Orla Gilroy

Actor CV:ÓRLA GILROY (She/Her) Playing Age: 45-55 | Height: 5'5" | Hair: Brown | Eyes: Blue Phone: 085 757 7195 Email: [email protected] Location: Dublin, Ireland | Available to Travel Garda Vetted | UK Police Clearance | Hong Kong Police Clearance Full Irish Driving Licence FILM & TELEVISION 2026. Walk The Blue Fields: Film: Role: Nurse. 2026 Northern Ireland Government: The Department for Infrastructure (DfI): Television Commercial: DFI Road Safety Featured Cast The Gate Films Dir: Michael J Ferns CD: Shauna Griffith 2025 The Rainmaker (TV Series) Featured Extra E1 S1 Scene with John Slattery and Wade Briggs USA Network Creators: Jason Richman, Michael Seitzman 2024 Power Ballad Passerby and Pub scene Dir: John Carney 2024 Wednesday Chaperone Netflix 2024 Fair City Doctor RTÉ 2024 Fair City Passerby RTÉ 2024 Once Upon A Royal Summer Garden Party Scene The Daemon Lover 2020 RedBack Extra — 2006 The Pearl Report Interviewee/Script TVB Hong Kong https://www.imdb.com/name/nm18212325/ VOICEOVER EXPERIENCE Radio Advertisement: Wrote/recorded national radio advertisement - NewsTalk/FM104; Past Experience: Radio show podcast host ACTORS TRAINING 2025: • StageMilk Showreel Masterclass - Andrew Hearle • Live Actors Masterclass - Michael Keogh • Acting Masterclass - Gaiety School of Acting • 10-Week Acting Course - William Morgan • 2-Day Intensive Screen Acting Workshop - Diarmuid Goggins, Baz Black, William Morgan, Emma Ray • Matt Zina Acting Class - UK Online • Acting Masterclass - Baz Black & Emma Ray • Casting Workshop - Luci Lennox • The Art of Screen Acting - Maureen Hughes, Shimmy Marcus, Sarah Hone • Musical Theatre for Beginners/Acting for Camera - Gaiety School of Acting 2024: • Paulette Williams Online Acting Class - UK • Matt Zina Acting Class - UK Online • One-to-One Coaching - Baz Black • 2-Day Intensive Screen Acting Workshop - Diarmuid Goggins, Baz Black, William Morgan, Emma Ray 2019: • Acting Class - Sarah Hone ACCENTS Neutral Irish • Irish accents (varied) • Northern Irish • UK accents (varied) • USA accents (varied) • Australian • European • RP • Other SCREENWRITING Screenplay 'The Ward' - 12 International Festival Selections: 🏆 WINNER: Oxford Script Awards – First Time Writer (Short Screenplay) 2025 🏆 FINALIST: Best Script Award London (Winter Edition) 2026 🏆 FINALIST: Cambridge Script Festival 2026 🏆 FINALIST: Pageant Film Festival 2026 🥉 SEMI-FINALIST: Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival 2026 🥉 SEMI-FINALIST: Dublin International Film Awards 2026 📍 QUARTER-FINALIST: Big Apple Film Festival 2026 📍 QUARTER-FINALIST: Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition 2026 ✓ Chicago Script Awards – Passed First Round 2025 🥉 SEMI-FINALIST: New York Script Awards 2025 🥉 SEMI-FINALIST: Waterford International Film Festival 2025 SPECIAL SKILLS Performance & Voice: Strong with direction, script work, and improvisation • Experienced collaborator in fast-paced filming environments • Strong team player with professional set etiquette • Professional public speaking and live interviews • Voice over work for advertisements • Singer - performed in choir in The Forbidden City, Beijing with Davy Spillane • Experienced chaperone for children on professional film/TV sets Physical Skills: All aspects of Hospitality and Corporate work environments • Swim • Golf • Run • Walk • Fencing • Squash • Ball sports • Sing • Ride bike • Other activities as requested Physical Considerations: Nudity: open to discussion-dependent on requirements - scars on left breast from breast cancer surgery (2022) Additional Skills: Media Trained- Event management and coordination • Corporate training delivery • Writing and content creation Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational) ACTING CERTIFICATIONS & EDUCATION Screen Ireland Safe to Create: • Being an Active Bystander in the Arts and Creative Sectors • Tackling Bullying and Harassment at Work • Addressing Unconscious Bias Basic Awareness in the Workplace Child Protection & Safety: • Children First E-Learning Programme - Child Protection (HSE) • How to Understand and Connect with Traumatised Children (Interplay International) • ZSA Zero Suicide Training (Ohana) • Foster Care Training Programme (CareVisions) Professional Development: • Certificate in Data Protection GDPR (Charities Institute Ireland) • Certificate in Managing Mental Health and Stress (Coventry University) • Communicating Effectively through Open Disclosure (Royal College of Physicians Ireland/HSE) MEMBERSHIPS The Actors Home • MovieXtras • Celtic Castings • Crewless • StarNow • ProjectCasting • Childstar • Voices MEDIA & PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE 2026-2004: Corporate presentations and training delivery. Commercial/government, corporate, schools. Event MC for corporate and public events 2020-2013: Press interviews, radio and TV presenter/interviewee - RTÉ, TV3, Today FM, Near FM, FM104. Podcast host (Near FM). Developed and delivered corporate, government and schools training programmes and presentations. Event MC 2011-2004 (Hong Kong): Radio; Press interviews, corporate presentations, panel speaker at CSR conferences. Instigated and filmed as part of investigative journalism television programme TVB 'Pearl Report' - Epilepsy in Hong Kong. Developed and conducted corporate, government and schools training programmes. Event MC PUBLICATIONS Ireland: • The Big Issue: 'Domestic Abuse - it's time to change the way we think' • Photographic Exhibition: Created and produced 'The Faces of Homelessness' Hong Kong: • Published children's interactive superhero cartoon book 'Captain Enlighten' • Published and launched children's book on epilepsy 'Because we are Friends' • Panel Guest Speaker: CSR Conferences • Instigated investigative journalism television programme: TVB 'Pearl Report' - 'Epilepsy in Hong Kong' Articles & Publications: • 'CSR - A Non-Government Organisation's point of view' (Best Practice Management Magazine) • 'Bringing Epilepsy to Light' (British Chamber of Commerce, Britain in Hong Kong, V19) • 'Children and Epilepsy' (The Parents Journal Magazine) • International Epilepsy Magazine: Articles on epilepsy in the Hong Kong community ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS BA (Hons) Business and Hotel and Catering Management - Birmingham City University, England Diploma Business Management Studies in Hotel and Catering Management with French - Athlone Institute of Technology Full list can be provided.