Bronagh Gallagher

Biography

Bronagh Gallagher (born April 26, 1972) is an Irish singer and actress from Derry, Northern Ireland. During her teens she got involved, through school, in drama and music activities, and joined a local amateur dramatics group, the Oakgrove Theatre Company. At one time she was a backing singer in a local band, The Listener. Her big break came when she starred as Bernie in The Commitments. She has also appeared in such films as Thunderpants, You, Me & Marley, Divorcing Jack, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Last Chance Harvey, Sherlock Holmes, and on stage in a Théâtre de Complicité production of The Street of Crocodiles. Her first album Precious Soul was released in 2004 on the Salty Dog Records label and was produced by John Reynolds. The album features collaborations with Brian Eno on the songs "He Don't Love You" and "Hooks". Gallagher wrote most of the music on the album, played the drums and sang lead vocals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bronagh Gallagher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Ada Mason

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

as Booker

Pulp Fiction

as Trudi

Genius

as Berthe Weill

Brassic

as Carol Dennings

Shameless

as Ronnie

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Republic Cruiser Captain

Derry Girls

as The Commitment

Sherlock Holmes

as Palm Reader

Performance

as Minnie Powell

Screen Two

as Sandra Williamson

Sweet Dreams

as Sophie

Accused

as Siobhan

Faintheart

as Maggie

Middletown

as Tessie

Grabbers

as Una Maher

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Larsson

Arthur Christmas

as Elf (voice)

Tristan & Isolde

as Bragnae

The Commitments

as Bernie McGloughlin