The Gaiety School of Acting was founded in 1986 and has trained many of Ireland’s most prominent actors of stage and screen.
Such actors include Aidan Turner (Poldark), Colin Farrell (The Lobster, Tigerland, Phone Booth), Deirdre O’Kane (Noble, Moone Boy), Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders, Happy Valley), Sarah Greene (Dublin Murders, Rosie), Moe Dunford (Rosie, Black 47), Aisling O’Sullivan (The Butcher Boy), Don Wycherley (Bachelor’s Walk), Dawn Bradfield (Dublin Murders), Mark O’Halloran (Dublin Oldschool), David Wilmot (The Guard), Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Karl Shiels (Fair City), Eva Birthistle (Brooklyn), Simone Kirby (Artemis Fowl), PJ Gallagher (Naked Camera), Colin O’Donoghue (Once Upon a Time), Noni Stapleton (Penny Dreadful), Rory Nolan (DruidShakespeare Co), Marcus Lamb (Rebellion, Charlie), Paul Reid (Finding Joy), Ian Lloyd Anderson (Dublin Old School), Liz Fitzgibbon (Normal People), Rebecca Grimes (Fair City), Stefanie Preissner (Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope), Caoimhe O’Malley (Dublin Murders), Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy), Amilia Stewart Keating (Fair City), Kate Gilmore (Fair City), India Mullen (Red Rock), Jane McGrath (Red Rock), Jack McEvoy (Vikings), Toni O’Rourke (Cardboard Gangsters), Desmond Eastwood (Normal People), Thommas Kane Byrne (Darklands), Aisling Kearns (Darklands).
![Harley Holmdhal](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Harley-Holmdhal-150x150.jpg)
Harley Holmdhal
Graduation Year: 2008
![Heather Carmichael](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Heather-Carmichael-150x150.jpg)
Heather Carmichael
Graduation Year: 2003
![Hilary Cotter](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_8130-altered-150x150.jpg)
Hilary Cotter
Graduation Year: 2001
![Ian Dunn](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Ian-Dunn-150x150.jpg)
Ian Dunn
Graduation Year: 2015
![Ian McEvoy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Ian-McEvoy-150x150.jpg)
Ian McEvoy
Graduation Year: 2012
![Ian Toner](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Ian-Toner-150x150.jpg)
Ian Toner
Graduation Year: 2013
![Ian-Lloyd Anderson](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Ian-Lloyd-Anderson-150x150.jpg)
Ian-Lloyd Anderson
Graduation Year: 2007
![India Mullen](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_India-Mullen-150x150.jpg)
India Mullen
Graduation Year: 2014
![India Whisker](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_India-Whisker-150x150.jpg)
India Whisker
Graduation Year: 2004
![Isobel O’Regan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IsobelORegan-150x150.jpg)
Isobel O’Regan
Graduation Year: 2018
![Isolde Fenton](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IsoldeFenton_Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Isolde Fenton
Graduation Year: 2021
![Jack Gavin](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jack-Small-1_preview-2-150x150.jpg)
Jack Gavin
Graduation Year: 2018
![Jack H O’Brien](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jack-H.-O_Brien-150x150.jpg)
Jack H O’Brien
Graduation Year: 2023
![Jack Hickey](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jack-Hickey-150x150.jpg)
Jack Hickey
Graduation Year: 2010
![Jack McEvoy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jack-McEvoy-150x150.jpg)
Jack McEvoy
Graduation Year: 2015
![Jack Mullarkey](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Jack-Mullarkey-e1530532861297-150x150.jpg)
Jack Mullarkey
Graduation Year: 2017
![Jade de Villiers](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jade-De-Villiers-150x150.jpg)
Jade de Villiers
Graduation Year: 2021
![James Braiden](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/James-Craig-150x150.jpg)
James Braiden
Graduation Year: 2021
![James Donnelly](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_James-Donnelly-150x150.jpg)
James Donnelly
Graduation Year: 1999
![James Kelly](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_James-Kelly-150x150.jpg)
James Kelly
Graduation Year: 2009
![James Murphy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_James-Murphy-150x150.jpg)
James Murphy
Graduation Year: 2011
![Jamie Hallahan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jamie-Hallahan-150x150.jpg)
Jamie Hallahan
Graduation Year: 2012
![Jamie O’Neill](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jamie-ONeill-150x150.jpg)
Jamie O’Neill
Graduation Year: 2011
![Jane McDermott](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jane-McDermott-150x150.jpg)
Jane McDermott
Graduation Year: 2003