KERRY CONDON will soon be seen starring as Octavia of the Julii in the epic HBO/BBC miniseries Rome, the first three episodes of which were directed by Michael Apted.
She was born in Ireland in County Tipperary, and grew up in the small town of Thurles. She then went on to study at the Dublin Theatre Arts School. In her final year there, she auditioned for Angela’s Ashes director Alan Parker. Two more auditions followed, and she got the role.
Ms. Condon’s subsequent feature films included Steve Barron’s Rat; Goran Paskaljevic’s How Harry Became a Tree; John Crowley’s Intermission; and Gregor Jordan’s Ned Kelly (a Focus Features release domestically).
She became, at age 19, the youngest actress ever to play Ophelia for the Royal Shakespeare Company (in Steven Pimlott’s staging of Hamlet). Ms. Condon’s other stage work includes Wilson Milam’s staging of The Lieutenant of Innishmore (also for the Royal Shakespeare Company); and Paddy Kineen’s staging of The Lonesome West (for Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre).
For U.K. television, she has appeared on the series Ballykissangel.
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