Gemma-Leah Devereux (born 9 August 1990) is an Irish actress. She is
known for her role as Lady FitzGerald in the fourth and final season
of the television series The Tudors (2010).Gemma-Leah Mary Devereux
was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, the daughter of Irene and
Francis Devereux. Her mother is a renowned hairdresser. She is the
youngest of four children. She wanted to be an actress from a very
early age, and has stated, "I've never wanted to be anything else".
Devereux attended Loreto College St Stephens Green and left school at
the age of 16. That same year she moved to London to study drama. She
trained at the Arts Educational Schools, London for three
years.Devereux made her acting debut as Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald in
Showtime's historical fiction television series The Tudors. with
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Henry Cavill. Shortly afterwards she made her
theatrical westend debut in The Dreamers of Inishdara at the Jermyn
Street Theatre alongside "Rocky Horror Show" star Patricia Quinn. In
2012 she was cast as her first leading role in a feature film as Kate
alongside Ross Noble and Tommy Knight in "Stitches" directed by Conor
McMahon which premiered at Film4 Frightfest 2012 in Empire Leicester
Square. That same year she was cast in Comedown, an urban
horror-thriller film about a group of South-East London teenagers
break into an abandoned tower block to install an aerial for a Pirate
Radio Station. It is directed by Menhaj Huda, and starring Adam
Deacon, Geoff Bell, Jessica Barden, and Jacob Anderson. The film had
its premiere at the Grimmfest 2012 film festival on 4 October. In 2013
she joined Casualty as nurse Aoife O'Reilly. She filmed 14 episodes
before her exit. That same year she starred opposite Brian Gleeson in
How To Be Happy which follows relationship counsellor Cormac Kavanagh
(Gleeson) who starts sleeping with his clients in a misguided attempt
to reignite their passions but gets in-tangled when he starts falling
for Flor (Devereux), the attractive young private detective assigned
to investigate his affairs. In 2014 she starred opposite Killian Scott
and Peter Coonan in Get Up And Go an indie film about four 20
something years olds who face a cross road over one day. For her
performance in this role she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
at the 2016 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards. In 2015 she
starred opposite Callum Blue, Rebecca Knight and David Hayman in
psychological thriller Dartmoor Killing which won "Best thriller" at
the National Film awards. That same year she filmed feature film
Poison Pen; Property of the State opposite Patrick Gibson, Aisling
Loftus and Elaine Cassidy. In 2016 she was cast in Simon Bird's
directorial debut Ernestine & Kit with Pauline Collins and Rosaleen
Linehan. The following year she was cast opposite John Connors in Mark
O'Connor's Cardboard Gangsters. The story follows a group of young
lads in Darndale, led by Jay Connolly ( Connors), who sell drugs to
make a living. It became the highest-grossing film that year. She was
cast as a heroin addict in RTE's legal drama Striking Out with Neil
Morrissey and Amy Huberman. In 2018 she played Ruth Shine opposite Tom
Vaughan-Lawlor in the docodrama Citizen Lane about the life of art
dealer Hugh Lane. That same year she was cast opposite John Connors
again in Paddy Slattery's directional debut Broken Law. In 2019 she
starred as Ciara in RTE's Comedy Drama Bump; a story of two sisters
who have been very much at odds since they were young with Charlene
McKenna playing her sister and Seán McGinley playing her Father. That
same year she filmed period drama Dead Still alongside Michael Smiley
and Eileen O'Higgins directed by Imogen Murphy. In 2018 it was
announced Devereux would be playing Liza Minnelli in the upcoming
Biopic Judy of Judy Garland's life opposite Renée Zellweger as Judy
Garland directed by Rupert Goold. Principal photography began on 19
March 2018, in London. Filming locations included West London Film
Studios. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 30
August 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on 27
September 2019, and in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2019.
known for her role as Lady FitzGerald in the fourth and final season
of the television series The Tudors (2010).Gemma-Leah Mary Devereux
was born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, the daughter of Irene and
Francis Devereux. Her mother is a renowned hairdresser. She is the
youngest of four children. She wanted to be an actress from a very
early age, and has stated, "I've never wanted to be anything else".
Devereux attended Loreto College St Stephens Green and left school at
the age of 16. That same year she moved to London to study drama. She
trained at the Arts Educational Schools, London for three
years.Devereux made her acting debut as Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald in
Showtime's historical fiction television series The Tudors. with
Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Henry Cavill. Shortly afterwards she made her
theatrical westend debut in The Dreamers of Inishdara at the Jermyn
Street Theatre alongside "Rocky Horror Show" star Patricia Quinn. In
2012 she was cast as her first leading role in a feature film as Kate
alongside Ross Noble and Tommy Knight in "Stitches" directed by Conor
McMahon which premiered at Film4 Frightfest 2012 in Empire Leicester
Square. That same year she was cast in Comedown, an urban
horror-thriller film about a group of South-East London teenagers
break into an abandoned tower block to install an aerial for a Pirate
Radio Station. It is directed by Menhaj Huda, and starring Adam
Deacon, Geoff Bell, Jessica Barden, and Jacob Anderson. The film had
its premiere at the Grimmfest 2012 film festival on 4 October. In 2013
she joined Casualty as nurse Aoife O'Reilly. She filmed 14 episodes
before her exit. That same year she starred opposite Brian Gleeson in
How To Be Happy which follows relationship counsellor Cormac Kavanagh
(Gleeson) who starts sleeping with his clients in a misguided attempt
to reignite their passions but gets in-tangled when he starts falling
for Flor (Devereux), the attractive young private detective assigned
to investigate his affairs. In 2014 she starred opposite Killian Scott
and Peter Coonan in Get Up And Go an indie film about four 20
something years olds who face a cross road over one day. For her
performance in this role she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress
at the 2016 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards. In 2015 she
starred opposite Callum Blue, Rebecca Knight and David Hayman in
psychological thriller Dartmoor Killing which won "Best thriller" at
the National Film awards. That same year she filmed feature film
Poison Pen; Property of the State opposite Patrick Gibson, Aisling
Loftus and Elaine Cassidy. In 2016 she was cast in Simon Bird's
directorial debut Ernestine & Kit with Pauline Collins and Rosaleen
Linehan. The following year she was cast opposite John Connors in Mark
O'Connor's Cardboard Gangsters. The story follows a group of young
lads in Darndale, led by Jay Connolly ( Connors), who sell drugs to
make a living. It became the highest-grossing film that year. She was
cast as a heroin addict in RTE's legal drama Striking Out with Neil
Morrissey and Amy Huberman. In 2018 she played Ruth Shine opposite Tom
Vaughan-Lawlor in the docodrama Citizen Lane about the life of art
dealer Hugh Lane. That same year she was cast opposite John Connors
again in Paddy Slattery's directional debut Broken Law. In 2019 she
starred as Ciara in RTE's Comedy Drama Bump; a story of two sisters
who have been very much at odds since they were young with Charlene
McKenna playing her sister and Seán McGinley playing her Father. That
same year she filmed period drama Dead Still alongside Michael Smiley
and Eileen O'Higgins directed by Imogen Murphy. In 2018 it was
announced Devereux would be playing Liza Minnelli in the upcoming
Biopic Judy of Judy Garland's life opposite Renée Zellweger as Judy
Garland directed by Rupert Goold. Principal photography began on 19
March 2018, in London. Filming locations included West London Film
Studios. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 30
August 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on 27
September 2019, and in the United Kingdom on 2 October 2019.
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