Kerry Condon

Kerry Condon (born 4 January 1983) is an Irish actress. She is best known for her role as Octavia of the Julii in Rome,[1][2] Stacey Ehrmantraut in Better Call Saul, and the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y. in various films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is also the youngest actress ever to play Ophelia in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet.

Kerry Condon
Born (1983-01-04) 4 January 1983
Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland
OccupationActress
Years active1999–present

Career

In 2001, at the age of 18, Condon originated the role of Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh which she performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company and in 2006 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York.[3] For this production she recorded the song "The Patriot Game" with The Pogues. That same year, Condon played the role of Ophelia in Hamlet, making her the youngest actress to ever play that role for the RSC. In 2009, she appeared in another play by Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of Inishmaan, for which she won a Lucille Lortel award and a Drama Desk Award.

Condon's movie roles include Kate Kelly, Ned Kelly's outlaw sister, in 2003's Ned Kelly and an appearance in the 2003 Irish independent film Intermission with Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, and Colin Farrell. She was in the 2005 Jet Li action-thriller Unleashed.[2] She then appeared as Masha, a Tolstoian, in The Last Station, a film about the last months of Tolstoy's life with Helen Mirren and Christopher Plummer before playing jockey Rosie Shanahan in 2012's Luck. She voices the artificial intelligence F.R.I.D.A.Y., Tony Stark's replacement for J.A.R.V.I.S. in the Marvel Studios films Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.[4]

In 2005, Condon co-starred as Octavia of the Julii, sister of the Roman Emperor Augustus, in the HBO/BBC series Rome.[2] Condon appeared in the Season Four premiere of the post-apocalyptic zombie drama The Walking Dead playing the role of the character Clara, which aired 13 October 2013.[5]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Angela's AshesTheresa Carmody
2000RatMarietta
2001How Harry Became a TreeEileen
2003Ned KellyKate Kelly
IntermissionCafé Waitress
2004The Halo EffectJean
2005UnleashedVictoria
2009The Last StationMasha
2010The RunwayGrace Thomas
2011This Must Be the PlaceRachel
The ShorePatShort film
2013Dom HemingwayMelody
2014GoldAlice
2015Avengers: Age of UltronF.R.I.D.A.Y. (voice)
2016Captain America: Civil War
2017Spider-Man: Homecoming
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriPamela
2018Bad SamaritanKatie
Avengers: Infinity WarF.R.I.D.A.Y. (voice)
2019Avengers: Endgame
DreamlandOlivia Evans
2022The Banshees of InisherinPost-production

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999BallykissangelMairead Reilly2 episodes
2004Born and BredNiamh CopperEpisode: "Something Old"
2005–2007RomeOctavia of the Julii22 episodes
2008Anatomy of HopeJennaPilot
2010Five DaysSister Siobhan Doole3 episodes
2011–2012LuckRosie8 episodes
2013–2014The Walking DeadClara3 episodes
2014BelieveDr. Zoe Boyle10 episodes
2015–presentBetter Call SaulStacey EhrmantrautRecurring; 15 episodes
2016Brace for ImpactSofia GilchristTelevision film
2018Women on the VergeLauraLead; 6 episodes
2019–2020Ray DonovanMolly SullivanRecurring; 9 episodes
2022Ray Donovan: The MovieTelevision film

Theme park attractions
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Avengers: Quantum Encounter F.R.I.D.A.Y (voice) Disney Wish[6]

References
  1. "Kerry Condon". Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.
  2. Matthew Tobey (2013). "Kerry Condon". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. "Theater Review: Terrorism Meets Absurdism in a Rural Village in Ireland". Nytimes.com. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  4. "That Irish accent in Avengers Age of Ultron is actress Kerry Condon!". Irish Examiner. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. "Who's the Irish woman in the new series of the Walking Dead?". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  6. Sternberg, Sabrina (26 October 2021). "Brie Larson, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie and More to Star in Marvel Dining Adventure on Disney Wish Cruise Ship". Collider. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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