Kerry Condon facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kerry Condon
Condon in 2010
Born	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 (age 42) Thurles, North Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1999–present

Kerry Condon (born January 9, 1983) is an actress from Ireland. She has played many interesting characters in movies and TV shows. For example, she was the youngest actress to play Ophelia in a famous play called Hamlet by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

You might also know her as Octavia of the Julii in the TV series Rome. She also played Stacey Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul. If you like Marvel movies, you've heard her voice as F.R.I.D.A.Y., the smart computer helper for Iron Man.

Kerry Condon has worked a lot with a writer and director named Martin McDonagh. They have made plays like The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Cripple of Inishmaan together. They also made the movies Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin. For her role in The Banshees of Inisherin, she won a big award called the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, which is one of the highest honors in movies!

Acting Career Highlights

Kerry Condon started her acting journey at a young age. In 2001, when she was just 18, she got a role in the play The Lieutenant of Inishmore. She performed this play with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England and later in New York. She even recorded a song for the play!

That same year, Kerry played the role of Ophelia in the famous play Hamlet. This was a special moment because she was the youngest actress ever to play Ophelia for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2009, she acted in another play by Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of Inishmaan. For this play, she won an award for her great performance.

Movie and TV Roles

Kerry Condon has been in many movies. In 2003, she played Kate Kelly, the sister of the famous outlaw Ned Kelly, in the movie Ned Kelly. She also appeared in the Irish film Intermission with actors like Cillian Murphy and Colin Farrell.

In 2005, she was in the action movie Unleashed with Jet Li. That same year, she became well-known for her role as Octavia of the Julii in the TV series Rome. Octavia was the sister of the Roman Emperor Augustus.

Later, Kerry played Masha in the movie The Last Station, which was about the last days of writer Leo Tolstoy. She also played a jockey named Rosie Shanahan in the TV series Luck in 2012.

Fans of zombie dramas might remember her from The Walking Dead. She played the character Clara in the fourth season of the show.

One of her most famous voice roles is F.R.I.D.A.Y.. This is the artificial intelligence (AI) helper for Iron Man in the Marvel Studios movies. You can hear her voice in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.

Kerry Condon promoting The Banshees of Inisherin in 2022.

Working with Martin McDonagh

Kerry Condon worked again with Martin McDonagh in the 2017 movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Their biggest collaboration recently was the 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin. In this movie, Kerry played Siobhán Súilleabháin, the sister of Colin Farrell's character.

Her performance in The Banshees of Inisherin was highly praised. She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. These are all very important awards in the film industry!

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Angela's Ashes	Theresa Carmody
2000	Rat	Marietta
2001	How Harry Became a Tree	Eileen
2003	Ned Kelly	Kate Kelly
	Intermission	Café Waitress
2005	Unleashed	Victoria
2009	The Last Station	Masha
2011	This Must Be the Place	Rachel
	The Shore	Pat	Short film
2013	Dom Hemingway	Melody
2014	Gold	Alice
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	F.R.I.D.A.Y.	Voice role
2016	Captain America: Civil War
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Pamela
2018	Bad Samaritan	Katie Hopgood
	Avengers: Infinity War	F.R.I.D.A.Y.	Voice role
2019	Avengers: Endgame
	Dreamland	Olivia Evans
2022	The Banshees of Inisherin	Siobhán Súilleabháin
2023	In the Land of Saints and Sinners	Doireann McCann
2024	Night Swim	Eve Waller
2025	Train Dreams	TBA	Post-production
	F1	Kate	Post-production
TBA	Pressure	Kay Summersby	Filming

Television

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Awards and Recognition

Kerry Condon has won and been nominated for many awards for her acting. Her role in The Banshees of Inisherin brought her a lot of praise.

She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She was also nominated for the prestigious Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other nominations include the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

For her work in the play The Cripple of Inishmaan, she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance and a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress.

See also

In Spanish: Kerry Condon para niños