Simone Kirby

Simone Kirby is an Irish actress. She is probably best known for playing Geraldine Grehan in the RTÉ series Pure Mule. She also played Ophelia in Hamlet in 2005 and also appeared in Season of the Witch in 2011. On stage she appeared in The Tinker's Wedding under Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company's Druidsynge for Galway Arts Festival, the Olympia Theatre, and King's Theatre in Edinburgh and also portrayed Nuala in The Cavalcaders under Robin Lefevre and Lady Teasle in The School For Scandal under Jimmy Fay at Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

UpliftingRomanticMind blowingEnjoyable

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Bobin
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Mia Wasikowska  •  Anne Hathaway  •  Helena Bonham Carter

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Bobin
CAST:  Johnny Depp  •  Mia Wasikowska  •  Anne Hathaway  •  Helena Bonham Carter

Jimmy's Hall (2014)

Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Barry Ward  •  Simone Kirby  •  Andrew Scott  •  Jim Norton

Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Barry Ward  •  Simone Kirby  •  Andrew Scott  •  Jim Norton

Season of the Witch (2011)

Adventurous

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Sena
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Ron Perlman  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Christopher Lee

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominic Sena
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Ron Perlman  •  Ulrich Thomsen  •  Christopher Lee

Notes on Blindness (2016)

After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pete Middleton  •  James Spinney
CAST:  Dan Renton Skinner  •  Simone Kirby  •  John M. Hull  •  Marilyn Hull

After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pete Middleton  •  James Spinney
CAST:  Dan Renton Skinner  •  Simone Kirby  •  John M. Hull  •  Marilyn Hull

The Truth Commissioner (2016)

Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Declan Recks
CAST:  Roger Allam  •  Sean McGinley  •  Barry Ward  •  Conleth Hill

Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Declan Recks
CAST:  Roger Allam  •  Sean McGinley  •  Barry Ward  •  Conleth Hill

X Moor (2014)

With their sights set on a £25,000 reward promoted by a local newspaper, American documentarians Georgia and Matt head to Exmoor in North Devon to film the fabled beast supposedly slinking through the remote terrain. Is the creature a leopard, a panther, a family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luke Hyams
CAST:  Melia Kreiling  •  Nick Blood  •  Mark Bonnar  •  Olivia Popica

With their sights set on a £25,000 reward promoted by a local newspaper, American documentarians Georgia and Matt head to Exmoor in North Devon to film the fabled beast supposedly slinking through the remote terrain. Is the creature a leopard, a panther, a family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luke Hyams
CAST:  Melia Kreiling  •  Nick Blood  •  Mark Bonnar  •  Olivia Popica

England Is Mine (2017)

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Gill
CAST:  Jack Lowden  •  Jessica Brown Findlay  •  Simone Kirby  •  Peter McDonald

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Gill
CAST:  Jack Lowden  •  Jessica Brown Findlay  •  Simone Kirby  •  Peter McDonald

Dark Heart (2016)

Detective Inspector William Wagstaffe and his team investigate a string of horrifyingly brutal murders during an August heat wave in London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Teague
CAST:  Tom Riley  •  Tom Brooke  •  Miranda Raison  •  Christopher Fulford

Detective Inspector William Wagstaffe and his team investigate a string of horrifyingly brutal murders during an August heat wave in London.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Colin Teague
CAST:  Tom Riley  •  Tom Brooke  •  Miranda Raison  •  Christopher Fulford

Mother's Day (2018)

On the day before Mother's Day 1993, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son Tim is killed in a terrorist attack by the IRA in Warrington's town centre. The attack shocks ordinary people on both sides of the Irish Sea. Sue McHugh, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fergus O'Brien
CAST:  Vicky McClure  •  Anna Maxwell Martin  •  Daniel Mays  •  David Wilmot

On the day before Mother's Day 1993, Colin and Wendy Parry's lives are torn apart when their youngest son Tim is killed in a terrorist attack by the IRA in Warrington's town centre. The attack shocks ordinary people on both sides of the Irish Sea. Sue McHugh, an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fergus O'Brien
CAST:  Vicky McClure  •  Anna Maxwell Martin  •  Daniel Mays  •  David Wilmot

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Cronin
CAST:  Seána Kerslake  •  James Quinn Markey  •  James Cosmo  •  Simone Kirby

Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Cronin
CAST:  Seána Kerslake  •  James Quinn Markey  •  James Cosmo  •  Simone Kirby

Artemis Fowl (2020)

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Branagh
CAST:  Ferdia Shaw  •  Colin Farrell  •  Lara McDonnell  •  Judi Dench

Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenneth Branagh
CAST:  Ferdia Shaw  •  Colin Farrell  •  Lara McDonnell  •  Judi Dench

Oats & Barley (2019)

Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Regan
CAST:  Harris Dickinson  •  Sam Spruell  •  Simone Kirby  •  Joel James Davison

Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Regan
CAST:  Harris Dickinson  •  Sam Spruell  •  Simone Kirby  •  Joel James Davison

Calm with Horses (2020)

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rowland
CAST:  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Barry Keoghan  •  Niamh Algar  •  Ned Dennehy

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Rowland
CAST:  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Barry Keoghan  •  Niamh Algar  •  Ned Dennehy

Frida Think (2018)

A woman walks into a party dressed as Frida Kahlo, only to find that her version of unique has mass appeal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maya Derrington
CAST:  Simone Kirby  •  Marian Araujo  •  Guadalupe Cabrera  •  Marcus Lamb

A woman walks into a party dressed as Frida Kahlo, only to find that her version of unique has mass appeal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maya Derrington
CAST:  Simone Kirby  •  Marian Araujo  •  Guadalupe Cabrera  •  Marcus Lamb

The Flag (2016)

Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Declan Recks
CAST:  Pat Shortt  •  Moe Dunford  •  Simone Kirby  •  Ruth Bradley

Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Declan Recks
CAST:  Pat Shortt  •  Moe Dunford  •  Simone Kirby  •  Ruth Bradley

Hamlet (2005)

A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop thinking for long enough to do it?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Cavanagh
CAST:  James Lecky  •  Yvonne Richardson  •  Stephen Cavanagh  •  Simone Kirby

A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop thinking for long enough to do it?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Cavanagh
CAST:  James Lecky  •  Yvonne Richardson  •  Stephen Cavanagh  •  Simone Kirby

Dating Amber (2020)

Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Freyne
CAST:  Fionn O'Shea  •  Simone Kirby  •  Lola Petticrew  •  Arian Nik

Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Freyne
CAST:  Fionn O'Shea  •  Simone Kirby  •  Lola Petticrew  •  Arian Nik

Kneecap (2024)

There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rich Peppiatt
CAST:  Mo Chara  •  Móglaí Bap  •  DJ Próvai  •  Josie Walker

There are 80,000 native Irish speakers in Ireland. 6,000 live in the North of Ireland. Three of them became a rap group called Kneecap. This anarchic Belfast trio becomes the unlikely figurehead of a civil rights movement to save the mother tongue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rich Peppiatt
CAST:  Mo Chara  •  Móglaí Bap  •  DJ Próvai  •  Josie Walker