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).
![Jonathan Byrne](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jonathan-Byrne-150x150.jpg)
Jonathan Byrne
Graduation Year: 2001
![Jordan Coombes](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jordan-Coombes-150x150.jpg)
Jordan Coombes
Graduation Year: 2012
![Josh Campbell](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMG_1106-150x150.jpg)
Josh Campbell
Graduation Year: 2021
![Josh Winters](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Winters-150x150.jpg)
Josh Winters
Graduation Year: 2023
![Jude Sweeney](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Jude-Sweeney-150x150.jpg)
Jude Sweeney
Graduation Year: 2002
![Julia Marks](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JuliaMarks6903-150x150.jpg)
Julia Marks
Graduation Year: 2019
![Julie Aspell](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Julie-Aspell-150x150.jpg)
Julie Aspell
Graduation Year: 2006
![Julie Timoney](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Julie-Timoney-150x150.jpg)
Julie Timoney
Graduation Year: 1999
![Juliette Crosbie](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/eeee-150x150.jpg)
Juliette Crosbie
Graduation Year: 2016
![Karen Scully](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Karen-Scully-150x150.jpg)
Karen Scully
Graduation Year: 1993
![Karl O’Neill](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Karl-ONeill-150x150.jpg)
Karl O’Neill
Graduation Year: 1987
![Karl Shiels](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Karl-Shiels-150x150.jpg)
Karl Shiels
Graduation Year: 1995
![Karla Fields](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Karla-Fields-150x150.jpg)
Karla Fields
Graduation Year: 2012
![Kasia Talaśka](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/KatieTalaska-150x150.jpg)
Kasia Talaśka
Graduation Year: 2018
![Kate Daly](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Kate-Daly-150x150.jpg)
Kate Daly
Graduation Year: 2013
![Kate Gilmore](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IMG_4048-150x150.jpeg)
Kate Gilmore
Graduation Year: 2013
![Katie Kirby](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Katie-Kirby-150x150.jpg)
Katie Kirby
Graduation Year: 2004
![Katie McCann](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/KatieMcCann1546web-150x150.jpg)
Katie McCann
Graduation Year: 2013
![Katie-May Byrne](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kate-by-fnati.c-headshots-2023-4-2-150x150.jpg)
Katie-May Byrne
Graduation Year: 2023
![Katrijine Merrigan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Katrijine-Merrigan-150x150.jpg)
Katrijine Merrigan
Graduation Year: 2013
![Katy Davis](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/0384-150x150.jpg)
Katy Davis
Graduation Year: 2002
![Kayleigh Horan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/kayleigh-by-fnati.c-headshots-2023-2-150x150.jpeg)
Kayleigh Horan
Graduation Year: 2023
![Keith McErlean](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Keith-McErlean-150x150.jpg)
Keith McErlean
Graduation Year: 1998
![Keith Walker](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Keith-Walker-150x150.jpg)
Keith Walker
Graduation Year: 2013