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John Lynch was born on 26 December 1961 in Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Black Death (2010), The Secret Garden (1993) and Best (2000). He was previously married to Mary McGuckian.

Susan was doing plays in Gaelic before she was offered a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama and while there she won the Kenneth Branagh Renaissance Award for Most Promising Student, Her theatre roles include El Cid and Pericles at the National and the title role of Miss Julie at the Young Vic and Ashes and Sand at the Royal Court, She made her tv debut in an episode of Cracker which was followed with parts in Ivanhoe, A Royal Scandal and Truth or Dare About 1997 she completed the film The Secret of Roan Inish a mini series which was filmed in Donegal and had a small part in Interview With the Vampire then came Downtime in which she did her own stunts ,After that she filmed Kings in Grass Castles, a mini series which she filmed in Australia for the BBIC

Valene Kane is an Irish actress born and raised in Newry, N.Ireland where she trained as a dancer.

At the age of 15, Valene joined the prestigious National Youth Theatre. Two years later, she moved to London to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

She is best known for roles as Rose Stagg in The Fall opposite Jamie Dornan and Lyra Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie.

From the age of nine, Noah Gray-Cabey has established quite a name for himself, both as a musician and an actor.

Beginning when he was four, Noah performed classical piano in several venues throughout New England and Washington and journeyed to Jamaica for his first tour with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. In July 2001, Noah continued on to Australia, and at age five, became the youngest soloist ever to perform with an orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, as well as the Queensland Conservatory and the International String Convention in Brisbane.

Noah made his television debut in December 2001 and has continued a steady presence, performing on 48 Hours (1988), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Good Morning America (1975), Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000), The Wayne Brady Show (2002), Steve Harvey's Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge (2003) and The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986). Noah's acting experience includes a guest starring role on CSI: Miami (2002), and three wonderful years on My Wife and Kids (2000) with Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell, where he played the ultra-precocious Franklin Aloysius Mumford - a role for which he earned three consecutive Young Artist Award nominations (one of the nominations - in the year 2006 - he won the Award). Recently, Noah has completed filming on the feature film Lady in the Water (2006), written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan which is due in theaters in the summer of 2006.

Noah, whose hobbies include animals, airplanes, inventing and fencing, lives in Los Angeles with his parents, two brothers, a sister, two dogs and one cat.

Leah O'Rourke is an actress, known for Half Brothers (2016) Normality (2014) and Fiddlers Walk (2006) Leah was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Leah trained at The Guildford School Of Acting in London. Before going to drama school, Leah completed a Degree in English and Drama at Queen's University Belfast.

Aislín McGuckin was born in 1974 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. She is an actress, known for Outlander (2014), The Carer (2021) and The White Countess (2005).

Tomm Moore was born on 7 January 1977 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), Song of the Sea (2014) and The Secret of Kells (2009). He is married to Liselott Olofsson. They have one child.

Michael Legge was born on 11 December 1978 in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Angela's Ashes (1999), Cowboys & Angels (2003) and Ukraine Mon Amour (2024).

Gerard Murphy was born on 14 October 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Waterworld (1995), Batman Begins (2005) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999). He died on 26 August 2013 in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

He graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2002 and then spent 3 years with the Royal Shakespeare company. He has performed world premieres of works by John Grogan, Owen McCafferty, Nona Sheperd and in 2013 was a member of the re-formed internationally acclaimed Field Day Theatre company, performing the world premiere of Sam Sheperd's A particle of Dread.

Richard Donnelly was born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. Richard is a cinematographer, known for 3 Body Problem (2024), The Nevers (2021) and Game of Thrones (2011).

Nika McGuigan was born on 4 January 1986 in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Philomena (2013), Wildfire (2020) and Malicious Intent (2000). She died on 23 July 2019 in Dublin, Ireland.

Rio Fanning was born on 7 November 1931 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Relic Hunter (1999), Doctor Who (1963) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Karen Ford and Alexandra Knowles. He died on 12 August 2018 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK.

Cathy Brady was born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. Cathy is known for Wildfire (2020), Morning (2012) and Small Change (2010).

Emer McCourt was born in 1964 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Hush-a-Bye Baby (1990), Riff-Raff (1991) and Human Traffic (1999).

Aislinn Sands was born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. She is known for Last Orders (2001), Fatal Rescue (2009) and Viewfinder (2022).

Maggie Shevlin was born on 6 June 1953 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. She is an actress, known for The Pale Horse (1997), Coronation Street (1960) and A Raging Calm (1974).

Rose-Marie was born on 7 February 1956 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. She was an actress, known for Cold Fish (2001), Doctors (2000) and Knees-Up (1982). She died on 5 June 2024 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

Declan Quinn was born in Newry, Northern Ireland, UK. He is known for 1: Nenokkadine (2014), Robert Burns (2014) and The Gifted (2013).

Ada Bodart was born on 22 July 1874 in Newry, County Down, Ireland. She died on 6 February 1936 in Brussels, Belgium.

Aoife Maria Madden (born August 01, 1981) is an Irish film producer, film director, actress. Graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Professional practice; she then pursued an MA in acting at Arts Educational Drama School. Upon completion of her MA she gained the lead role in Martin McDonagh 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' with the RSC, from there she starred alongside Holly Hunter on the West End in 'By the Bog of Cats'. Aoife was cast in the ITV production of 'The time of your life', 'Agef' and the feature film 'The Last Drop'.

Dissatisfied with her progress in acting, she was determined to become a producer. She got her start working behind the scenes with RTE Studios as a runner and then with production company 'Q-Casting'. In order to gain further experience she became an associate producer on 'Gone Fishing'. Desiring to produce films under her own banner, she founded the company 'Evolved-Pictures' and secured finance to produce her first independent feature 'A Landscape of Lies'.

Chris Ryder was born on 9 May 1947 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was a writer, known for Screenplay (1986) and Spotlight (1973). He was married to Genny Belton and Anne Henry. He died on 2 October 2020 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

Hannah Lynch-Dawson was born on 13 October 1997 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK.

Adam Morgan was born in Newry, Co. Down. He was raised in Warrenpoint and attended St. Colmans College Newry. It was the fast and furious movies that gave him a passion for cars and inspired Adam to become a stunt driver. He performed his first stunt drive in the Short Film Choice (2018).

Eric Cross was born in 1903 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Tailor and Ansty (1978). He died in 1980 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland.