Orla Fitzgerald is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 actress.

She received two nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Breakthrough Artist at the 4th annual Irish Film and Television Awards for her work in The Wind That Shakes the Barley

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Irish war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War...

.

She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Stage Awards for the Edinburgh Theatre Festival 2006 for her leading role in Pumpgirl

Pumpgirl

Pumpgirl is an acclaimed play by Abbie Spallen, which is set in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a co-winner of the 2006-2007 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for best play written in English by a woman....

 at the Traverse Theatre.

Selected filmography

• Law & Order: UK: 2009
• Speed Dating: 2007
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)
  The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Irish war drama film directed by Ken Loach, set during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War...
  
  : 2006
• The Last Furlong (TV): 2005
• The Baby Wars (TV): 2005
• Love is the Drug (TV): 2004
• Strangers in the Night: 2002
• Crossed Lines: 2001

Selected stage career

• Comedy of Errors; Royal Exchange, Manchester
• Crestfall; Theatre503, London
• Pumpgirl; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
  Traverse Theatre
  The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
  
  ; 3 to 27 August 2006; Bush Theatre, London
  Bush Theatre
  The Bush Theatre is based in Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 above The Bush public house by Brian McDermott, and has since become one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. An intimate venue renowned for its close-up...
  
  ; 12 September to 14 October 2006
• This Ebony Bird; Blood in the Alley Theatre Company
• The System; The Project, Raw Productions
• The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish; The Ark
• Playboy of the Western World; Royal Exchange Manchester
• A Town Called F**cked; Last Serenade Theatre Company
• Macbeth; Second Age Theatre Company
  Second Age Theatre Company
  Second Age Theatre Company exists to promote an awareness and love of classical theatre for all, but especially the young.-History of the company:...
  
  
• A Quite Life; Peacock Theatre
• The River; Meridian Theatre Company
• Who's Breaking?; Graffiti Theatre Company
• Laodamia; Merlin International Theatre
• Disco Pigs; Corcadorca Theatre Company
• Othello; Everyman Theatre, Cork

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