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
programs, as well as starring in the RTÉ/BBC co-production A Love
Divided where she portrayed Sheila Cloney, for which she won the 1999
Golden Nymph Best Actress Award. She began her career with the
Balloonatics Theatre Company as a touring performer, later gaining her
first minor role in television as a bank clerk in the series Minder in
1993. Her first role in film was as Vanessa inWords Upon the Window
Pane in 1994. Brady starred in recurring roles in a number of US and
UK series, and in a Doctor Who special. In 2020, she was listed as
number 43 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film
actors.Brady was born in Dublin, the second of four children of
Patrick and his wife Catherine (Kitty). She lived in Bray, County
Wicklow, Ireland, from birth until the age of seven. She was educated
at a Loreto Convent in Wicklow and an Ursuline Convent in Dublin.At
25, she moved to Paris, where she studied at L'École Philippe
Gaulier, securing a place at Marcel Marceau's École Internationale de
Mimodrame de Paris.
film actress born in Dublin. She has been nominated for several awards
from the Irish Film & Television Academy for her work in televised
programs, as well as starring in the RTÉ/BBC co-production A Love
Divided where she portrayed Sheila Cloney, for which she won the 1999
Golden Nymph Best Actress Award. She began her career with the
Balloonatics Theatre Company as a touring performer, later gaining her
first minor role in television as a bank clerk in the series Minder in
1993. Her first role in film was as Vanessa inWords Upon the Window
Pane in 1994. Brady starred in recurring roles in a number of US and
UK series, and in a Doctor Who special. In 2020, she was listed as
number 43 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film
actors.Brady was born in Dublin, the second of four children of
Patrick and his wife Catherine (Kitty). She lived in Bray, County
Wicklow, Ireland, from birth until the age of seven. She was educated
at a Loreto Convent in Wicklow and an Ursuline Convent in Dublin.At
25, she moved to Paris, where she studied at L'École Philippe
Gaulier, securing a place at Marcel Marceau's École Internationale de
Mimodrame de Paris.
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