Actress Kerry Condon could be set for Oscar glory next year after being honoured with the Oscar Wilde Award.
The Tipperary star received rave reviews for her performance alongside Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin.
And now the 39-year-old could be set to be nominated for an Oscar at next year’s ceremony. She will be get an Oscar in another form next year via the Oscar Wilde Awards in Santa Monica.
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The annual ceremony, which is hosted by the US-Ireland Alliance, returns on 9 March 2023 to J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath's Bad Robot production company in Santa Monica.
US-Ireland Alliance president Trina Vargo said Condon's performance in Martin McDonagh's comedy was a "tour de force".
In an interview with Vanity Fair, McDonagh said he had been a fan of Condon's theatre work, which includes being the youngest actress to portray Ophelia in a Royal Shakespeare Company performance of Hamlet, and that he wanted to showcase that on the big screen.
"I don't think I'd quite seen how brilliant she was onstage really captured in the movies. I wanted to make sure that we did that, and she just blew me away."
Fellow Tipperary star Pat Shortt, who also starred in The Banshees of Inisherin, hailed Kerry’s performance in the dark comedy – admitting he wouldn’t be surprised if Kerry is nominated for an Oscar.
He told us: “It wouldn’t surprise me. The reviews coming out that she is the one to watch. What I’m hearing is that she is the one as well as Colin (Farrell).
"He was beautiful to watch himself and Brendan on screen together and see that dynamic between them. I got to work on some of the scenes with Barry (Keoghan) but all the stuff with himself and Kerry is supposed to be incredible. She jumps out of the screen.”
Kerry, who was recently named on Variety's '10 Actors to Watch' list, can next be seen in the upcoming thriller In the Land of Saints and Sinners alongside Liam Neeson and Ciarán Hinds.
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