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‘My dream is to work with Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion and Charlotte Wells’ – actor Kate Nic Chonaonaigh

The Quiet Girl actor Kate Nic Chonaonaigh on being bitten by the performance bug at an early age and being influenced by director Colm Bairéad

Kate Nic Chonaonaigh: the Galway actor starred in An Cailín Ciúin which she describes as an ‘incredibly special experience’

After growing up in Connemara, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh moved to Dublin and London where she studied drama and theatre studies and did an MA in screen acting. But after 13 years away, the west of Ireland came calling. “I came back to have my family here,” she says. “It's a beautiful place to grow up, and it's wonderful to be close to family. I also really love to get away for work, though.”

Nic Chonaonaigh, ...