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Sinead Keenan Biography

Birth Name:Sinead Keenan

Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • As a child, she wanted to be a lawyer because of the series "Matlock․"
  • Quote: "I seemed to always get cast as fairly strong and feisty characters - I rarely play the obedient wallflower․ I'm actually not that feisty in really life but think acting has given me the opportunity to bring that side of me out!"
  • Has worked with The Royal Shakespeare Company, doing plays such as "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Comedy of Errors․"
  • Played the role of Desdemona in "Othello" at the Salisbury Playhouse
  • Perhaps best known for her roles as Farrah Phelan in "Fair City" and werewolf Nina Pickering in "Being Human․"

Awards

  • 2018BAFTA TV Award-Best Leading Actress: nominated
  • 2018Golden Nymph-Outstanding Actress in a Long Fiction Program: winner
  • 2018RTS Television Award-Actor - Female: winner
  • 2022IFTA Award-Best Actress in a Lead Role - Drama: nominated