Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke wins prestigious award at the Berlin International Film Festival

The shooting star award honours ten of the most promising up-and-comers of the year in the European film industry

Éanna Hardwicke poses for a portrait shoot at the European Shooting Stars 2024 presentation during the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke is following in the footsteps of Irish stars Ruth Negga, Andrew Scott and Domhnall Gleeson after being awarded with a prestigious award for rising acting stars. 

Perhaps best known for playing Rob Hegarty in Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson’s TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel, Hardwicke was chosen as one of the European Shootings Stars of 2024.