Seána Kerslake

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Seána Kerslake
Born Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Occupation Actress

Seána Kerslake (/ˈʃɔːnə ˈkɜːrzleɪk/)[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]

Early life

Kerslake, the middle of three daughters of John and Deirdre Kerslake, was born and raised in Tallaght, South County Dublin in 1992.[7][5][8] She went on to study English and music at NUI Maynooth.[9][8]

Career

In 2010, while a student, Kerslake was cast in Kirsten Sheridan's Dollhouse, an unscripted Irish film.[10][8][9][11] Her performance earned her an Irish Film & Television Academy award nomination in 2013.[9][8]

Kerslake studied screen acting at The Factory, Bow Street, Dublin.[12][8][10]

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]

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.

She starred in Lee Cronin's The Hole in the Ground, which was released in 2019.[4]

From 2016 until 2018, Kerslake played Aisling, a struggling twenty-something in RTÉ2's Can't Cope, Won't Cope.[4][7]

In 2021, Kerslake played Grace Ahern in the RTÉ One-Alibi whodunit mini-series Smother.

References

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External links

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