Bronagh Gallagher

Bronagh Gallagher Biography

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Bronagh Gallagher (born April 1972) is a 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, Last Chance Harvey, Sherlock Holmes and Grabbers, and on stage in a Théâtre de Complicité production of The Street of Crocodiles and The National Theatre's production War Horse as Rose Narracott.

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.

In 2009, she starred alongside a well-known cast on the MySpace/Vertigo Films production Faintheart and starred in the BBC Three comedy TV series Pramface in 2012.

Bronagh starred as the mother of young Nick in the BBC drama "Nick Nickleby". This was a 5 part day time TV series written by Joy Wilkinson, updating Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby to care homes in the 21st century. The first episode was broadcast on BBC1 at 2:15 p.m. (GMT)on Monday 5 November 2012 with subsequesent episodes broadcast at the same time slot each day that week.

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