Kate Gilmore is a stage and television actress from Artane, Dublin[1] best known for playing Karen O'Neill in RTÉ One's Fair City.[2][1] She has played Lucy in Striking Out since 2017.
In 2015, she won an Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress.[3] In 2016 she starred with Sam Keeley in The Nation Holds Its Breath, a short film directed by Kev Cahill.[4] In 2012 she participated in the first series of The Voice of Ireland as part of Bressie's team, before being eliminated at the "battles" stage.
In 2024 Gilmore played the Actress in a Gate Theatre-Sydney Theatre Company co-production of Thomas Bernhard's The President starring Hugo Weaving, in both Dublin, and Sydney. [5][6]
She is an only child.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lynch, Donal (10 July 2017). "Gatsby at the Gate and the Gilmore girl". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "Kate Gilmore as Karen O'Neill, George McMahon as Mondo O'Connell and Ryan Andrews as Sean Cassidy in 'Fair City' (2016)". RTÉ Archives. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "The Irish Times Theatre Awards 2015". The Irish Times. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ O'Reilly, Seamas (28 September 2016). "Irish short films are playing the long game". Retrieved 22 January 2018.
- ^ "The President by Thomas Bernhard". GateTheatre.ie. 2024.
- ^ "The President". SydneyTheatreCompany.com.au. 2024.