GERALDINE MCALINDEN
Height: 5ft 3ins
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown
Playing Age: 46-56
TRAINING
2023 - Masters in Screenwriting for Film and Television at the National Film School at IADT
2021 – Reel Voices London and British Equity - Voiceover Workshop
2021 - Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy Voice Workshop and Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy Movement Workshop '21
2020 & 2021 - Actors Comedy Studio, LA, Weekly Advanced online Screen Acting Masterclasses in acting for sitcoms and TV and Masterclasses on the Heroes of Comedy Archetypes
2017 - Theatre Lovett actor training at the Abbey Theatre
2017- Actors Comedy Studio LA at Filmbase – Comedy Essentials for sitcom and TV
2016 - Selected as one of 16 actors to participate in Filmbase inaugural 6 week Close Up professional development programme for actors
2012-2013 - The Factory, Dublin (now Bow Street Academy), Inaugural Screen Acting Programme, 1 year
2006 - Screen Acting Training with Margie Haber
2002-2014 - The Attic Studio weekly workshops 2007-2012 - The Focus Theatre, The Stanislavski Acting Studio, Dublin 2003 – Screen Acting with John Cantwell 2000-2002 - Gaiety School of Acting
2021 – Reel Voices London and British Equity - Voiceover Workshop
2021 - Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy Voice Workshop and Blue Raincoat Theatre Academy Movement Workshop '21
2020 & 2021 - Actors Comedy Studio, LA, Weekly Advanced online Screen Acting Masterclasses in acting for sitcoms and TV and Masterclasses on the Heroes of Comedy Archetypes
2017 - Theatre Lovett actor training at the Abbey Theatre
2017- Actors Comedy Studio LA at Filmbase – Comedy Essentials for sitcom and TV
2016 - Selected as one of 16 actors to participate in Filmbase inaugural 6 week Close Up professional development programme for actors
2012-2013 - The Factory, Dublin (now Bow Street Academy), Inaugural Screen Acting Programme, 1 year
2006 - Screen Acting Training with Margie Haber
2002-2014 - The Attic Studio weekly workshops 2007-2012 - The Focus Theatre, The Stanislavski Acting Studio, Dublin 2003 – Screen Acting with John Cantwell 2000-2002 - Gaiety School of Acting
FILM & TV
| COMPANY | PART | PRODUCTION | DIRECTOR |
| Hat Trick Productions | Aggie |
How to get to Heaven from Belfast
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George Kane
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New Pictures [GB]
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Nurse Ford
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Dalgliesh
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Geoffrey Sax
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Adam and Ed Creative Limited
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Emma
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A Day in the Sun
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Edwin Mullane
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| Tile Media LTD. |
Lee
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Departure Time
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Neil Saul
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Maggie
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110% |
James Patrick Murphy
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| Arcade Film | Ann |
Turnaround
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Aisling Byrne
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| Flasheforward Films |
Ailbhe
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Beneath the Surface
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Fiona Ashe
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| Mná Mná | Marian | *Verdigris | |
| Kilbarna Dance Project DAC | Trumbella | Trad | Lance Daly |
| Monumental Television | Mallory | Maryland | Susan Tully |
| Wee Buns | Olive Buckley | The Last Rifleman | Terry Loane |
| Merman/Apple TV | Maureen | Bad Sisters | Dearbhla Walsh |
| HTM Productions | Counsellor | Bloodlands | Jon East |
| Subotica | Mary Prender | Aisha | Frank Berry |
| Samson Films | Garda Catherine Carty | Safe as Houses | Mia Mullarkey |
| TW Films | Eileen | Vote Mattie | Brian Deane |
