Lynette Callaghan

Acting

Lynette Callaghan

Dublin, Ireland

Lynette Callaghan is an Irish actress born in Dublin. Since graduating from Manchester Met School of theatre Lynette has worked extensively in TV and film. Lynette has appeared in roles in both the UK and Ireland. Her TV work includes Emmerdale, Cold Feet, The Clinic, Raw, The Tutors, Sharon Horgan's Women On The Verge and most recently Harry Wilde with Jane Seymour. Her film work includes an award winning performance in the controversial Irish feature film 8.5hours, she appeared alongside Colm Meaney, Fred Willard and Kevin Farley in the feature film The Yank, she played the role of 'Principal O'Shea' in Graham Cantwell's "Who We Love". Lynette has a lead role in the upcoming feature Hole In The Head directed by Dean Kavanagh. Alongside her onscreen TV and film work Lynette has voiced numerous characters in animation projects that include Disney series Space Chickens In Space.

Acting credits

Lily poster
NR

Lily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.

Lily

2016

Abode poster
NR

In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.

Abode

2025

8.5 Hours poster
5.8

"8.5 Hours" is a drama about one extraordinary day in the lives of four Dublin office workers during the final months of Ireland's Celtic Tiger years. A controversial mix of intense drama and some very black comedy, it depicts the personal lives of four workers in a small software company spiralling out of control throughout the course of one working day from 9.00 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title. Sexually charged and constantly surprising, the story relentlessly twists and turns and builds to a series of haunting and unforgettable resolutions.

8.5 Hours

2008

The Yank poster
3.5

Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.

The Yank

2014

Lost and Found poster
5.7

'Lost and Found' is a film with 7 interconnecting stories set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station.

Lost and Found

2018

The Gaelic Curse poster
NR

The story begins when the devil cursed two servants for accidentally killing a Gaelic `king with whom he had made a pact. This curse was handed down through every generation and which changes each time. The recipients of the Gaelic Curse are Bailey O Farrell and Limp O Reilly. The former suffers with a hump on his back and the latter has a limp, each with a life of its own. Bailey lives in L.A and Limp in a rural town in Ireland. Bailey finally comes to Ireland to find a way of breaking the curse. Through a series of comic events the pair try to rid themselves of the curse along with falling in love with two of the locals. They meet the Devil who plays with them and is saved through love and a little help from the Devils own sister.

The Gaelic Curse

2018

Hole in the Head poster
NR

Hole in the Head is an experimental feature film in which the protagonist re-stages his family's home movies in order to recall a traumatic event. Melding new with old technologies and a film-within-a-film structure, Hole in the Head proposes a hauntological discourse on autofiction, trauma and private ritual.

Hole in the Head

2022

Who We Love poster
6.0

The story of Lily, a girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, Lily is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.

Who We Love

2023

Inspektor Jury - Der Tod des Harlekins poster
6.0

A tricky case for Inspector Jury and his (ex-)aristocratic friend Melrose Plant: In Rackmoor, a picturesque Yorkshire harbor town, a woman dressed as a harlequin is murdered. The dead woman is said to be Dillys March, the adopted daughter of the extremely wealthy Colonel Titus Crael, who disappeared 20 years ago and has now unexpectedly returned. His son Julian Crael, however, believes she is an imposter. In his opinion, the woman pretended to be Dillys in order to gain access to Colonel Titus's fortune. Did Julian perhaps kill her?

Inspektor Jury - Der Tod des Harlekins

2018