Career
Coogan was born and raised in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, one of five children of Michael and Ann Coogan. She first acted in many theatrical productions at school. [4] The summer after she graduated from secondary school, Coogan went to New York City to represent Ireland in a modeling competition. She stayed in New York, where she landed roles in Irish Repertory Theatre stage productions of The Playboy of the Western World , The Colleen Bawn and Poor Beast in the Rain. Her first screen credit was a bit part as a model in the 1998 Woody Allen movie Celebrity . In 2002 Coogan starred in Love without Borders, a Russian television series filmed in Moscow. [4] Coogan's performance as the loving wife of a zombie in the 2004 horror cult hit Zombie Honeymoon , which won her a Fangoria Chainsaw award in 2006 for best low-budget film, [5] has been praised. [1] [2] [3] [6] The film was acquired by Showtime for release on both DVD and television. Coogan has been noted as "a passionate, sensitive and hard-working actor, with a strong professional work ethic." [4] She stars also for the Charity event Bowling for Boobies on 27 October 2009 in Los Angeles [7] alongside Carlee Baker, Heather Snell, Brooke Lewis and Eve Mauro, the event fights against Breast cancer. [8]
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