Biography

Séainín Brennan stars as Mrs Porter in Steven Knight's major new BBC drama "This Town". Séainín has a string of television and film credits which began when she swapped stage for screen by starring opposite Philip Glenister as his English girlfriend Frances in the BBC One primetime drama "Hidden", a role for which she was subsequently named 'Woman of the Year in the Arts' for her breakthrough performance.

She is best known on screen as grieving mother and battered wife Liz Tyler in the critically acclaimed psychological thriller "The Fall", written by Emmy Award winner Allan Cubitt, alongside Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson and as American heiress Anna McVeigh in the original Netflix crime drama series "Hache".

One of Ireland's most prolific stage actresses, Séainín has tread the boards of some of the most prestigious theatres and her performances have won her rave reviews across Ireland and the UK, most notably for her performances as Regine in the World Premiere of Ibsen's "Ghosts" by Irish playwright Frank McGuinness at Bristol Old Vic; for her portrayal as Helen Woods in the Irish Premiere of "Scenes from the Big Picture" by Owen McCafferty and for Tania in Marie Jones' World Premiere of "Sinners" at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. No stranger to the Dublin stage, Séainín has worked with award winning Broadway director, David Esbjornson, in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" at The Gate Theatre, opposite Hollywood stalwart Harris Yullen and she also created the role of Rebecca Loos in the world premiere of "Macbecks", the smash hit comedy about David Beckham at the Olympia Theatre. Séainín has had leading roles in a myriad of award-winning BBC and RTE Radio Dramas including: "Bitter Pill", "The Heiress and the General", "Bog Girls", "The Van", "The Snapper", "Do's and Don'ts for the Mentally Interesting" and "Reprise" [BBC 4], "An enemy of the people" [BBC 3], "Rush" [BBC 7] and "Babies" [RTE].

She is also one of Ireland's most sought-after voiceover artists, voicing high profile advertising campaigns for some of Ireland's biggest companies.

Séainín trained professionally at the Guildford School of Acting and the Irish Film Actors Studio.
- IMDb mini biography by: The Representative Team of Séainín Brennan

Séainín Brennan was born in Belfast, Ireland.

She speaks Spanish fluently and has a very good command of French and Italian.

She read a BA Honours Degree in European Studies with Spanish and French at the University of Ulster, graduating with a 2:1. She read a Master's Degree in European Political Administration at the College of Europe in Brugge, Belgium. After graduating, she commenced a prestigious internship at the Secretariat General of the European Commission in Brussels.

She attended Richmond Lodge Prep School and Methodist College Belfast.

She trained professionally as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting in the UK and at the Irish Film Actors Studio in Ireland.