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Ann Brien
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Ann Brien - Actor / Voice-Over
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Summer 1977
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IFTA "Brideshead Revisited" Premiere
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Profile Information
- City
- Dublin
- About Me:
- I'm an actress living in Dublin, Ireland with my husband and grown-up children.
I really love acting and my experience includes theatre, tv and film, recently having completed a couple of shorts. Another area I enjoy working in is radio.
When I'm not acting I like to read, mainly the old spy and detective stories and fit in a bit of writing now and then.
I'm a bit partial to the old blogging so if you've nothing better to do I invite you to browse through my journals covering everything from snippets from my childhood holidays down the country to the American Presidential Election!
In there you'll also find links to my MySpace, Flickr Photostream and Twitter Account.
- Website (If any):
- http://annbrien.blogspot.com
- Favorite Music:
- Everything across the board (rock, rock ballads, jazz, you name it!). On the Irish front it has always been, amongst others, Planxty. The brilliant Christy Moore and Andy Irvine singing Ride On and Arthur McBride in their wonderful unique voices sends shivers down my spine every time.
Christy Moore Live - Ride On
Planxty Live 1982
I cannot go without mentioning the great Dubliners. Listening to Ronnie singing In The Rare Auld Times, its lyrics so heartbreakingly true of today's rapidly changing face of Dublin city, I'm reminded of a time when neighbours had time to chat, children played safely on our streets and it cost sixpense to go up Nelson's Pillar. God be with the days!
The Dubliners - In The Rare Old Times
- Currently Reading? (Books Magazines etc)
- The Parish by Alice Taylor
UPDATED CV
NAME: Ann Brien
PROFESSION: Actor, Voice-Over
HEIGHT: 5' 2"
HAIR: Brown/Grey Sides
EYES: Hazel
THEATRE:
Gaiety School of Acting, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth (Showcase), Paul Brennan.
Focus Theatre, Improv. Domestic Situation (Showcase), Mary Moynihan.
Visions Drama School, Mag, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Mary Murray.
Visions Drama School, Eileen, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Mary Murray.
Visions Drama School, Rita, Educating Rita (Showcase), Mary Murray.
Visions Drama School, Sharon, Snow White and The Seven Gougers, Mary Murray.
FILM:
Cool Panda Productions, Mary Mullins (Grieving Mother), Theresa and Francis, Robert O'Connor.
Symmetry Films Ltd., Dr. Grace O'Sullivan, These Aren't Toys, Mark Symmons.
DIT Aungier Street, Student Short, May (grandmother), Cotton Skirts, Louise Gaffney.
Independent Brian Gilloughley, Grainne, A Meeting With Souls, Glen Gannon.
Independent Short, Mother (Support), Jiggerypokery, Cora McNabb.
Independent Brian Gilloughley, Sr. Catherine, Danny, Laurence Henson.
Element Pictures, Village Woman (Featured), Zonad, John Carney.
DIT Student Short, Psychiatric Nurse, Harm's Way, Faith Joyce.
DIT Student Short, Sheila, Dancing Duo, Berta Llonguera.
TV:
Mind The Gap Films, Nun (Reconstruction, Child Abuse), Hands On, RTE 1, Ramon Woolfe.
Black Rock Pictures Ltd, British Lady of the Manor, Bohar Na Saoirse, TG4, Jerry O'Callaghan.
Mind The Gap Films, Political Nominee, Sign Up! (Deaf Adult Literacy), Louis Neethling.
RTE, Hospital Patient (Featured), Fair City, Various.
Clarence St. Pictures, Ward/A and E Nurse, The Clinic 5, Various.
Mespil T.V. Ltd, Rehab Nurse, Murphy's Law V, Colm McCarthy.
Sth. Circular T.V Productions, A and E Nurse, The Clinic 4, Liam Cunningham.
RTE, House Funeral Mourner, Fair City, Various.
RTE, Ward Nurse (Wedding), Fair City, Various.
RTE, Teacher (Featured), Fair City, Various.
COMMERCIALS:
Fish Films Ltd./McCann-Erickson, Mammogram Patient (Dialogue)/Poster Campaign, BreastCheck, Ciaran Donnelly.
VOICE-OVER:
Egg Post Production, ADR, The Clinic 6, Kiara Murphy.
Big Mountain Productions, Conversational - 2 characters, High Society, Liz Gill.
RTE Radio 1, Domestic Violence Victim, Spirit Moves, Yette Redmond.
DIT Student Short, Distressed Mother, Harm's Way, Faith Joyce.
Frontier Films Ltd, Caller to Radio Show, Fallout DocuDrama.
