Why have no Irish actresses made it big in Hollywood? (23)
Maria Doyle Kennedy (from The Commitments) is going to be in season 5 of Dexter, starting in a few weeks.
Officer107: Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Colin Meaney, Brendan Gleason, Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy...... see the a similiar trend??
Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
You missed the two biggest of them all....Richard Harris and Peter O' Toole.
saiorse ronan is a fine actress.
wasnt victoria smurfitt in one the bond 007 films?????
Officer107: Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Colin Meaney, Brendan Gleason, Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy...... see the a similiar trend??
Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
\Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
A man might not have to be good looking but can you name an ugly actress that has made it big in Hollywood?
mcneillm: Maria Doyle Kennedy (from The Commitments) is going to be in season 5 of Dexter, starting in a few weeks.
Sorry but i never even heard of her??
All our Irish actors are household names, i always wonder why the same doesn't apply to Irish actresses?
Officer107: Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Colin Meaney, Brendan Gleason, Pierce Brosnan, Cillian Murphy...... see the a similiar trend??
Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone
Irish actresses are
thats whyshotstopper:
A man might not have to be good looking but can you name an ugly actress that has made it big in Hollywood?
A man might not have to be good looking but can you name an ugly actress that has made it big in Hollywood?
Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls, and shes not what people would say ur "typical Hollywood female"
Maureen O'Hara, granted she's no longer working but she was a BIG name, as was Princess Grace Kelly (Monaco) though not born in Ireland, her parents were.
shotstopper: \
A man might not have to be good looking but can you name an ugly actress that has made it big in Hollywood?
A man might not have to be good looking but can you name an ugly actress that has made it big in Hollywood?
Sarah Jessica Parker. End of
But seriously there are some, Whoopi Goldberg is hardly going to win Miss World for example. Also men have different ways of being attractive, what you might call an ugly man somebody else might say is rugged etc. Irish actresses tend to not really get much of an opportunity in movies. Most our our better actresses are in theatre. Maria Doyle Kennedy for example was just in Irish movies like The Commitments. She got lucky then with The Tudors. Maybe it is something to do with the image of women in Ireland. There are some differences there with the whole Irish Mammies thing being one example.
Saoirse Ronan looks like being our first proper movie star. I'd also mention that Olivia Wilde has 2 Irish parents and went to Trinity College. She thinks of herself as Irish.
Trealach01: Maureen O'Hara, granted she's no longer working but she was a BIG name, as was Princess Grace Kelly (Monaco) though not born in Ireland, her parents were.
Grace Kelly's parents were from Pennsylvania. Here family emmigrated to America in the 19th Century. She might get in via the Granny rule.
Maureen O'Hara on the other hand, is definitely our biggest ever actress.
Just wait until St. Patrick's Day and count the number of Irish Actresses in Hollywood - not a foreigner to be found
bradolfpittler: saiorse ronan is a fine actress.
ABSOLUTELY! Big Time!
what about brenda fricker???
navbabe: what about brenda fricker???
Sure. 'But I wouldn't!'
navbabe: wasnt victoria smurfitt in one the bond 007 films?????
She was also the evil chick in Bulletproof Monk
Officer107: Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls, and shes not what people would say ur "typical Hollywood female"
Now you could not call her a Hollywood star. She is hardly A List. One movie (musical) does not make you a star.
Brenda Fricker is a legend!!
Maureen O Hara!!
Mia Farrow!!
Maureen O Hara!!
Mia Farrow!!
mcattack: Brenda Fricker is a legend!!
Maureen O Hara!!
Mia Farrow!!
Maureen O Hara!!
Mia Farrow!!
First 2 yes but Mia Farrow is American.
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Thats right, all male. Why can't Ireland produce an Irish actress in Hollywood??
P.S. don't give the reason "there not beautiful enough"
Hollywood isn't all about looks.... Brendan Gleason anyone