Séanín Brennan
Acting
Biography
Séainín Brennan is a Northern Irish actress. She is known for various lead roles in TV, theatre and film. Brennan starred opposite Philip Glenister as Frances in Ronan Bennett's political conspiracy thriller Hidden, a role which saw her named Woman of the Year in the Arts by the Belfast Telegraph. She is recognized as one of the most notable stage actresses from Northern Ireland. Brennan was born in Belfast to Tom Brennan and Maura Brennan (née Rafferty). She grew up on the Malone Road in South Belfast, and at the age of 8, she starred in her first play. As a child actress, she starred in various musicals, plays, television adverts and then as a television presenter. She attended Methodist College Belfast and then the University of Ulster, where she graduated with a BA Honours degree in European studies. Brennan earned a scholarship to attend the College of Europe in Bruges, where she graduated with a master's degree in European political administration. After graduating from the College of Europe, Brennan started working as an intern at the Secretariat-General of the European Commission. Then, she became a political advisor at European Strategy, a Brussels-based consultancy firm. She speaks Spanish, French, and Italian. Brennan then left Brussels to train at the Guildford School of Acting in Surrey and the Film Actors Studio in Dublin.
Known For
When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.
The Fall
As Helena gains the trust and love of a dangerous heroin cartel leader in Barcelona, she develops the skills she needs to eventually seize his empire.
Hache
An extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, uniting black, white and Asian youths.
This Town
When mother Marie mysteriously leaves the family home, the repercussions are enormous.
Come Home
For twenty-seven years Hart has sought sanctuary in the anonymity of the same suite, the Girona, in the same hotel, on the same night of the year – the 26th October. Into his life walks Sophie, a beguiling young woman with the hint of a dark past, could she be the ghost of his long dead wife?