Ethiopian-born Irish actress
She was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 2003 in a Society of London Theatre Affiliate Theatre for her performance in Duck at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Jerwood Court.
Has been chosen as the Irish Shooting Star for the Berlin Film Festival.
She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father and Irish mother. She was raised in Limerick, Ireland, from the age of four.
Her favourite films are All About Eve , Bringing Up Baby , Big Business , Outrageous Fortune , Legend and Labyrinth .
