Ep. 298 - Deirdre O’Kane

Deirdre O’Kane is an Irish stand up comedian, actor and film maker. A household name in Ireland, she hosted her own primetime Saturday night talk show “Deirdre O’Kane Talks Funny” on RTÉ One, reached the final of Dancing with the Stars, she hosts the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, is the voice of Gogglebox in Ireland, had her own standup comedy series “The Deirdre O’Kane Show” and appeared as a judge alongside Boy George, on the new talent show The Big Deal. She is a six-time Irish Film and Television Academy Awards nominee and won Best Lead Actress in 2015 for her role as Christina Noble opposite Brendan Coyle in Stephen Bradley’s feature Noble. Her other film credits include the BAFTA winning Festival for Channel 4, Intermission, Killing Bono and Dollhouse. On TV, Deirdre starred in the hit sitcom Younger, Paths to Freedom on RTÉ in which she played Brendan Coyle’s long-suffering wife Helen, The Clinic, Fergus’s Wedding, The Fitz, and Bittersweet. Deirdre played the leading role of Debra Moone in three series of Moone Boy on Sky opposite Peter McDonald and Chris O'Dowd, garnering Deirdre her fifth IFTA nomination in 2014. She’s a co-founder of Comic Relief in Ireland and presented RTÉ Does Comic Relief.

Deirdre O’Kane is guest number 298 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

For Deirdre O’Kane’s tour dates and tickets visit - deirdreokane.net

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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