Kate Stanley Brennan
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Kate was born in Dublin to Actors Stephen Brennan (Tudors/Eat the
Peach) and Martina Stanley (Fair City). She is part of a very well
known and respected acting family in Ireland. Her Grandfather was one
of the original radio stars Denis Brennan and her Grandmother, Daphne
Carrol / Brennan, as well as working in the rep in RTE, starred in TV
shows such as Strumpet City. Kates aunts Jane Brennan (Tudors) and
Barbara Brennan (Veronica Guerin) are also established actresses. Kate
trained at Young Peoples Theatre as a child and then study Drama and
theatre at Trinity College for two years before dropping out to pursue
her career. After spending a year out from acting in New York,(where
she started singing and writing music), she came back to Ireland and
started her acting career in Theatre and has worked and toured
extensively with the Abbey Theatre amongst many others in Ireland as
well as the National Theatre Studio and the Arcola in London.In 2011,
she was then cast in Kirsten Sheridans "Dollhouse" and her career has
turned its self towards film since. Dollhouse premiered at the
Berlinale and SXSW festival in Austin Texas . Going straight into a
Hallmark film with Adrian Pasdar and Amy Hubermann and again starring
opposite Jack Reynor, Then shooting Dublin in Pieces which premiered at
the 2012 Galway Film Fleadgh, she has now signed with Insight
Entertainment in LA.