We’ve rounded up all the amazing Irish actors, directors, make-up artists, production designers and screenwriters who have won an Academy Award for their incredible talent over the years.
We’ve rounded up all the amazing Irish actors, directors, make-up artists , production designers and screenwriters who have won an Academy Award for their incredible talent over the years. Let’s take a closer look at those who have gone the distance in their career and received the highest award anyone in the arts could dream of – an Academy Award . Originally from Dublin, Breda made history as the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1989 film, My Left Foot.
She won her Oscar in the Best Supporting Actress category for her harrowing role as Christy Browne’s mother in the film about his life. In 2008, the pair won the Best Original Song Oscar for their hit track ‘Falling Slowly’. The song was composed for the film Once, which has been deemed one of the best music films of all time. In his acceptance speech Glen Hansard explained how they made the movie with a low budget and never expected to be standing in front of all Hollywood’s elite
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