TRAINING:
Abbey Theatre, Voice & Text Workshop, Andrea Ainsworth.
DanceHouse,Foley St., Voice Workshop, Kevin Crawford.
Filmbase, Lee Strasberg Technique, Melanie Clark Pullen.
Filmbase, Dialect (Ongoing), Derek Chapman.
Filmbase, Lee Strasberg Masterclass, Shelley Mitchell, The Actors Studio.
Velvet Voice Studio, Voice-Over Workshop, Tommy Ellis.
Filmbase, Screen Acting Workshop, Vinny Murphy.
Gaiety School of Acting, Michael Chekhov Technique, Paul Brennan.
Walton's School of Acting, Performing With Confidence, Anthony Norton.
Focus Theatre, Stanislavski Technique, Mary Moynihan.
Visions Drama School, Acting for Stage/Screen/Radio, Mary Murray.
Violet Collins Agency, Photographic Modelling Course, Violet Collins (early 1970's).
Kenilworth Square, Rathmines. Speech and Drama (mid-1960's), Private Coaching.
ACCENTS:
Irish-Dublin/Rural/NI. United Kingdom-RP/Northern. Russian or similar.
SKILLS:
Secretary/Hospital Worker - voluntary nurse's aid/Singing - church choir/Ex Photographic Model.
OTHER (As Actor):
Role-Play: "Bereaved mother of teenage son being told by doctors in A/E that he has died in car crash". Strong emotion was required.
(Part of Doctors' Clinical Examination for entry to Advanced A/E Medicine, Education Centre, Tallaght Hospital).
Ann Brien's Photos
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Ann Brien's Blog
There's A Grand Stretch In The Evenings....
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments 0 Likes
When The Boat Comes In....
Posted on February 24, 2011 at 12:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Fishing Trawler, Castletownbere Harbour. Every Wednesday hubby and I head into Castletownbere, West Cork to stock up on groceries and order our mid-week take-away dinner of haddock and chips…
Continue A Window Of Light In Darkest Winter
Posted on February 5, 2011 at 11:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
The above image I came across one Christmas several years ago in a Sunday newspaper. Its dipiction of terraced houses on a winter's night, their windows bathed in bright orange light, brought me straight back to my childhood in our avenue in Ringsend. The photo had such an effect on me that I cut it out and… Continue Solace In Familiar Places
Posted on December 2, 2009 at 23:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
Connemara Revisited!
Posted on May 22, 2009 at 13:30 4 Comments 0 Likes
(Above: View over Spiddal Quay, Connemara, County Galway)
Not too much has changed in Spiddal since our first visit exactly thirty seven years ago when we, along with a group of friends (most of… Continue
Comment Wall (38 comments)
- At 17:20 on April 22, 2011,
james c. spencer said… - Hi Ann,Happy Easter to you, and your Family.
- At 22:13 on March 1, 2011,
Marlene said… - Oh we had such a blast in Ireland. Glad you enjoy the photos. I still need to upload some, our computer got stolen with the last disc in it. I figured I would get them developed again and put back onto a cd.
- At 22:56 on February 28, 2011, Marlene said…
- Thank you so much. It's never too late for good wishes! I love the pictures! Smiles and hugs always, I know how it can be to busy. So no worries at all good woman! Love hearing from you! Mar
- At 13:41 on December 1, 2010, james c. spencer said…
- about.com-Helen South About Drawing/sketching. Also Suzi Blue Les Petit Academy.Regards JimHave a good day.
- At 7:14 on October 23, 2010, Marlene said…
- Just passing through, lots of love! Warm fire wishes your way for this cold season! Mar
- At 17:18 on September 21, 2010, Marlene said…
- A Chara,
Just passing through. Absolutely positively love Ronnie singing In The Rare Auld Times. One of my favorites. Picked up a mixed cd in Sneem on our last trip to Ireland and that cd has all the classics.
Your page appears steeped in richness and I can't wait to check out everything you have taken the time to kindly link and spell out.
Buíochas a ghabháil leat chomh cineálta,
Marlene
- At 18:58 on June 1, 2010, james c. spencer said…
- Hello Ann,Memorial Day has come,and gone.It has been some time since i lost my daughterin the Navy.It is a hard thing losing her. She really loved life.Thanks for listening.regards, james
- At 15:17 on May 15, 2010, james c. spencer said…
- conas ta' tu Ann? James.
- At 13:58 on April 27, 2010,
Tony Pacino said… - if you're alone,I`ll be your shadow.if you want to cry,I`ll be your shoulder. if you want a hug,i`ll be your pillow.if you need to be happy,i`ll be your smile.but anytime you need a friend ,i`ll just be me.
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