Clare Dunne (Irish actress)

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Clare Dunne
MKr348295 Clare Dunne (Small Things Like These, Berlinale 2024).jpg
Dunne in 2024
Born1988 (age 3536)
Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress

Clare Dunne (born 1988) [1] is an Irish actress, born in Dublin. She has appeared in stage roles with the Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre. [2] [3]

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Career

Dunne's work at the Abbey Theatre includes Juno and the Paycock (a co-production between the Abbey Theatre and the National Theatre). Other theatre work includes The Cripple of Inishmaan , The Silver Tassie , Druid 35 and The Playboy of the Western World (Druid), Julius Caesar (Donmar Warehouse), Detroit (National Theatre), Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith and Filter), A Midsummer Night's Dream [4] (Filter at Latitude) and Crunch (Nabakov). Dunne wrote and performed Living with Missy (Smock Alley Theatre). Radio work includes On Her Majesty's Service and News from Home (BBC Radio 4). Dunne graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff in 2009. [3]

Dunne played Prince Hal in the Donmar Warehouse and St. Ann's Warehouse all-female version of Shakespeare's Henry IV , [5] directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

In 2015, Dunne starred in Grounded, by George Brant, in the Dublin Fringe Festival. [6]

Dunne's film work includes the shorts The Cherishing (2016) and Nice Night for It (2017). [7]

Dunne portrayed Victoria in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). [8] She then co-wrote and starred as Sandra in Herself (2020), [9] which reunited her with director Phyllida Lloyd. [10]

Filmography

Clare Dunne in the hybrid online Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2022 Clare Dunne in 2022.jpg
Clare Dunne in the hybrid online Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2022

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Victoria
2020 Herself SandraAlso screenwriter
2021 The Last Duel Celia
2024 Small Things like These Sister Carmel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021–23 Kin Amanda KinsellaMain role, 16 episodes
2022Witness Number 3Detective Whelan1 episode

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References

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  2. "Arts Desk Website". 17 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Abbey website". Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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  6. Crawley, Peter (10 September 2015). "Grounded review: A morality play about drone warfare | Tiger Dublin Fringe". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. "Clare Dunne". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. Cashin, Rory (20 September 2021). ""I actually dropped the phone!" - Irish actress reveals mad moment she got surprise call to star in major Marvel movie". JOE.ie.
  9. Galuppo, Mia (11 January 2021). "'Herself' Writer-Star Clare Dunne Explores Domestic Violence in Breakout Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. "Director Phyllida Lloyd: 'Women are not afraid to give away their power'". 8 September 2021.