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Seána Kerslake
Irish actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Seána Kerslake (/ˈʃɔːnə ˈkɜːrzleɪk/; born 21 October 1990)[1][2] is an Irish actress.[3][4] She is known for portraying the role of Aisling O'Dowd in RTÉ2 comedy-drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope (2016–2018).[5][4] In 2017, she was named one of sixteen young actors by Screen International as a Star of Tomorrow.[3] In 2020, she was ranked at number 50 in The Irish Times list of the greatest Irish film actors.[6]
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Early life
Kerslake, the middle of three daughters of John and Deirdre Kerslake, was born in 1990 in Tallaght, County Dublin where she was raised.[7][5][8] She went on to study English and music at NUI Maynooth,[9][8] and screen acting at The Factory, Bow Street, Dublin.[10][8][11]
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In 2010, while a student, Kerslake was cast in Kirsten Sheridan's Dollhouse, an unscripted Irish film.[11][8][9][12] Her performance earned her an Irish Film & Television Academy award nomination in 2013.[9][8]
In 2016, Kerslake played the title character in A Date for Mad Mary directed by Darren Thornton.[13][14] Her performance earned positive reviews from The Hollywood Reporter ("mesmerizing"[15]) and Variety ("a barnstorming central performance"[16]). She was awarded the Breakthrough Award by the Dublin Film Critics' Circle, and the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the Galway Film Fleadh 2016.[8][5][17]
From 2016 until 2018, Kerslake played Aisling O'Dowd, a struggling twenty-something in RTÉ2's Can't Cope, Won't Cope.[4][7]
Her first London stage appearance was in May 2018 as Kat in Joe Penhall's Mood Music, director Roger Michell, at The Old Vic.[18]
She appeared in the 2018 film Dublin Oldschool.[19]
She starred in Lee Cronin's The Hole in the Ground, which was released in 2019.[4]
From 2021 to 2023, Kerslake played Grace Ahern in the RTÉ One-Alibi whodunit mini-series Smother.[20]
In 2022, Kerslake appeared as Theresa Claffin in season one of Bad Sisters.
In 2022, Kerslake starred in the film Ballywalter with Patrick Kielty. The film was directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah.[21]
In 2024, she appeared in series two of the BBC One crime drama Blue Lights.[22]
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