Ali Hardiman

Alice Brickley Hardiman is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC series Wreck and the Hallmark movie Christmas at Castle Hart.

Portrait of Irish Actress Ali Hardiman

Ali Hardiman
Born
Ireland
NationalityIrish
EducationGaiety School of Acting
Alma materGaiety_School_of_Acting
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present
Parents

Early life and education

Hardiman was born in Dublin. She studied Modern Languages at University College Dublin and then switched to the Gaiety Theatre. [1]

Career

Hardiman was listed as one of The Sunday Times "30 under 30 artists set for greater glory" in 2020.[2] She won the 2022 "Luicille Ball Award for Best Female Actor" at the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival.[3][4] She was one of the participants in the Creative Team of The 24 Hour Plays in aid of Dublin Youth Theatre. [5]

She has written several plays including Disconnected,[6][7] Electric[8][9] and Death of Pablo.[10] She performed Electric at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 as part of a UK and Ireland tour.[11][12] She was Chairperson of the Judging Panel of the 2022 Dublin Fringe Festival.[13] She was part of the small cast of "Inside the GPO" play by Colin Murphy as part of the 1916 commemorations.

Hardiman's play Electric is based on the Electric Picnic festival and contrasts the friendship and fate of two girls from different sides of Dublin City who meet at the festival. [14][15][16][17]

Hardman's recent television and film credits include Wrecked, Christmas at Castle Hart,[18] Season 2 of Finding Joy, The South Westerlies, Blasts from the Past and The Bright Side.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Wreck Bethany May Denbrough TV series
2021 Magic Lauren Short Film
Christmas at Castle Hart Margot Bennett Hallmark Channel Film
2020 First Words Sarah Short Film
The Bright Side Liz McLaughlin
Blasts from the Past Grace O'Malley TV series
Finding Joy Therapist Doula TV series
The South Westerlies Maeve TV series
2019 Something Doesn't Feel Right Stacey Short Film
Dub Daze Sinead
2018 Bernard Dunne's Mythical Heroes Professor X TV series
Breastfriends Becca Short Film
Metal Heart Miranda
2017 A different Kind of Day Ali Short Film
Leave to Remain Colleague Short Film

Stage
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Death of Pablo Playwright/Actor Civic Theatre
2019 Electric Playwright/Actor Smock Alley Theatre and UK/Ireland Tour
2018/2019 Disconnected Playwright/Actor Smock Alley Theatre and New Theatre
2016 Inside the GPO Actor GPO, Dublin[19]

References
  1. "ELECTRIC: An Interview with Ali Hardiman". Queen's Radio. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. Barter, Pavel. "30 under 30: Ireland's most promising artists". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. "2022 AWARDS & NOMS". DICFF. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. "#Twintterview: Ali Hardiman". fringebiscuit. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. "Ali Hardiman: Doing #24HrDub for the cookies". The 24 Hour Plays. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ORourke, Chris (23 January 2019). "Disconnected". theartsreview. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. Workhorse, No More (23 January 2019). "Disconnected – New Theatre – Review". No More Workhorse. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. "Electric | Ali HArdiman & Erika Roe | Smock Alley Theatre | Mar 2019". Smock Alley Theatre 1662. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  9. Hartnett, Alan (30 August 2018). "Electric Picnic themed play with strong Laois connections set to star at festival". Laois Today. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. "The Death Of Pablo | Dublin Theatre Festival | Sept 29-Oct 16, 2022". dublintheatrefestival.ie. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  11. O'Toole, Lucy. "Ali Hardiman: On her Edinburgh Fringe run with Electric". Hotpress. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  12. "Electric at Smock Alley: Steering a clever course in a crowded and muddy field". independent. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  13. "Meet our 2022 Judges! | Fringe Festival". www.fringefest.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  14. "How do you talk about the class divide in the middle of EP? Ali Hardiman's new play 'Electric' shows us how". IMAGE.ie. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  15. O'Toole, Lucy. "Ali Hardiman: On her Edinburgh Fringe run with Electric". Hotpress. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  16. "She's Electric". Business Post. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  17. "The Nicky Byrne Show with Jenny Greene | Actor Ali Hardiman". 9 April 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. "EXCLUSIVE | Ali Hardiman says Christmas at Castle Hart's Margot is quite like herself | MEAWW". meaww.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  19. "Inside the GPO- a documentary drama - A documentary drama produced by Fishamble. Tickets". Celtic Junction Arts Center. Retrieved 1 November 2022.


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