Roisin Gallagher

Roisin Alice Gallagher (born March 1987) is a Northern Irish actress and playwright. She began her career in theatre. On television, she is known for her roles in the BritBox series The Dry (2022) and the Sky Atlantic series The Lovers (2023). Early life Gallagher is from Andersonstown, a suburb of West Belfast, and was born to father Daniel (d. 2017) from Tyrone and mother Pat. She has three older sisters and a younger brother. Gallagher attended St Genevieve's High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). Career Gallagher made her television debut as Alicia Hodge in two 2009 episodes of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors. Her early stage work includes The Bloody Chamber and The Wicked Lady in England, and Be My Baby and Sleep Eat Party in Belfast. She starred as the titular character in The Haunting of Helena Blunden at the Waterfront Hall. This was followed by Dockers and White Star of the North at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. She would return to the Lyric for Weddins, Weeins and Wakes, Demented, Pentecost, Stitched Up, Little Red Riding Hood, Love or Money, Smiley, and Bah, Humbug!.