Category

21st-century Irish actresses

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Irish-American actress (born 1994)

Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer. Her accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, an Actor Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Irish actress (born 1991)

Ethiopian-Irish actress

Irish actress (born 1958)

Irish professional wrestler and actress

Caitríona Balfe

Irish actress and model

Kerry Condon is an Irish actress. She was the youngest actress to play Ophelia in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet (2001–2002). She played Octavia of the Julii in Rome (2005–2007), Stacey Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul (2015–2022), and is the voice of the artificial intelligence entity F.R.I.D.A.Y. in various films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Amybeth McNulty

Irish-Canadian actress

Fionnula Flanagan

Margaret Mazzantini

Italian writer and actress

Irish actress and model

Nicola Coughlan

Dominique McElligott

American-Irish writer and theatrical actress

Aisling Franciosi

Irish-Italian actress

Maria Doyle Kennedy

Irish comedian, actress, and writer

Irish singer, songwriter, actress and model

Genevieve O'Reilly

Irish actress (born 1977)

Irish stage, television and film actress

Anglo-Irish actress (1915-2012)

Irish actress, writer and comedian

Northern Irish actress

Australian actress

Alison Oliver is an Irish actress. She is best known for her roles in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries Conversations with Friends (2022), the 2023 film Saltburn and the HBO series Task (2025). She was named a 2023 actor to watch by Variety.

Róisín O'Donovan

Irish actress and film director (1989)

Nora-Jane Noone

Irish singer (born 1987)

Demi Isaac Oviawe

Nigerian-born Irish actress

Irish actress and writer

Fiona O'Shaughnessy

Irish actress and singer

English actress

Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of The Nolans (1960-2013)

Lorraine Pilkington

Irish singer and actress (1959–2025)

Danielle Galligan