| Pale Rebel Films | Marian | **Sucking Diesel | Sam McGrath |
| Studio Lamberts, BBC | Kindly Shop Assistant | Three Families | Alex Kalymnios |
| Sadie Reavey | Reavey Brothers | John Reavey | |
| Element 8 / Shinawil | Flora Mountford | Miss Scarlet and the Duke | Declan O’Dwyer |
| Out of Orbit | Anna | The Appointment | David Moody |
| Underdog Directions | Chipper Woman | Troubled Times | Jared Crowelle |
| Film Venture | Mrs Fitzgerald | Lily | Graham Cantwell |
| Lynn Larkin | Solicitor | The Bridge | Mark Smyth |
| Out of Orbit/Canderblinks Film & Music | Surgeon | Ordinary Love | Lisa Barros D’Sa/Glenn Leybum |
| TV3 | Patricia | Blood | Hannah Quinn |
| 925 Productions | Barfly | Procession | Jeda De Brí |
| Filmbase | Mrs Hutchinson | First Disco Friends | Helen O’Reilly |
| IADT | Mrs Mordrake | I Am Not A Monster | Grace Quilligan |
| Filmbase | Mary | Writing Home | Nagham Abboud/Alekson L. Dall’Armellina/Miriam Velasco |
| Squad Productions | Jennifer | Fix Me | Tom Moran |
| RTÉ/Blinder Films | Minister for Justice | Striking Out | Lisa James Larsson |
| Burma Shave DAC | Organic Certification Clerk | Dark Lies The Island | Ian Fitzgibbon |
| Fastnet/IFB | Mrs Houston | Black 47 | Lance Daly |
| Zoo Films | Pete’s Mum | Zoo | Colin McIvor |
| TV3 | Dr. Laura Martin | Red Rock | Niall Fallon |
| Fantastic Films | Mother May Eye | Crone Wood | Mark Sheridan |
| Apollo Media/Ferndale Films | Sr. Mary | The Secret Scripture | Jim Sheridan |
| Big Fish Films/Samson Films | Mrs O’Kane | The Truth Commissioner | Declan Recks |
| RTE | Mrs. Boyle | Spooky Stakeout | Ruth Treacy |
| Filmbase | Katherine | How To Be Happy | Mark Caster/Michael Costine/Brian O’Neill |
| Stirling Film and Television Productions | Nursing Sister | Scúp | Declan Recks |
| Organ Hill Films | Lizzie Murphy | **Portrait of a Zombie | Bing Bailey |
| A New Starfish Enterprise | Miss Carey | The Incredible Shrinking Office (Short) | Stephen Kane |
| Fox Glove Films | Post Mistress | Anton | Graham Cantwell |
| TV3 | June Carol | The Guards | Graham Cantwell |
| IADT | Nurse Lucy Judge | The Christmas Ward (Short) | Allyn Quigley |
| IADT | Receptionist | Bright Idea (Short) | Vincent Gallagher |
| Tiger Aspect/BBC | Receptionist | Murphy’s Law | Colm McCarthy |
* Winner of the Audience Award for Best Irish Film at Newport Beach Film Festival 2023/Winner of Best Independent Feature film at the 2023 Galway Film Fleadh/Winner of Best Narrative Feature film at the Kerry International Film Festival 2023
* Winner of the Best Female Performance Award at the 2024 Cinema D’iDEA International Festival, Rome sponsored by Women in Film, Italy
* Nominated for Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film 2024 IFTA
**Nominated as Best Actress Villa Mayor De Cine 2022
THEATRE
| VENUE/COMPANY | PART | PLAY | DIRECTOR |
| The Abbey Theatre/The 24 Hour Play Company, NYC | Bobby Jo | The 24 Hour Plays, Dublin | Aoife Spillane Hinks |
| Shiva Productions | Marie | The F Word – Food of love | Aoibhinn Gilroy |
| Some Yank’s Theatre Company, Smock Alley | Grace | Nightshift | Emily Foran |
| The Magistorium | May Oblong | Midnight in Nightown | Lisa Byrne |
| Dick Walsh Theatre, Smock Alley | Various | One Day | Dick Walsh |
| Smock Alley Theatre | Doreen | Remember to Breathe | Orla Murphy |
| The New Theatre | Katie | Friendly Fire | Anthony Fox |
| Channel Changers, Dublin Fringe | The Blind Woman | Storytaker | Patrick Bridgeman |
| Spare Room Theatre, Smock Alley | Karla | Wonder of the World | Eoin Gannon |
| The Attic Studio/Fiasco Productions | Mammy | The Cripple of Inishmaan | Geraldine McAlinden |
| The Attic Studio, Dublin Fringe | Various | Spoonfed | Graham Cantwell |
| Fiasco Productions, Andrews Lane & The Civic | Charlotte | Beyond Therapy | Mark Nagle |
| Observatory Lane Productions, The Civic | Catherine Laundru/The Cook | Lonely Hearts | Paul Keely |
| Nuvo Productions, Theatre @36 | Chorus | The Three Birds | Antoinette Duffy |
SKILLS
| Voiceover, Comedy, Directing, Full Driving Licence, Tin Whistle (Basic), Horseriding (Basic), Qualified Solicitor (Ireland, England & Wales and Northern Ireland) and Mediator, Reiki Master, Wedding Celebrant |
