Emma Eliza Regan
Emma Eliza Regan | |
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 Regan in 2014 | |
| Born | Emma Eliza Regan 4 December 1992 Moycullen, County Galway, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, journalist and model. |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Relatives | Mary Regan (sister) |
Emma Eliza Regan (born 4 December 1992) is an Irish actress who has appeared in Irish feature films The Fading Light (2009), Love Eternal (2013), Darkness on the Edge Of Town (2014), and Penance 2018, and on television in Aisling's Diary (2009), Jack Taylor (2012), and Vikings (2020).
Early life and education[edit]
Regan grew up in Moycullen, Connemara, her father an innkeeper of the local pub.[1] Regan trained as a classical ballet and contemporary dancer with Alan Foley, artistic director of Cork City Ballet.[2] She has studied at Bow Street Academy (formerly The Factory's Actors Studio) [3] in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, a creative hub where industry leaders mentor future industry leaders, working alongside Lance Daly, Shimmy Marcus, John Carney and Jim Sheridan.[2]
Theatre[edit]
Regan performed her stage debut at The Abbey Theatre as Mollser in a Wayne Jordon production of The Plough and The Stars in 2010.[4]
Film and television[edit]
In 2007, Regan made her screen début in the Ivan Kavanagh horror film Tin Can Man, opposite Michael Parle; The film went on to win several international awards (including Boundary Breaking Best Feature at the Sydney Underground Film Festival and Melbourne Underground Film Festival) prior to its worldwide release.[5]
In her late teens, she became known for her role as Fiona in the RTÉ drama Aisling's Summer Diary – TV Series created by Dublin-based CR Entertainment which won the best international Teen TV Movie at Kidscreen New York in 2010.[6][7]
Performances in independent films include Our Wonderful Home,[8] and The Fading Light (winner of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival).[9] Further work included the leading role in fantasy film The Shadows, based on a George MacDonald dark fairytale, and directed by Colin Downey.[7][10] with the Irish Film Board, which premiered at Galway Film Fleadh.
Regan also played schoolgirl Cathy in Love Eternal,[1] directed by Brendan Muldowney which has been adapted from the Japanese novel Loving The Dead by prolific horror author Kei Ōishi (The Grudge). Love Eternal won the Fresh Blood Award at the inaugural Black Bear Film Festival in Warsaw. The film premiered earlier in 2013 at the Galway Film Fleadh and has screened at over at over fifty festivals and markets worldwide, including Sitges and Busan, one of the largest film festivals in Asia.[11][12]
In 2014 she starred with Brian Gleeson in The Irish Western Darkness on the Edge Of Town[1] the first independently funded Irish film to feature at the Sundance Film Festival.[13] The film was later picked up by Netflix for and shown across the United States and Canada.[14]
In 2015, Regan starred in the feature movie Get Up And Go in 2015,[15] starring Peter Coonan and Killian Scott of Irish IFTA award-winning drama Love/Hate, and Irish film Fading Away in 2016.[16]
in 2017, Regan got a taste of other areas of the film industry when writing, directing and acting in her own short film Wild Fire Nights highlighting the problems of troubled and dysfunctional young women like Lila as she portrays in the 17 minute film, which was first shown at the Galway Film Fleadh 2017.[17]
In 2023, she starred as Niamh in the feature film Advent,[18] written by and starring Emmett Hughes; the film premiered at the 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival.[19]
Journalism[edit]
Regan also doubles as a travel and cultural columnist for several publications and outlets, including RTÉ,[20] and others. She wrote daily columns on her experiences at the Cannes Film Festival.[20] She was cover girl on the glossy publication 'Galway Now' magazine in July 2013.[21]
Contemporary art[edit]
Regan collaborated with Sara Hibbert on three pieces -Abonnés Series of stills, Flowers of the Gutter a four-screen video installation and Dancer Somnambulism . These projects have been exhibited in One Marylebone Place in 2010 for Intel's and Jotta Remastered Exhibition, London Design Festival, Orientations: Hoxton Art Gallery in London, CUBE Gallery, Cork Street Gallery in Mayfair, London.[citation needed]
Filmography[edit]
Film and video[edit]
| Year | Title of Production | Role | Notes/ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tin Can Man | Mel | Directed by Ivan Kavanagh[5] |
| 2008 | Our Wonderful Home | Emma | Director: Ivan Kavanagh [8][1] |
| 2009 | The Fading Light | Cathy | Feature film [9] |
| 2010 | The Death of James Connolly[22] | Nora | Short film |
| 2011 | Death of a Superhero | Morna | Film [23] |
| 2012 | Ninety Seconds | Elly | Short film |
| 2012 | Out There (Short film) [7] | Jane | by Baron Randal Plunkett |
