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Ann Brien - Actor / Voice-Over
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- Hometown:
- Dublin
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- 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:
- 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)
- Just started another P.D. James book, Shroud For A Nightingale
- Favourite Place?
- Home but when not there, Portugal.
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:
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).
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:
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).
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A Childhood Scene
As the evenings are now well and truly closing in and winter's chill bites at our noses I thought I'd share with you one of my happiest childhood memories from that season. This entry is from my Blogspot website:
I am remembering a Christmas past, not for the usua… Continue
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Comment Wall (31 comments)
- At 3:46pm on November 4, 2009,
Schley Cox said…
- I found some beautiful music last night. Go to LI Friend Siobhan and click on her music. I think she wrote it on an iMac with some French software. I play it in background while I am working inside.
- At 7:37pm on October 22, 2009,
james c. spencer said…
- Hello Ann, just stopped by to say hello. Nothing new here. Some times my life is like watching an old English moviie.hehe.. james
- At 1:54pm on October 11, 2009,
Danny said…
- Hi Ann, thank you so much for your reply, and for accepting my request. It's a pleasure to meet you. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Danny
- At 2:33pm on October 3, 2009,
Pat Gilroy said… - Thanks again for the warm welcome, Ann. With the economy the way it is, especially in Ireland, are you finding it harder to find work in your field? Are the performing arts being affected?
- At 1:10am on October 3, 2009,
Pat Gilroy said…
- Thanks for the warm welcome, Ann. Looking forward to visiting Dublin in January.
- At 12:03am on October 3, 2009,
James Cunningham said… - Thanks Ann, I just wished that busking was as easy here as it is in Ireland I will get there some day but I must continue my fight for the rights of all buskers before they are regulated into hibernation. Cheers James
- At 3:31pm on August 29, 2009,
james c. spencer said…
- Do you have an interest in wine?Found a good tasting wine-Chocovine.Made in Holland.Dutch chocolate and red. wine.It goes well with apples,and Kerrygold cheese.
- At 11:52pm on August 25, 2009,
james c. spencer said…
- I had to share article from onr of our local news paper-Medina police reports.Aug15-Officers responded to PublicSquare for a report of a man in a costume wielding knife.He was an actor in a production of "Romeo and Juliet.I don't think we are very cosmopolition.Take care.I love your photos.Jim
- At 3:01am on August 17, 2009,
Tom Conlee said… - Good Evening, Ann... although it is actually early morning for you. I find your profile very interesting, as I also worked in radio for twenty years...but for numerous reasons, became a Florida State Bureaucrat (read paper pusher). I'd love to hear your thoughts regarding what it takes to do radio/VO work in Ireland. I hope to return to the field soon. TC
- At 1:40am on July 26, 2009,
Bob G said… - Thanks Ann, I been in Melbourne for a week & due back there again for a week, so sorry I did'nt get back to you, thank's for the info, Take care, will catch-up later.
Bob.
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