Round 32: Actor Insights - The Young Offenders
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Hilary Rose
Hilary is an acclaimed Irish actor, writer, and podcaster, best known for her standout role in The Young Offenders, for which she received two Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress. She is also the recipient of the Stellar Magazine Shine Award for Comedian of the Year. Alongside her screen work, Hilary is the host of the Live Wild podcast, where she engages in thought-provoking conversations with creatives, thinkers, and change-makers. A passionate advocate for wellbeing and creative expression, she has spent nearly a decade lecturing at the Cork School of Music (MTU), integrating somatic practices into performance training. Hilary is also a TEDx speaker, delivering her talk The Rest Revolution — Rethinking Resilience, which explores the vital role of rest in creativity, leadership, and sustainable success.
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Dominic MacHale
Dominic is an actor and executive coach from Blackrock in Cork with over 15 years experience across TV, film, and theatre in Ireland and the UK. He is best known for his role as Sergeant Tony Healy in the The Young Offenders film and spin-off TV series for BBC/RTÉ.
Previous theatre credits include A Great Arrangement (Gaiety Theatre), The Improv Panto (Cork Opera House), The Good Doctor (Cork Arts Theatre), Debris (Bell Table), The Owl And The Pussycat (Cork Arts Theatre), The Improvised Murder Mystery (Cork Arts Theatre), Little Red Riding Hood (Everyman Theatre), Juno and the Paycock (Everyman Theatre), Where in the World is Frank Sparrow? (Graffiti), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Everyman Theatre), Enter Juliet (Everyman), and A Sacrifice at Easter (Corcadorca), and The Irish Canon (Half Moon).
He is a founding member of the CCCahoots comedy group and has worked extensively with them on projects including (R)onanism (RTÉ), Comedy Bites (RTÉ), Sketch (RTÉ), and The School (RTÉ). Other recent TV credits include Cold Case Collins (RTÉ), Dizzy Deliveries (RTÉ), and Scéalta Grá na hÉireann (TG4).
He holds a BSc in Microbiology and a PGDip in Personal and Management Coaching (both from UCC), has lectured in Acting in the Media in MTU, and has worked as a workshop facilitator with Real Learning since 2012.
Niamh Cremin
Niamh is an actor from Cork. She will graduate with a BA in Theatre and Drama Studies from the Cork School of Music this year and spent an Erasmus year studying at the Authorial Acting Department of DAMU in Prague. She played the role of Charlotte in the latest season of The Young Offenders. She played the role of Bernie Breen in the 2024 boxing film Swing Bout, directed by Maurice O’Carroll, and she played the role of Mags, a Dublin punk, in the 2025 Screen Ireland feature film Spilt Milk, directed by Brian Durnin. Prior to this, her credits include numerous commercials, short films and music videos. Niamh is delighted to be hosting this Q&A for a great cause.
