Student & graduate profiles

Ciara Coughlan

BA in Acting Degree (H Level)

Height 5′ 7″
Hair Blonde
Eyes Blue / green
Nationality Irish
Native accent Cork

Year of graduation 2021
Spotlight

Productions whilst at RADA

Edgar
King Lear (Shakespeare for Young Audiences) directed by Rachel Valentine Smith
My Lady Fidget
The Country Wife (course project) directed by Colin Blumenau

Hero
Much Ado About Nothing (course project) directed by John Gillet
Creusa
Ion (course project) directed by Jane Bertish

Voice reels

Voice reel - Modern

Voice reel - Prose

Voice reel - Classical

Special skills

Good ear for accents: RP, General American, Russian, Mississippi, Derry, Liverpool

Singing: Soprano

Dance: Period, waltz, Irish dancing, hip hop

Music: Bodhrán (basic)

Languages: Irish (advanced), French (intermediate), German (basic)

Other skills: Taekwon-Do (black belt), basketball (school team), validation engineer (3 years professional experience), swimming (basic), stage combat (armed and unarmed)

International driving licence

Previous experience

Theatre
Tess, A Camel Might Step on Your Head, dir. Deirdre Dunlea (Cork Arts Theatre)

Jane, Survival Strategy, dir. Declan Lynch (Cork Arts Theatre)

Various, Midsummer Madness, Kieran O'Leary (Cork Shakespearean Company)

Podcast
Noreen, LUCYD, dir. Liam Cuthbert

Education
BSc Hons Biochemistry, University College Cork