I didn’t always know I wanted to pursue acting professionally, but I always knew I wanted to act.

Actors used to turn to alcohol to numb nerves before filming explicit shots. Now Tinseltown has ‘intimacy co-ordinators’, writes Ed Power

They’re young, gifted and on the verge of making big breakthroughs in their careers. Esther McCarthy meets the new faces of 2019.

The Equalizer 2 is the first sequel of Denzel Washington’s long and illustrious career, and this time around things get personal, writes Georgia Humphreys

Oscar-nominated actress Ruth Negga describes herself as a “shy attention seeker” last night while on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

She’s on TV3 in Red Rock, but switch over to RTÉ or BBC and she’s there again, this time in Eastenders. Liz O’Brien meets soap queen Denise McCormack

Jake Gyllenhaal has already been tipped for an Oscar nomination for his performance in his latest movie, Stronger. He deserves the rave reviews, writes Will Lawrence

Not one garda has been disciplined over the bogus alcohol breath test scandal despite the force admitting it inaccurately recorded some 6.4m tests at one stage.

Senior gardai have denied they knew of the widescale falsification of alcohol breath test data, contradicting claims by rank-and-file gardaí that management applied pressure to inflate figures.

Irene Kelleher is taking her fictional play, Mary and Me, to the Edinburgh Fringe. It was inspired by the tragic events in Granard in 1984, writes Colette Sheridan

"There’s a yearning for live performance that’s absent from gaming and animation, and ultimately there’s an opportunity for puppetry there.”

Act Up!, an acting class group, are putting on a completely improvised show in aid of charity.

As she gets ready to present her film in Cork, Manal Issa is doing her best not to get swept up in the hype around her as one of French cinema’s brightest new stars, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Veteran actor John Hurt has died at 77 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

THE late actor, broadcaster and seanachaí, Eamon Kelly, has left a treasure trove of stories that are being brought to life by actor, Jack Healy. 

Bafta award-winning Irish actor Stephen Rea says the Government has let down the arts.

Call it the Curse of Walford’s Albert Square.

Actors are not fearless. We are brave.

Danny Dyer revealed he was “absolutely skint” when he was offered his EastEnders role as landlord Mick Carter.

Anne Hathaway finds comedies harder than drama.

Britney Spears would "love" to be a movie star

Meryl Streep is proud her daughters pursued acting careers.

Award-winning actor Ian McKellen, who's starred in a string of hit movies, including the 'X-Men' and 'Lord of the Rings' franchises, has revealed old age is making it increasingly tough to recall his words.

Ron Moody, who will forever be associated with the role of Fagin in Oliver!, was on his way to becoming a sociologist when he fell into acting.

He’s one of the greatest actors of his generation but, as Michael Gambon prepares to exit stage left, he tells Deirdre Reynolds he wouldn’t like to be starting out now

Will the human rights lawyer follow in her husbands footsteps?

David Duchovny is happily single.

Sarah Harding is "terrified" about returning to acting and starring on 'Coronation Street'.

THE hardest role seasoned actor Noelle Brown has ever played is that of herself.

Why are so few women in films talking to women about something other than men? Nicola Depuis says too many men are writing the screenplays.

In what must be a childhood dream come true, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson has been announced as one of the stars that will join with the original Star Wars cast for the latest movie in the blockbuster franchise.

Meg Ryan always wanted to be a journalist.