Roisin Gallagher
Acting
Biography
Roisin Alice Gallagher is an Irish actress and playwright. She began her career in theatre. On television, she is known for her roles in the BritBox series The Dry (2022–) and the Sky Atlantic series The Lovers (2023). She was nominated for an IFTA for the former and a British Academy Television Award for the latter.
Born: March 1, 1987
Place of Birth: Belfast, Ireland
Known For
A Phone Call
After her apartment is robbed, a woman makes a desperate phone call, and a surprise connection.
Nowhere Special
John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
The Lovers
Janet is a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, including her life. Seamus is a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend. When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
The Dry
In the series, when Shiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London, she is sober and full of good intentions – but being back with her family makes staying on ‘the dry' much harder than she expected. As Shiv tries to navigate this new phase of her life, so must her family and they all have issues they don't want to face.
Come Home
When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Made in Belfast
Jack Kelly is a successful novelist who leads a reclusive life in his apartment in Paris. His first novel, Made in Belfast, was a critical and commercial success – there was only one problem: it exposed the private lives and innermost secrets of his close friends and family, and none of them have spoken to him since he ran away. But when circumstances conspire to bring him back to his hometown for a few days, he decides to spend that time putting things right with the friends he betrayed, the brother he abandoned, and the fiancée he jilted.
Mandrake
A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.
Just Johnny
Maria, Dermot, and their son Johnny live in West Belfast. Their conventional, straightforward family life is jolted when Johnny tells his Mum that he wants to wear a dress for his upcoming First Holy Communion.
Eye-Line
The closer you look, the more you see.
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.
Filmography
as Saoirse
as Janet
as Shiv Sheridan
as Grace
as Her
as Maria
as Judy
as Jess
as Charlene
as Woman