seán O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman at
the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. At Trinity College Dublin, she joined the
players at the college, and performed in Footfalls and Hippolytus. In
1979, she performed in Graham Reid's play The Death of Humpty Dumpty
at the Abbey Theatre. At the Abbey Theatre, she also worked alongside
Joe Dowling and Tómas Mac Anna. In 1989, she wrote and starred in an
adaptation of Isabella Leitner's autobiographical Pulitzer
Prize-nominated book Fragments of Isabella. The play was about
Leitner's experiences in surviving The Holocaust.
actress, who appeared in multiple plays at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin
from 1971 to 2012. She acted in 23 films, 31 television series, and 25
theatre performances in Ireland and the United Kingdom.Reidy was born
on 23 July 1960 and grew up in Malahide, County Dublin. Her father was
a former Royal Air Force pilot, and later an Aer Lingus pilot. She had
two older sisters. She studied modern languages at Trinity College
Dublin, as Ireland had no professional acting qualifications at the
time. Reidy's mother died during Gabrielle's first year of
college.Reidy acted in 23 films, 31 television series, and 25 theatre
performances. Reidy's first acting appearance was in 1971, at the age
of 11, in a performance of Seán O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman at
the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. At Trinity College Dublin, she joined the
players at the college, and performed in Footfalls and Hippolytus. In
1979, she performed in Graham Reid's play The Death of Humpty Dumpty
at the Abbey Theatre. At the Abbey Theatre, she also worked alongside
Joe Dowling and Tómas Mac Anna. In 1989, she wrote and starred in an
adaptation of Isabella Leitner's autobiographical Pulitzer
Prize-nominated book Fragments of Isabella. The play was about
Leitner's experiences in surviving The Holocaust.
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