Kate Stanley Brennan
Biography
Kate was born in Dublin to Actors Stephen Brennan (Tudors/Eat the Peach) and Martina Stanley (Fair City). She is part of a very well known and respected acting family in Ireland. Her Grandfather was one of the original radio stars Denis Brennan and her Grandmother, Daphne Carrol / Brennan, as well as working in the rep in RTE, starred in TV shows such as Strumpet City. Kates aunts Jane Brennan (Tudors) and Barbara Brennan (Veronica Guerin) are also established actresses. Kate trained at Young Peoples Theatre as a child and then study Drama and theatre at Trinity College for two years before dropping out to pursue her career. After spending a year out from acting in New York,(where she started singing and writing music), she came back to Ireland and started her acting career in Theatre and has worked and toured extensively with the Abbey Theatre amongst many others in Ireland as well as the National Theatre Studio and the Arcola in London.In 2011, she was then cast in Kirsten Sheridans "Dollhouse" and her career has turned its self towards film since. Dollhouse premiered at the Berlinale and SXSW festival in Austin Texas . Going straight into a Hallmark film with Adrian Pasdar and Amy Hubermann and again starring opposite Jack Reynor, Then shooting Dublin in Pieces which premiered at the 2012 Galway Film Fleadgh, she has now signed with Insight Entertainment in LA.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 2007, 16 episodes • as Maid
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Monica Butler (as Kate Brennan)
The lives of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war and the consequences of their choices.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Denise
Five street teens break into a house in a rich Dublin suburb for a night of partying. But games are twisted into something more emotional and ultimately out of control through a series of surprising revelations.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Cherry's journey to the XtravaDance Finals leads to an unexpected outcome for her ambitious mother, who has made sacrifices to get her there. However, Cherry would much rather be covered in muck from the football pitch than in fake tan.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Billie
The day after a wild opening night, an actress races to the theatre, late for an important performance. As she prepares to go onstage, she tries to piece together “the happening” from the previous night.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Helen
Irish Traveller Frances has to fight for the right to pursue her passion... boxing. She is determined to make her idol Muhammad Ali proud, as well as her father who has recently been released from prison. But when she wants to show him just how tough she is, she soon comes to realise he's got other plans for her.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Molly
Michael Garrett, a New York corporate troubleshooter, is sent to a small town in Ireland to close a deal on a construction site believed to be inhabited by leprechauns. Michael sets out to get the approval of the town’s leprechaun expert, Sarah Cavanaugh, and soon finds that is easier said than done.