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).
![Keith Ward](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Keith-Ward-150x150.jpg)
Keith Ward
Graduation Year: 2008
![Keth Nile Kjoelby](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Keth-Nile-Kjoelby-150x150.jpg)
Keth Nile Kjoelby
Graduation Year: 2001
![Kevin Keogh](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/KevinKeogh7884-150x150.jpg)
Kevin Keogh
Graduation Year: 2019
![Kevin Marron](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Kevin-Marron-150x150.jpg)
Kevin Marron
Graduation Year: 2003
![Kevin Shakleton](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Kevin-Shakleton-150x150.jpg)
Kevin Shakleton
Graduation Year: 2010
![Kieran Roche](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Kieran-Roche-150x150.jpg)
Kieran Roche
Graduation Year: 2013
![Killian Coyle](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Killian-Coyle-headshot-18-150x150.jpeg)
Killian Coyle
Graduation Year: 2015
![Kit Thompson](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/image0-3-150x150.jpeg)
Kit Thompson
Graduation Year: 2018
![Kyle Runstad](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Kyle-Runstad-150x150.jpg)
Kyle Runstad
Graduation Year: 2001
![Lara Jordan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Lara-Jordan-Headshot-150x150.jpg)
Lara Jordan
Graduation Year: 2022
![Lara Meek](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Lara-Meek-Head-shot-150x150.jpeg)
Lara Meek
Graduation Year: 2023
![Larry Wilson](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Larry-Wilson-150x150.jpg)
Larry Wilson
Graduation Year: 2015
![Laura Flynn](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Laura-Flynn-150x150.jpg)
Laura Flynn
Graduation Year: 2012
![Laura Gaska](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Laura-Gaska-150x150.jpeg)
Laura Gaska
Graduation Year: 2023
![Laura McGuire](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Laura-McGuire-150x150.jpg)
Laura McGuire
Graduation Year: 2012
![Lauren Cardiff](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Lauren-Cardiff-150x150.jpg)
Lauren Cardiff
Graduation Year: 2014
![Lauren Dwyer](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Lauren-Dwyer-150x150.jpg)
Lauren Dwyer
Graduation Year: 2013
![Lauren Lindsey White](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Lauren-Lindsey-White-Headshot-Alt1--150x150.jpg)
Lauren Lindsey White
Graduation Year: 2011
![Laurence Falconer](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Laurence-Falconer-150x150.jpg)
Laurence Falconer
Graduation Year: 2013
![Leah Egan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Leah-Egan-150x150.jpg)
Leah Egan
Graduation Year: 2012
![Leah Williamson](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Leah-crop-150x150.jpg)
Leah Williamson
Graduation Year: 2022
![Leia Murphy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Leia-Murphy-Headshot-150x150.jpeg)
Leia Murphy
Graduation Year: 2023
![Leigh Douglas](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Leigh-Douglas-150x150.jpg)
Leigh Douglas
Graduation Year: 2017
![Leslie Field](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Leslie-Headshot-Crop-150x150.jpg)
Leslie Field
Graduation Year: 2019