Carrie Crowley

Crowley was born and raised in Waterford in the southeast of Ireland. Her mother, Nodhlaig, who was from The Rosses in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, was a teacher and her father, Con, who was from Cork in Munster, was a garda. She has one sister, Bríd. She first performed on stage in a local production of Oliver!. She graduated with a B.Ed. from St. Patricks College, Drumcondra. ==Career==

Before she began a career in television, Crowley was a primary school teacher. Crowley began her broadcasting career on local radio in her home city of Waterford on WLR FM, She started out in children's programming, co-presenting the Irish language versions of Echo Island with comedian Dara Ó Briain, and starring in the pre-school series The Morbegs as the character Liodain. She later left television presenting and returned to radio presenting, co-presenting Fandango with Ray D'Arcy on RTÉ Radio 1. She appeared on RTÉ Radio 1 every Sunday night. Crowley has since distanced herself from her RTÉ career, describing herself as an "accidental tourist" at the station. ==Acting career==

In 2008, she appeared in the TG4 drama The Running Mate and TV3's School Run in 2009. In 2022, she appeared in An Cailín Ciúin, an Irish-language drama film that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress IFTA. ==Personal life==

In 2004, she married her long-time partner Ross Kelly, whom she had met in 1996. ==See also==