| 2013 | The Shadows | Alica | Film [15] |
| 2013 | Love Eternal | Cathy Malone | Film [1][11][12] |
| 2013 | I Am Cursed | Alicia 'Mysterious Girl' | Film |
| 2013 | Out of Here | Ruth | Film |
| 2014 | Hollow lands | The Woman | Short Film |
| 2014 | After | Shauna | Short Film |
| 2014 | Guardian of the Ancient Shadow Crown | Alice | Film [15] |
| 2014 | Darkness on the Edge Of Town | Cleo Callahan | Film [7] |
| 2015 | The Second Coming | Maud Gonne | Film [1] |
| 2015 | Get Up And Go | Tara | Film [15] |
| 2015 | Fading Away | Sive | Film [15] |
| 2015 | Ar Scáth le Chéile | Aoife Doyle | Short film [15] |
| 2016 | Adulting | Emer | Short film [15] |
| 2016 | The Irish Mob | Re-enactment Actress | Frank 'Dunie' Ryan: West End & Stopwatch Gang |
| 2017 | Wild Fire Nights | Lila | Short film (Writer, Director & Actor) [17] |
| 2017 | Maeve and the Moon | Rhiannon | Short film [15] |
| 2017 | Hexing | Hannah | Film |
| 2017 | The Second Coming Vol.2 | Maud Gonne | Film |
| 2017 | Roth | Gracie | Film |
| 2017 | How to Make a Film | Anna Rose | Film |
| 2018 | Dead Drop Love | The Courtesan | Short film |
| 2018 | Penance | Aine Ni Laoighrie | Film |
| 2018 | Rapacious | Girl | Short film |
| 2018 | Sorry | the Girlfriend | Video short |
| 2023 | Advent | Niamh | Film |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title of Production | Role | Notes/ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aisling's Diary | Fiona | TV series 6 episodes [6][7] |
| 2010 | 1916 Seachtar na Cásca[24] | Nora | 1 episode - Eamonn Ceannt |
| 2012 | Jack Taylor | Karen | 1 episode - The Dramatist [7] |
| 2013 | 1916 Seachtar Dearmadta | Mabel Gorman | 1 episode - Willie Pearse |
| 2015 | Burning Wishes | Sheila | 1 episode 1.1 |
| 2019 | Der Irland-Krimi | Maggie Dunne | 1 episode - Mädchenjäger |
| 2020 | Vikings (season 6) | Aoife | episode 6.8 - Valhalla Can Wait |
Music Videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | In Flight [25] | Daithí Ó Drónaí | brunette female |
| 2023 | In the eyes [26] | Sistir | main female |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Interview: Actress Emma Eliza Regan on Pete Doherty, Maud Gonne and Irish westerns". irishpost.co.uk. 6 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
- ^ a b "Perfectly cast for success". independent.ie. 2 September 2012.
- ^ "Bow Street Graduates 2014". bowstreet.ie. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "The Plough and the Stars". Abbey Theatre. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Tin Can Man - A Feature Film". parkfilms.ie. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Winners in Kidscreen's 2011 Awards". cartoonbrew.com. 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Emma goes to Cannes". rte.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ a b Adam Dawtrey (31 October 2007). "Four Irish pics start to shoot". Variety. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ a b "The Fading Light -A Feature Film". parkfilms.ie. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "New Feature, 'The Shadows' to Shoot in August". Irish Film Television Network. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Love Eternal". scannain.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Irish film Love Eternal wins in Poland". rte.ie. 22 December 2013.
- ^ O'Riordan, Alison (25 January 2015). "Irish actress Emma Eliza Regan swaps her lightness of step for heavyweight film role". Irish Mirror. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.
- ^ Brosnan, Seán (9 December 2015). "'Darkness on the Edge of Town' picked up by Netflix". IFTN. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Emma Eliza Regan Resume". emmaelizaregan.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ McCahill, Elaine (4 May 2015). "Young Irish actress Emma Eliza and Antonia Campbell Hughes land plum new roles". The Herald. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Emma Eliza Regan, Writer/Director of 'Wild Fire Nights'". filmireland.net. 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Newport Beach Film Festival - Advent". nbff23.eventive.org. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Luke Shanahan (28 September 2023). "Newport Beach Spotlight: Writer-Actor Emmett Hughes discusses Advent". iftn.ie. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Emma Eliza Regan's Cannes Diary". rte.ie. 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Emma Eliza Galway's Rising Star". i.pinimg.com. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "The Death of James Connolly (2010)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ napierslogs (30 August 2012). "Death of a Superhero (2011)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "1916 Seachtar na Cásca (TV Series 2010– )". IMDb. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "Daithí Ó Drónaí - In Flight". Daithí music at youtube.com. 27 June 2014.
- ^ "Sistir - In the eyes". Sistir at youtube.com. 7 April 2023.
