Nenagh actress in frame for IFTA

Nenagh actress Carolyn Bracken has been nominated for an IFTA award for her performance in horror film ‘Oddity’.

Carolyn (42) was last week announced among the Lead Actress - Film nominees for the 2025 Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) awards. She played the lead role in ‘Oddity’, a psychiatrist's wife (Dani), who is brutally murdered while renovating the couple's newly-acquired country house. A year later, Dani's twin sister Darcy, a blind clairvoyant with psychometric powers, tries to unearth what happened to her sister. A wooden mannequin from her cabinet of curiosities becomes crucial to her quest to uncover the truth about Dani's murder.

First taking to the stage as a child with the Nenagh Players, Carolyn comes from a local family steeped in the arts. She is a graduate of the Gaiety School of Acting.

Among her more recent screen appearances, Carolyn also played a central role in ‘The Gone’, a six-part thriller set in New Zealand.

Shot in Cork, ‘Oddity’ was written and directed by Damian McCarthy, who has been nominated for Best Director - Film in this year's IFTAs. Steve Wall is up for a Best Supporting Actor award, while the horror film's behind-the-scenes team of Aza Hand and Hugo Parvery are in line for an award in the Sound category.