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Elaine Cassidy (born 31 December 1979)^[1] is an Irish actress and is best known for playing the lead character Abby Mills on Harper's Island.

Early life

Elaine Cassidy was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow.^[2] Her first role was as the title character in a school production of Pinocchio when she was five.^[1]

Career

In 1996, she was nominated for the Most Promising Actress at the Geneva Film Festival for her role in The Sun, the Moon and the Stars.^[1] She played the starring role in Felicia's Journey with Bob Hoskins,^[3] which she was nominated "Best Actress" at the 20th Genie Awards.^[4] For her role as Runt in Disco Pigs, opposite Cillian Murphy, she won the 2003 IFTA Award of "Best Actress in a Feature Film".^[4] She was nominated in the "Best Actress in Television" category in the 2005 IFTA for her role as "Maud Lilly" in a BBC drama Fingersmith.^[4] She is also a stage actor and appeared in The Crucible with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2006 and in There Came A Gypsy Riding at the Almeida Theatre in 2007.^[5] In addition to her film acting, she appeared in the music video for Coldplay's "The Scientist"^[6].

Personal life

She is married to actor Stephen Lord, whom she met on the set of The Truth.^[7] They live in Greenwich, Greater London, with their daughter, born in 2009.^[8]

Filmography

Theatre

• There Came a Gypsy Riding (2007)
• The Crucible (2006)
• Scenes from the Big Picture (2002)
• The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2002)

Awards

References

External links

• Elaine Cassidy at FEARnet
• Elaine Cassidy at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Elaine Cassidy on Theatre.com
• The 5th IFTA
• There Came a Gypsy Riding
• A Room With A View Official Page
• Interview with Elaine Cassidy on her role as Felicia
• Interview with Elaine Cassidy on TheStage.com
• Interview with Elaine Cassidy on icWales.com
• Interview with Elaine Cassidy on iftn.ie