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Danielle Galligan
Galligan at the 2021 Comic-Con Germany
Born	(1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 32) Dublin, Ireland
Alma mater	The Lir Academy
Occupation(s)	Actress, theatre maker
Years active	2015–present

Danielle Galligan (born 1 December 1992) is an Irish actress, theatre maker, and poet. On television, she is known for her roles in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone (2021–2023) and the RTÉ series Obituary (2023). Her films include Lakelands (2022).

Early life and education

Galligan is from Rathfarnham, a suburb in South Dublin. Her mother Lorraine is a beauty therapist who runs a salon and beauty school.

Galligan attended Loreto High School Beaufort. She was a member of Ann Kavanagh's Young People's Theatre from 2005 to 2011 and was awarded the Ena Burke bursary for the Betty Ann Norton Theatre School. She then studied Drama and Theatre studies at Trinity College Dublin and trained in Acting at The Lir Academy, graduating with a bachelor's degree in 2015.

Career

Theatre

After graduating from The Lir, Galligan began her career in stage productions such as The Train with the Rough Magic Theatre Company. In 2017, she was in All Honey and played the titular role in The Grimm Tale of Cinderella.

In 2018, Galligan played the lead opposite Tom Moran in his play Lyrics and Cinnamon in We Can’t Have Monkeys in the House at the New Theatre. She reprised the latter role at the 2019 Young Curators Festival. She featured as the singer in Gavin Kostick's 12 Christmas Poems that December.

Theatre making

Galligan had a FUEL theatre making residency and workshop alongside Fionnuala Gygax and Ailish Leavy for Hostel 16 at the Druid Theatre.

In 2018, she co-founded Chaos Factory, an experimental theatre company alongside Gygax, Venetia Bowe, and Rachel Bergin. They debuted with a production titled Kiss Kiss Slap, which featured in the 2018 Dublin Fringe Festival. Their second project, MorphMe, premiered in April 2019.

That same year, Galligan began working as an actor-deviser for Murmuration, which debuted with Summertime starring her and Finbarr Doyle. The show featured at the 2018 Dublin Fringe Festival, where the pair were shortlisted for Best Duo, as well as the 2019 Drogheda Arts Festival and Abbey Theatre Young Curators Festival.

She was the dramaturg for Aisling O'Mara's Nothing But A Toerag in January 2019.

Galligan participated in a podcast with RISE Productions in which she, Gavin Kostick, Éanna Hardwicke, and Janet Moran performed Kostick's modern version of Homer's Odyssey. Galligan and Kostick, having worked on the project since 2017, co-created and performed in Gym Swim Party, a choreography production inspired by his take on the epic in association with O'Reilly Theatre. The production featured in the 2019 Dublin Fringe Festival.

Television and film

In her early career, Galligan featured in short films such as Strangers in the Park, Pernicio, Beautiful Youth, and Break Us. She won best actress at the Short+Sweet Film Festival and best duo alongside Mark Lawrence at the 6 on Nebraska Film Festival for Strangers in the Park, which she co-wrote. She received nominations from the Richard Harris Film Festival and the Underground Cinema Festival for her role in Pernicio.

Galligan made her television debut in 2019 with guest roles in Game of Thrones and Krypton. She landed her first major television role as Nina Zenik in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, an adaptation of fantasy book series The Grisha Trilogy and the Six of Crows Duology by Leigh Bardugo, which premiered in 2021. A recurring character in season 1, Galligan was promoted to series regular for season 2, Galligan made her feature film debut as Naomi in Who We Love, a remake of the 2016 short film Lily.

Galligan would then reunite with Éanna Hardwicke for the film Lakelands; they jointly won the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the Galway Film Fleadh and both received IFTA nominations. Galligan also appeared in the RTÉ crime drama Kin as Molly and the television film Every Five Miles. In 2023, she had a main role as Mallory Markum in the dark comedy series Obituary with Siobhán Cullen, which was released on RTÉ in Ireland and Hulu in the US. For her performance, Galligan received an IFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Other media

Galligan has participated in RTÉ radio dramas such as The Playboy of the Western World and Hecuba by Marina Carr. She also stars in the audible original vampire-apocalypse audio drama Impact Winter: Season 2 by Travis Beacham alongside a full cast.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage

Audio

Awards and nominations

Notes

1. Shared with Finbarr Doyle.
2. Shared with Mark Lawrence.
3. Shared with Éanna Hardwicke.

References

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9. "Exclusive: Facts contributor Tom Moran premieres his own original play 'Lyrics'". Goss.ie. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
10. Hayes, Katy (17 November 2018). "We Can't Have Monkeys in the House: New Irish play explores a lethal maternal misogyny". Independent.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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21. "Irish Theatre Podcast". RISE Productions (Podcast). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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24. "Watch Irish Short Film: Pernicio". Film Ireland. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
25. "Galway Film Fleadh Filmmakers Roundtable". Film Ireland. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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32. "Storyland - inside RTÉ's showcase for new Irish drama". RTÉ. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
33. London, Rob (22 September 2023). "A Writer Finds Dark Motivation for Her Work in New 'Obituary' Trailer". Collider. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
34. Fetherston, Sinann (2 November 2023). "Danielle Galligan on fame, fashion and ditching Instagram". RTÉ. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
35. "The Playboy of the Western World - A Radio Musical". RTÉ Radio 1. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
36. "Hecuba written by Marina Carr". RTÉ Radio 1. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
37. "Good Sex". Dead Centre. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
38. Abbatescianni, Davide (11 July 2022). "The Galway Film Fleadh announces its award winners". CinEuropa. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

External links

• Danielle Galligan at IMDb
• Danielle Galligan at Spotlight

• Living people
• 1992 births
• 21st-century Irish actresses
• Actresses from County Dublin
• Irish agnostics
• Irish stage actresses
• Irish television actresses
• Irish radio actresses
• People from Rathfarnham
• Theatre practitioners