Biography
Bríd Ní Neachtain is an Irish actress born in 1959 in Galway. A native of Connemara, she began her career in her late teens at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, initially as an assistant stage manager before taking acting roles in Irish- and English-language productions. She later appeared in the TG4 soap Ros na Rún.
She is known for her stage performance in Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa and film roles including Caitríona Phaidín in Cré na Cille (2007), Mrs. O'Riordan in The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), Róise in Róise & Frank (2022) and Peig in Fréwaka (2024). She appeared on an Irish postage stamp in 2008 depicting her Cré na Cille character.
