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).
![Ava Hahessy Madigan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AvaHahessyMadigan0931p-150x150.jpg)
Ava Hahessy Madigan
Graduation Year: 2021
![Avril Ryan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Avril-Ryan--150x150.jpg)
Avril Ryan
Graduation Year: 2005
![Barry Flanagan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Barry-Flanagan-150x150.jpg)
Barry Flanagan
Graduation Year: 2002
![Barry O’Connell](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Barry-OConnell-150x150.jpg)
Barry O’Connell
Graduation Year: 2014
![Beibhinn Nolan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Beibhinn-Nolan-150x150.jpg)
Beibhinn Nolan
Graduation Year: 2003
![Bella Danieli](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Bella-Danieli-Head-shot-2-150x150.jpeg)
Bella Danieli
Graduation Year: 2023
![Ben Heather](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ben-Heather-150x150.jpg)
Ben Heather
Graduation Year: 2016
![Ben Thompson](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ben-Thompson-150x150.jpg)
Ben Thompson
Graduation Year: 2017
![Benjamin Reilly](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BenReilly6367p-150x150.jpg)
Benjamin Reilly
Graduation Year: 2021
![Biaina Ryan](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Biaina_Ryan_Headshot_1-150x150.jpg)
Biaina Ryan
Graduation Year: 2021
![Bláthnaid Daly](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Blathnaid-Daly-150x150.jpg)
Bláthnaid Daly
Graduation Year: 2021
![Brandon Rowan Taylor](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Brandon-Rowan-Taylor-150x150.jpg)
Brandon Rowan Taylor
Graduation Year: 2007
![Bren Barnett](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Bren-Barnett-150x150.jpg)
Bren Barnett
Graduation Year: 2005
![Brendan O’Donohue](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Brendan-ODonohue-150x150.jpg)
Brendan O’Donohue
Graduation Year: 2013
![Brendan Quinn](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/image0-1-150x150.jpeg)
Brendan Quinn
Graduation Year: 2015
![Brian Hutton](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Brian-Hutton-150x150.jpg)
Brian Hutton
Graduation Year: 2008
![Callan Cummins](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Callan-Cummins-150x150.jpg)
Callan Cummins
Graduation Year: 2019
![Callum Maxwell](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CallumMaxwell9231-150x150.jpg)
Callum Maxwell
Graduation Year: 2021
![Camilla Marks](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Camilla-Marks-150x150.jpg)
Camilla Marks
Graduation Year: 1999
![Camille Ross](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Camille-Ross-150x150.jpg)
Camille Ross
Graduation Year: 2009
![Caoilfhionn Dunne](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Caoilfhionn-Dunne-150x150.jpg)
Caoilfhionn Dunne
Graduation Year: 2007
![Caoimhe Mulcahy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Caoimhe-Mulcahy-150x150.jpg)
Caoimhe Mulcahy
Graduation Year: 2015
![Caoimhe O’Malley](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/01_Caoimhe-OMalley-150x150.jpg)
Caoimhe O’Malley
Graduation Year: 2011
![Cara McCarthy](https://gaietyschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CaraMcCarthy-150x150.jpg)
Cara McCarthy
Graduation Year: 2018