Acting
Lisa Dwan
Born
1977-11-25 (48)
Known for
Acting
Credits
17 titles
Lisa Dwan is an Irish actress. She is best known for her work in theatre, performing in Samuel Beckett adaptations among other works. She began her career in the Fox Kids series Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998–1999). More recently, she starred in the Netflix series Top Boy (2019–2023). She also appeared in the RTÉ soap opera Fair City (2006–2007) and the ITV drama Rock Rivals (2008). Dwan was born in Coosan, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, and originally trained as a ballet dancer. She was chosen to dance with Rudolf Nureyev in the Ballet San Jose's production of "Coppélia" in Dublin when she was 12 years old. She left school at 14 after winning a scholarship to attend the Dorothy St…
Known for
8.5Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
MobLand
2025
8.0Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
Top Boy
2019
6.9The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
Trust
2018
7.2Four young knights, Rohan, Deirdre, Angus and Ivar, defend their ancient homeland of Kells from attacks by the evil Queen Maeve who is intent on ruling the island kingdom. The knights bravely resist Maeve's dark sorcery, battling giants, ogres and evil mythical creatures. Their quest to restore peace to the land leads the knights to discover their mystic armor and their dragon ally, Pyre, who joins them on adventures filled with danger, magic, and the roguish little people who inhabit the enchanted underworld of Tir Na Nog.
The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
1998
6.7Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Bloodlands
2021
6.6A police detective returns to her hometown and becomes involved in a missing person case, which is linked to her traumatic past and the town's dark history.
Blackshore
2024
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRBack in his home country to spread the ashes of his beloved wife, a man races to his destination. In a milk float. Chased by a beautiful French woman in a smart car, plagued with battery issues.
The Three Urns
2026
NRThe Black River of Herself brings to life a fictional Irish Bog Body – an ancient corpse naturally preserved over thousands of years in Ireland’s peat bog lands. Invariably discovered through the process of industrial peat extraction, these bodies become an evocative lens through which to explore our current era of human-induced planetary change. With a script by novelist Daisy Hildyard, the film traverses 300 million years of history across its three sequences, during which the revenant figure of The Bog Body returns to the surface of a world on the brink of ecological collapse. Brought to life through an innovative mix of practical puppetry effects and animatronics, The Bog Body urges its human discoverer to open their eyes; to learn from the many worlds that have gone before or face inevitable extinction.
The Black River of Herself
2021
NRWritten by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.
Pale Sister
2021
2010s · 2 titles
6.3Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.
A Prayer for Rain
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Engagement
2014
2000s · 2 titles
6.0A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
The Tailor of Panama
2001
4.6When an unsuspecting American tourist and former kickboxer journeys to the West of Ireland to meet his online love interest, he accidentally intercepts nuclear detonators concealed inside a six-pack of Beamish, and finds himself embroiled in a cat-and-mouse chase between the IRA, US intelligence and the Garda Síochána.
Moving Target
2000
1990s · 2 titles
6.2An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Oliver Twist
1997
7.0Journey beyond imagination to a fantastic world of swords and sorcery, wizards and warriors, where the fate of an entire kingdom rests on the shoulders of four brave, young heroes - The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. The knights embark on an action-packed quest to find the warrior Draganta and the mystical fire dragon Pyre, who will help them defeat the evil queen Maeve. Filled with powerful magic and courageous battles, The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog is a legendary adventure that you'll enjoy time and time again!
Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
1999
Series credits
8.5Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.
MobLand
2025
8.0Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty street of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.
Top Boy
2019
6.9The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
Trust
2018
7.2Four young knights, Rohan, Deirdre, Angus and Ivar, defend their ancient homeland of Kells from attacks by the evil Queen Maeve who is intent on ruling the island kingdom. The knights bravely resist Maeve's dark sorcery, battling giants, ogres and evil mythical creatures. Their quest to restore peace to the land leads the knights to discover their mystic armor and their dragon ally, Pyre, who joins them on adventures filled with danger, magic, and the roguish little people who inhabit the enchanted underworld of Tir Na Nog.
The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
1998
6.7Northern Irish police officer DCI Tom Brannick connects a suicide note with an infamous cold case with enormous personal significance.
Bloodlands
2021
6.6A police detective returns to her hometown and becomes involved in a missing person case, which is linked to her traumatic past and the town's dark history.
Blackshore
2024
NRRock Rivals is a British television drama series following the lives of two celebrity judges on an X Factor style show as their marriage falls apart. It was produced by Shed Productions, the company behind Footballers' Wives, Bad Girls and Waterloo Road. The series began on 5 March 2008 on ITV and finished on 23 April 2008. It was not renewed due to both poor ratings and poor reviews.
Rock Rivals
2008