Carrie Crowley

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Carrie Crowley
Born
Caroline Anne Crowley

(1964-05-23) 23 May 1964 (age 59)
Waterford, Ireland
EducationSt. Patrick's College, Drumcondra
Occupation(s)Television presenter, actress
Known forAppearing in The Morbegs ,
presenting Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Parent(s)Nodhlaig and Con

Caroline Anne Crowley (born 23 May 1964) is an Irish actress, Gaeilgeoir and former radio and television presenter.

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She has had her own chat show, Limelight, and co-presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with Ronan Keating. Her acting credits include The Clinic , School Run, An Crisis , Fair City . She has also appeared as Elisef in the first two seasons of the TV series Vikings . She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA award for her performance in An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) (2022).

Early life

Crowley was born and raised in Waterford in the south-east of Ireland. [1] Her mother, Nodhlaig, [1] who was from The Rosses in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, was a teacher and her father, Con, [1] who was from Cork, was a garda; she also has one sister, Bríd. [1] She first went on stage in a local production of Oliver! . [1] She graduated with a B.Ed. from St. Patricks College, Drumcondra.[ citation needed ]

Career

Before she began a career in television, Crowley was a primary school teacher. [1] [2]

Crowley began her broadcasting career on local radio in her home city of Waterford on WLR FM, [3] and presented several different shows between 1991 and 1996 before moving to RTÉ. [4] She started out in children's programming, co-presenting the Irish language versions of Echo Island with comedian Dara Ó Briain, and starring in the pre-school series The Morbegs as the character Liodain. [3]

In 1997, Crowley was offered the role as presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 (hosted by RTÉ), [3] with Ronan Keating. She also appeared before the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, speaking to Terry Wogan and wishing him and Ulrika Jonsson well before they started presenting the show. [4]

After presenting the Eurovision, Crowley became one of the biggest stars on RTÉ in the 1990s. According to her this was a major problem at the time, she was working on several shows on RTÉ. She presented Potluck Mondays to Fridays at 5:30, on a Thursday night she had her own health show called Pulse and on Sundays she had her own prime-time chat show called Limelight. [4] Limelight ran for two seasons. [3]

She later left television presenting to return to radio presenting, co-presenting Fandango with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1. She appeared on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night. Crowley has since distanced herself from her RTÉ career, describing herself as an "accidental tourist" at the station. [3]

Acting career

In 2008 she appeared in the TG4 drama The Running Mate and TV3's School Run in 2009. [5] She appeared in The Clinic also in 2009. [5] She has starred in Irish language short films including An Gaeilgeoir Nocht and has appeared in an episode of the Irish language television series An Crisis . [5] She appeared in the drama series for TG4 called Anseo. [5] In 2010 she teamed up with actors, Sorcha Fox, Jamie Carswell, writer/director Dónal O'Kelly and Kíla to work on a play called The Adventures of the Wet Senor. From October 2014 to 2018 she appeared as a cast member in Fair City. [5]

In 2022, she appeared in An Cailín Ciúin , an Irish-language drama film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, [6] and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA. [7] [8]

Personal life

In 2004, she married her long-time partner Ross Kelly, whom she had met in 1996.

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  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Inside Carrie Crowley's private life and 19-year marriage as The Quiet Girl actress attends Oscars - The Irish actress starred as Eibhlín Kinsella in the Oscar-nominated film An Cailín Ciúin". irishmirror.ie. 14 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) selected by the Irish Film & Television Academy as Ireland's entry for the Oscars® 2023, Best International Feature". screenireland.ie. 3 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "All the nominees for the 2022 IFTA Film & Drama Awards". RTÉ. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "An Cailín Ciúin, Belfast and Kin lead IFTA 2022 nominations". Hotpress.
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