Bren McElroy

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Bren McElroy

BRONTE Management LDT
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Best known as CASSANDRA in the Irish National TV series, "Fair City". Bren has dual citizenship with the EU via Ireland with a MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater, performing in theaters & films across the US, Ireland and the UK. When she is not auditioning or acting, Bren runs her own coaching school at CommunicationMattersStudio.com So looking forward to working with you!

Bren McElroy
Vita as Open in Filmmakers
39-51 years•Dublin (IE), New York (US)
Genderfemale
Acting age39-51 years
Main professionActor
Housing optionsGreater London (GB)
Height (cm)170
Ethnicity and heritageWhite or Caucasian, American, English, Ireland
LanguagesFrench
DialectsAmerican-New England(native dialect)American-New YorkEnglish-StandardIrish accent(native dialect)Multicultural London English (MLE)
AccentsFrench
InstrumentsGuitar
DanceBallet
Training

TRAINING:
- M.F.A., Acting, American Conservatory Theater. SF, CA: Benny Sato Ambush, Jack Fletcher, Larry Hecht, Scott Freeman, Frank Ottiwell, Carey Perloff
- Professional Theater Training Internship held at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)
- B.A., Theater, Kenyon College. Gambier, Ohio.
- The British American Drama Academy (BADA). London: Dorothy Tutin, Diana Quick, Fiona Shaw, Simon Callow, Norman Aaron

AWARDS:
- Joanne Woodward Acting Trophy rec’d Kenyon College for Best Female Performance as Miles in NO USE CRYING
- National Champion in Dramatic Interpretation, with ON TIDY ENDINGS Nat’l Forensic League (NSDA)
- Arts Award received in Theater. Selected/awarded by National Foundation for the Arts

Film
WATERWICK
Mrs Calhoon
Lionel R. Jefferies Strange Providence Films
WHERE TO?
Karen
Brian Thompson Seed & Spark Productions
OUTTA DODGE (Short film)
Sarah
Daniel Gomes
TAKE MY HANDS (Short film)
Monique
Julia DeSantis
MRS CROCODILE & MR PLOVER (Short film)
Maria
Lee VanderVeen
NO MAN'S LAND (Short film)
Julie
Eric Park
A STORY FOR NIAMH (Short film)
Mary
Andrew Paul Logue
COUPLES THERAPY (Short film)
Justine
Abigail Amatucci
BAREFOOT RUNAWAY (Short film)
Nurse Amanda
Ethan Gabert-Doyan Three Degrees Productions
YOUNG ADULTS (Short film)
Phillis
Rachel Napoliello RXN Productions
THE FOOL (Short film)
Fortune Teller
Sofia Akmechet
THE WAY YOU SMILE (Short film)
Sherry
Bricen X Rudyard Productions
2025
HOW TO MAKE A SHOW (Short film)
Anna
Hi Yiwei
2023
FADE IN FADE OUT
Joyce Engles
Rob Levinson Out of Town Pictures
2022
THE SIBLING RULE
Suzanne
Mari SanGiovanni Love is Love Productions
1998
DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS (Feature film)
Girl Bookworm
Alan Cohn Paramount Pictures/ MTV Productions
Television
FAIR CITY
Cassandra (Series Regular)
Niall Mathews / Various RTE 1
ALL MY CHILDREN
Christopher Goutman ABC TV Productions
Theater
THE THIN PLACE
Sylvia
Dee Dee Batteast Gloucester Stage Company
THEORY of SEDUCTION
Professor Telly
Kate Kataja Appollinaire Theatre