Seána Kerslake

Seána Kerslake
Born Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Occupation Actress
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Seána (or Seana) Kerslake is an Irish actress.[1][2] She is best known for playing the lead, Aisling, in Stefanie Preissner's comedy drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope.[3][2] In 2017 she was one of sixteen young actors to be named by Screen International as a Star of Tomorrow.[1] Given her appearance and talent, she has been dubbed as "The Irish Scarlett Johansson", a moniker rejected by the artist herself.[4][5][6][7][8]

Early life

Kerslake, the middle of three daughters of John and Deirdre Kerslake, was born and raised in Tallaght, South County Dublin.[9][3][4] She went on to study English and music at NUI Maynooth.[10][4]

Career

In 2010, while a student, Kerslake was cast in Kirsten Sheridan's Dollhouse, an unscripted Irish film.[11][4][10][12] Her performance earned her an Irish Film & Television Academy award nomination in 2013.[10][4]

Kerslake studied screen acting at The Factory, Bow Street, Dublin.[13][4][11]

In 2016, Kerslake played the title character in A Date for Mad Mary directed by Darren Thornton.[5][14] Her performance earned positive reviews from The Hollywood Reporter ("mesmerizing"[15]) and Variety("a barnstorming central performance"[16]). She was awarded the Breakthrough Award by the Dublin Film Critics' Circle, and the Bingham Ray New Talent Award at the Galway Film Fleadh 2016.[4][3][17]

She is set to star in Lee Cronin's The Hole in the Ground, which was shot in 2017.[2]

Her first London stage appearance was in May 2018 as Kat in Joe Penhall's Mood Music, director Roger Michell, at The Old Vic.[18]

She will appear in the 2018 film Dublin Oldschool.

Can't Cope, Won't Cope

In 2016, Kerslake played Aisling, a struggling twenty-something in RTÉ Two's Can't Cope, Won't Cope.[2][9] The first season has also been carried by BBC 3 and Netflix in the US and UK.[2][19][20] A second series was commissioned in 2017.[2] The series also features Amy Huberman.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Screen unveils Stars of Tomorrow 2017 with BFI London Film Festival". Screen International. 2 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McCarthy, Esther (13 May 2017). "Irish actress Séana Kerslake celebrating after landing leading movie role". Irish Mirror. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Smith, Andrea (25 September 2016). "Ireland's 40 under 40 you should know". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brady, Tara (22 August 2016). "Seána Kerslake: the hottest new name in Irish cinema". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 Dennehy, Mary (8 September 2016). "Seana Kerslake: A Date for Mad Mary". Evening Echo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018 – via Wayback machine.
  6. ↑ RTÉ Entertainment [@RTE_Ents] (19 September 2016). "Seána Kerslake responds to being labelled the Irish Scarlett Johansson" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Tallaght's Seána Kerslake - aka 'the Irish Scarlett Johansson' - is terrific as an angry young woman in A Date for Mad Mary". The Irish Times. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018 – via facebook.
  8. ↑ "A Date for Mad Mary". Movies.ie. 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 Gallagher, Jim (28 August 2016). "Meet Seana Kerslake, the busiest Irish actress of 2016". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "talented seana's reaching for the stars". Irish Independent. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  11. 1 2 Mullally, Una (20 August 2016). "Ireland: the next generation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. ↑ Falvey, Deirdre (3 October 2017). "Are these the Irish film stars of the future?". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  13. ↑ Jarlath Regan (23 March 2018). "Steve Wall". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (236 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  14. ↑ Hayes, Katy (28 January 2018). [https:/www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spoiler-wars-0xvwvkbbx "Spoiler wars"] Check |url= value (help). Sunday Times. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  15. ↑ van Hoeij, Boyd (15 July 2016). "'A Date for Mad Mary': Karlovy Vary Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  16. ↑ Kiang, Jessica (4 July 2016). "Film Review: 'A Date for Mad Mary'". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  17. ↑ Clarke, Donald (17 December 2016). "Dublin Film Critics Circle Names I, Daniel Blake Best of 2016". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  18. ↑ Bano, Tim. "Joe Penhall's Mood Music review". The Stage. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Is 'Can't Cope, Won't Cope' available to watch on UK Netflix?". NewOnNetflixUK. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  20. ↑ "Is 'Can't Cope, Won't Cope' available to watch on Netflix in America?". NewOnNetflixUSA. 2 January 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018.
  21. ↑ O'Grady, Sean (20 September 2016). "'I studied up in Coppers for my new TV role' - Seana Kerslake". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2018.


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