Carmel Rooney

Female
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Ethnicity
White / European Descent
Age Range
60 - 68
Height
5' 1" (1m 55cm)
Weight
112lbs (51kg)
Hair Colour
Auburn
Eye Colour
Green
Build
Slim

Overview

Ethnicity
White / European Descent
Age Range
60 - 68
Height
5' 1" (1m 55cm)
Weight
112lbs (51kg)
Hair Colour
Auburn
Eye Colour
Green
Build
Slim

Video

Credits

Year Job Title
Project Type		 Project Name
Director / Company		 Location
2020 Movement and Voice Over
Online & Multimedia 		LOVE LETTERS FILM | A LOVE LETTER TO LIFE
Phillipa Donnellan / CoisCéim Dance Theatre 		CoisCéim Dance Theatre 42 Fairview Strand, Ballybough, Dublin 3, D03 YV62, Ireland
2018 Ensemble movement/dancer
Event 		DANCE LATITUDES.
Phillipa Donnellan / CoisCéim Dance Theatre 		CoisCéim Dance Theatre 42 Fairview Strand, Ballybough, Dublin 3, D03 YV62
2017 Part of ensemble spoken word and movement, featured Emily: 'I died for Beauty'
Theatre 		Emily
Spoken word: Noelle Brown-Movement/Dance: Philippa Donnellan / CoisCéim Dance Theatre 		CoisCéim Dance Theatre 42 Fairview Strand, Ballybough, Dublin 3, D03 YV62
2014 Siobhain (one woman show)
Theatre 		One to Tango
Aoibhe Maguire / Produced by Carmel Rooney, funded by Dublin City Council 		Powerscourt Townhouse Ctr. Theatre, and Kilmainham Arts Club, Dublin.
1997 Sylvia/Mother
Theatre 		Sylvia Plath
Derek Byrne / Self produced with support from Dublin Theatre Festival (Fringe) 		Joyce Ctr. Dublin

Education

Year Qualification Where
2016 Postgraduate Diploma in Third Level Learning and Teaching Technological University Dublin (TUDublin)
2006 Certificate in Training and Continuing Education National University of Ireland Maynooth
2000 Masters in Film University College Dublin (UCD)
1992 Licentiate Teaching Diploma, Speech, Drama and Communication London College, Thames Valley University
1983 Workshop training in Stanislavsky method acting Focus Theatre Stanislavsky Studio, Dublin.
1981 Acting Diploma London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)

About me

I worked as a professional actress from 1983 until 1994, in Dublin, Ireland, simultaneously working as a freelance teacher/ trainer, in Drama and Voice Production and had my own drama school in North Dublin from 1994 to 2000. Other teaching and training included health organisations, community groups, drama groups, schools, colleges, youth clubs and adult education.
From 2001 to 2019, I was employed as a Lecturer in Communications, in the Faculty of Business, Technological University Dublin (TUD) and continued to occasionally perform my own work at festivals, art clubs etc. I retired from this position in Sept. 2019 and I am now available for theatre work: acting, voice overs, etc. or teaching drama, voice production, presentation skills, or corporate role play etc.
Acting experience:
I worked as a professional actress from 1983 until 1994, in Dublin, Ireland. I have experience in theatre, acting, comedy, radio, TV(children's and comedy progs., adverts.) and some film. As a member of a comedy theatre company (Comic Souffle) I wrote and performed theatrical comedy (part of a comedy ensemble), venues included: The Project Arts Ctr., Andrews Lane Theatre, various community theatres in Dublin and regional venues. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, I wrote and performed TV sketches for children’s and comedy programmes, for RTE (PSB). Progs. Included: The Late Late Show, Nighthawks, Rant, Scratch Saturday, New Chestnuts, and the John Creedon Radio Show.
Additional skills:
Movement, dance, comedy, improv. writing.
Drama Teaching and Voice Production.
Additional information:
I wrote/devised and performed two one woman plays, Sylvia Plath, Dublin Fringe Fest.1997 and'One to Tango' performed in various venues including Powerscourt Theatre, Dublin, 2013 to 2014.
Recently I have been involved in Coisceim Dance Theatre, Dance Ensemble (over 55's) productions, dance, movement and spoken word.

License & Passport

Driver's License: Yes

Skills

Languages Spoken English, Gaelic, German
Accents/Dialects American - General, English - Received Pronunciation, English - Southwest England, German, Irish, Irish Eastern (Leinster, Dublin), Irish Southern (Munster, Cork), Irish Western (Connacht, Galway), Kerry, Northern Irish, Scottish (Lowland, Broad Scots)
Dance Styles Contemporary, Tango
Additional Skills Acting
Athletics Cycling