Acting
Roisin Gallagher
Born
1987-03-01 (39)
Place of birth
Belfast, Ireland
Known for
Acting
Credits
13 titles
Roisin Alice Gallagher is an Irish actress and playwright. She began her career in theatre. On television, she is known for her roles in the BritBox series The Dry (2022–) and the Sky Atlantic series The Lovers (2023). She was nominated for an IFTA for the former and a British Academy Television Award for the latter.
Known for
7.1Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
6.2Shiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London and tries to navigate a new phase of her life. Trying to stay sober and being back with her family is not going to be easy.
The Dry
2022
7.3John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Nowhere Special
2020
6.6Janet is a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, including her life. Seamus is a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend. When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
The Lovers
2023
5.3When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Come Home
2018
NRFollow the forbidden love story of Johnny Kavanagh, the star rugby player on the verge of a pro career, and Shannon Lynch, the talented but painfully shy new girl at the prestigious private school of Tommen College in Ballylaggin, Ireland.
Boys of Tommen
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Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
7.3John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child's mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to find a new, perfect family for Michael, determined to shield him from the terrible reality of the situation.
Nowhere Special
2020
8.01994. As Northern Ireland takes its first steps towards peace, best friends Vinny and Jonty are about to jump start their futures with the most reckless trip of their lives.
Skintown
2026
5.0A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.
Mandrake
2022
10.0After her apartment is robbed, a woman makes a desperate phone call, and a surprise connection.
A Phone Call
2022
NRMaria, Dermot, and their son Johnny live in West Belfast. Their conventional, straightforward family life is jolted when Johnny tells his Mum that he wants to wear a dress for his upcoming First Holy Communion.
Just Johnny
2021
A woman talks herself through her own shame in an office stationery cupboard.
Shame
2023
2010s · 2 titles
5.0Jack Kelly is a successful novelist who leads a reclusive life in his apartment in Paris. His first novel, Made in Belfast, was a critical and commercial success – there was only one problem: it exposed the private lives and innermost secrets of his close friends and family, and none of them have spoken to him since he ran away. But when circumstances conspire to bring him back to his hometown for a few days, he decides to spend that time putting things right with the friends he betrayed, the brother he abandoned, and the fiancée he jilted.
Made in Belfast
2013
NRThe closer you look, the more you see.
Eye-Line
2012
Series credits
7.1Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
2026
6.2Shiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London and tries to navigate a new phase of her life. Trying to stay sober and being back with her family is not going to be easy.
The Dry
2022
6.6Janet is a foul-mouthed, hilarious, Belfast supermarket worker who doesn’t care about anything, including her life. Seamus is a handsome, self-centered, political broadcaster with what looks to be a perfect London life and a celebrity girlfriend. When they unexpectedly meet, they instantly clash – and yet also find themselves inextricably drawn to each other.
The Lovers
2023
5.3When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Come Home
2018
NRFollow the forbidden love story of Johnny Kavanagh, the star rugby player on the verge of a pro career, and Shannon Lynch, the talented but painfully shy new girl at the prestigious private school of Tommen College in Ballylaggin, Ireland.
Boys of Tommen
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