Kerry Condon

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Kerry Condon
Born (1983-01-04) 4 January 1983 (age 38)
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Kerry Condon (born 4 January 1983) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Octavia of the Julii in Rome,[1][2] Stacey Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul, and the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y. in various films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is also the youngest actress ever to play Ophelia in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet.

Career[]

In 2001, at the age of 18, Condon originated the role of Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh which she performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in 2006 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York.[3] For this production[which?] she recorded the song "The Patriot Game" with The Pogues. That same year, Condon played the role of Ophelia in Hamlet, making her the youngest actress to ever play that role for the RSC. In 2009, she appeared in another play by Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of Inishmaan, for which she won a Lucille Lortel award and a Drama Desk Award.

Condon's movie roles include Kate Kelly, Ned Kelly's outlaw sister, in 2003's Ned Kelly and an appearance in the 2003 Irish independent film Intermission with Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, and Colin Farrell. She was in the 2005 Jet Li action-thriller Unleashed.[2] She then appeared as Masha, a Tolstoian, in The Last Station, a film about the last months of Tolstoy's life with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer before playing jockey Rosie Shanahan in 2012's Luck. She voices the artificial intelligence F.R.I.D.A.Y., Tony Stark's replacement for J.A.R.V.I.S. in the Marvel Studios films Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.[4]

In 2005, Condon co-starred as Octavia of the Julii, sister of the Roman Emperor Augustus, in the HBO/BBC series Rome.[2] Condon appeared in the Season Four premiere of the post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead playing the role of the character Clara, which aired 13 October 2013.[5]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Angela's Ashes Theresa Carmody
2000 Rat Marietta
2001 How Harry Became a Tree Eileen
2003 Ned Kelly Kate Kelly
2003 Intermission Café Waitress
2004 The Halo Effect Jean
2005 Unleashed Victoria
2009 The Last Station Masha
2010 The Runway Grace Thomas
2011 This Must Be the Place Rachel
The Shore Pat Short film
2013 Dom Hemingway Melody
2014 Gold Alice
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron F.R.I.D.A.Y. (voice)
2016 Captain America: Civil War
2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Pamela
2018 Bad Samaritan Katie
Avengers: Infinity War F.R.I.D.A.Y. (voice)
2019 Avengers: Endgame
Dreamland Olivia Evans
TBA The Banshees of Inisherin Filming

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Ballykissangel Mairead Reilly 2 episodes
2004 Born and Bred Niamh Copper Episode: "Something Old"
2005–2007 Rome Octavia of the Julii 22 episodes
2008 Anatomy of Hope Jenna Pilot
2010 Five Days Sister Siobhan Doole 3 episodes
2011–2012 Luck Rosie 8 episodes
2013–2014 The Walking Dead Clara 3 episodes
2014 Believe Dr. Zoe Boyle 10 episodes
2015–present Better Call Saul Stacey Ehrmantraut Recurring; 15 episodes
2016 Brace for Impact Sofia Gilchrist Television film
2018 Women on the Verge Laura Lead; 6 episodes
2019 Ray Donovan Molly Sullivan Recurring; 9 episodes

References[]

  1. ^ "Kerry Condon". Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Matthew Tobey (2013). "Kerry Condon". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Theater Review: Terrorism Meets Absurdism in a Rural Village in Ireland". Nytimes.com. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  4. ^ "That Irish accent in Avengers Age of Ultron is actress Kerry Condon!". Irish Examiner. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Who's the Irish woman in the new series of the Walking Dead?". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

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