Kerry Condon

At the age of 10, she sent Michael Ovitz, the co-founder of Creative Artists Agency, a handwritten letter saying she needed an agent. Left home at the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. Was the youngest actress to ever play Ophelia for the Royal Shakespeare Company when she played the role in a 2001 production of Hamlet. Is an animal rights campaigner. Donates money and time to animal charities, but wonders whether she should worry more about people. Her father used to breed horses and would have had them as pets if he hadn't bred them. Is an experienced horsewoman, and one of her cousins, Richard, is a jockey. Has watched The Oscars every year since she was a young child. Has said that she reverts to the shy child she once was when she returns to Ireland.