Emma Eliza Regan

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Emma Eliza Regan
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Emma Eliza Regan
Born
Emma Eliza Regan

(1992-12-04) 4 December 1992 (age 29)
Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland
OccupationActress, journalist and model.
Years active2007–present
RelativesMary Regan (sister)

Emma Eliza Regan (born 4 December 1992) is an Irish actress.

Education[]

Regan trained as a classical ballet and contemporary dancer with Alan Foley, Artistic Director of Cork City Ballet. She has studied at The Factory's Actors Studio in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, a creative hub where industry leaders mentor future industry leaders, working alongside Lance Daly, Shimmy Marcus, John Carney and Jim Sheridan.

Film and television career[]

Regan made her screen début in the Ivan Kavanagh horror film Tin Can Man, opposite Michael Parle; the film went on to win several international awards (including Boundary Breaking Best Feature at the and Melbourne Underground Film Festival) prior to its worldwide release.[1] She made her stage debut at The Abbey Theatre[2] as Mollser in a Wayne Jordon production of The Plough and The Stars.

In her late teens, she became known for her role of Fiona on RTÉ drama Aisling's Summer Diary – TV Series created by Dublin-based CR Entertainment which won the best international Teen TV Movie at Kidscreen New York in 2010. Performances in independent films include ,[3] The Fading Light[4] (winner of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival).

Further work included the leading role in fantasy film The Shadows, based on a George MacDonald dark fairytale, and directed by ,.[5] with the Irish Film Board, which premiered at Galway Film Fleadh. She also played schoolgirl Cathy in , directed by Brendan Muldowney which has been adapted from the Japanese novel Loving The Dead by prolific horror author (The Grudge). Love Eternal won the Fresh Blood Award at the inaugural Black Bear Film Festival in Warsaw. The film premiered earlier in 2013 at the Galway Film Fleadh and has screened at over at over fifty festivals and markets worldwide, including Sitges and Busan, one of the largest film festivals in Asia. Love Eternal was produced by , Morgan Bushe and Macdara Kelleher for , with Luxembourg co-producers , Dutch co-producers Rinkel Film and TO Entertainment from Japan, with support from the Irish Film Board and other similar entities, and distribution by French company Reel Suspects, with European release in 2014.

In 2014 she starred with Brian Gleeson (actor) in Darkness on the Edge Of Town – the first independently-funded Irish film to feature at the Sundance Film Festival.[6] The film was later picked up by Netflix for and shown across the United States and Canada.[7][8]

Regan's later projects include the feature film Get Up And Go, starring Peter Coonan and Killian Scott of Irish IFTA award-winning drama Love/Hate, and Irish feature Fading Away.[8][9]

Journalism[]

She is a travel and cultural columnist for several publications and outlets, including RTÉ, Ooh La La, and TNT24.IE. She wrote daily columns on her experiences at the Cannes Film Festival and her time in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, discussing Roman Polanski, Jim Jarmusch and Jane Campion's latest films, giving personal opinions and anecdotes from high society events in Bailoi Beach, the Continental Hotel, at Gotha Club and various galas on Promenade de la Croisette.

She was cover girl on both glossy publication Galway Now and INK magazine in July 2013. She has been featured in The Sunday Independent, and has been a guest on Victoria Mary Clarke's radio show, Galway Bay FM, LMFM, and RTÉ Radio 1.

Contemporary art[]

She collaborated with Sara Hibbert on three pieces -Abonnés Series of stills, Flowers of the Gutter a four-screen video installation and Dancer Somnambulism . These projects have been exhibited in One Marylebone Place in 2010 for Intel's and Jotta Remastered Exhibition, London Design Festival, Orientations: , London, , Cork Street Gallery in Mayfair, London.

Filmography[]

Year Title of Production Role Notes
2007 Tin Can Man[10] Mel Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
2008 Our Wonderful Home[11] Emma Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
2009 Aisling's Diary[12] Fiona TV series 6 episodes: "The Summer Pact", "The Bet", "I won't Cook", "Dun Máirtín's Got Talent", "Friends and Rivals","Letting Go",
2009 The Fading Light[13] Cathy Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
2010 The Death of James Connolly[14] Nora Short film
2010 1916 Seachtar na Cásca[15] Nora TV
2011 Death of a Superhero[16] Morna
2012 Jack Taylor[17] Karen TV movie
2012 Ninety Seconds Elly Short film
2012 Out There[18] Jane Short film produced and directed by Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany, Dunsany Productions Ltd.[19]
2013 The Shadows[20] Alica Completed
2013 Love Eternal[21] Cathy Malone
2013 I Am Cursed[22] Alicia 'Mysterious Girl' Post-Production
2013 Out of Here[18]
2014 The Second Coming[23] Post-Production
2014 Darkness on the Edge Of Town[24] Cleo Callahan Completed
2015 Get Up And Go[25] Tara Completed
2015 Fading Away[8] Sive Completed

References[]

  1. ^ "Michael Parle". IMDb. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. ^ "The Plough and the Stars". Abbey Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  3. ^ Adam Dawtrey (31 October 2007). "Four Irish pics start to shoot". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ^ Paul Byrne (19 March 2010). "Reviews New Movies Opening March 19th 2010". Movies.ie. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ^ "New Feature, 'The Shadows' to Shoot in August". Irish Film Television Network. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  6. ^ O'Riordan, Alison (25 January 2015). "Irish actress Emma Eliza Regan swaps her lightness of step for heavyweight film role". Irish Mirror. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. ^ Brosnan, Seán (9 December 2015). "'Darkness on the Edge of Town' picked up by Netflix". IFTN. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b c "Fading Away (2015)". IMDb. n.d. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  9. ^ McCahill, Elaine (4 May 2015). "Young Irish actress Emma Eliza and Antonia Campbell Hughes land plum new roles". The Herald. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  10. ^ filmbizarro (1 March 2012). "Tin Can Man (2007)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Our Wonderful Home (2008)". IMDb. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Aisling's Diary (TV Series 2008– )". IMDb. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  13. ^ shinyshoos (1 November 2009). "The Fading Light (2009)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  14. ^ "The Death of James Connolly (2010)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  15. ^ "1916 Seachtar na Cásca (TV Series 2010– )". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  16. ^ napierslogs (30 August 2012). "Death of a Superhero (2011)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  17. ^ iamthetopp (3 March 2013). "Jack Taylor: The Dramatist (TV Movie 2013)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  18. ^ a b "Out of Here (2013)". IMDb. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  19. ^ "Out There Short Film - YouTube". Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  20. ^ "The Shadows (2013)". IMDb. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  21. ^ kosmasp (4 July 2014). "Love Eternal (2013)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  22. ^ "I Am Cursed (2014)". IMDb. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  23. ^ toxiemite (22 November 2015). "The Second Coming (2015)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  24. ^ "Darkness on the Edge of Town (2014)". IMDb. 23 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  25. ^ alanjflood (1 May 2015). "Get Up and Go (2014)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 12 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

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