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KERRY CONDON BIOGRAPHY

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Kerry Condon was born in Ireland in Tipperary, and studied at the Dublin Theatre Arts School. In her final year of schooling she made her professional debut (at just 16 years of age) as Theresa Carmody in "Angela's Ashes" directed by Alan Parker. Other major roles quickly followed, including Marietta Flynn in "Rat" directed by Steve Barron and Eileen in "How Harry Became A Tree" directed by Goran Paskaljevic. More recently, Kerry appeared as Kate Kelly in ‘Ned Kelly’ directed by Gregor Jordan for Working Title, and in ‘Intermission’ with Colin Farrell, directed by John Crowley for Company of Wolves. Kerry will appear as the female lead (Victoria) in ‘Unleashed’, with Morgan Freeman and Jet Li, directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson in February 2005. In theatre Kerry was offered the role of Ophelia in "Hamlet" for the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Steven Pimlott, when she was just 19 years old, making her the youngest actress ever to play that role for the RSC. As part of the same contract, Kerry also originated the role of Mairead in Martin McDonagh’s hugely successful "The Lieutenant of Inishmore" for the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Wilson Milam. Other theatre includes Mc Donagh’s "The Lonesome West" for the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, directed by Paddy Kineen. Television credits include her role as Mairead Reilly in the BBC Production of "Ballykissangel" and she will soon appear in a guest lead in ITV’s series ‘Bad Blood’. Kerry is currently filming the role of Octavia in HBO's new TV series 'Rome', co-starring Ciaran Hinds, Lindsay Duncan and James Purefoy and Ken Cranham. Series one of 'Rome' will air on HBO in 2005.


PARTIAL ARTICLE: "BALL OF FIRE ACTRESS" ARTICLE FROM FINDARTICLES

Irish actress Kerry Condon isn't one to cave under pressure. At 16, this former competitive swimmer decided to attend an open audition for a bit part in Alan Parker's adaptation of Angela's Ashes (1999). "Everyone said, 'Oh, thousands of people are going up for that,'" she recalls. "But I thought, Yeah, thousands of people who have done nothing, like me."

The plucky Tipperary native not only got the job, but she's been working ever since. From modest Irish films like Rat (2000) she jumped to London's Royal Shakespeare Company, where a production of Hamlet (she was the youngest Ophelia in RSC history) led to a supporting turn in this month's Ned Kelly, starring Heath Ledger as the notorious Australian outlaw; Condon plays his sister. She also has a memorable role opposite Colin Farrell in the new comedic drama Intermission. "I've known Colin for a long time," she says, "which helped an awful lot because he's such a terrible flirt."

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Partial Article: Interview With Kerry Condon (Kate Kelly)

Kerry Condon's unofficial audition for a role in Ned Kelly came when she was performing in a play with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play, "Lieutenant of English Moore", was written by the brother of John Michael McDonagh - the scriptwriter for "Ned Kelly".

"Gregor (Jordan, director of "Ned Kelly") came to see me in the play," she says. "Then he called me in to the audition and that was it, I got the part. The character that I played in the play was young and Irish and she was really gutsy - kind of like Kate Kelly."

Although she knew little of the Ned Kelly legend before beginning work on the film, Condon was surprised to discover that the bushranger's father had grown up near her own home in Ireland.
"So I liked the idea of going to Australia to work on a film that cuts across both Irish and Australian history," she says.

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