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The Wedding
Season 5, Episode 12
Preparations get under way to throw Dillon an unforgettable stag party, but persuading him to take part proves harder than expected _ until Uncle Minto suggests a traditional Celtic ceremony, prompting the men to head off into the woods. Light-hearted drama, guest starring James Ellis
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Lorcan Cranitch
(Actor)
.. Sean Dillon
James Ellis
(Actor)
.. Minto
Tina Kellegher
(Actor)
.. Niamh Quigley
Tony Doyle
(Actor)
.. Brian Quigley
Niall Toibin
(Actor)
.. Fr Frank MacAnally
Joe Savino
(Actor)
.. Liam Coghlan
Frankie McCafferty
(Actor)
.. Donal Docherty
Deirdre Donnelly
(Actor)
.. Siobhan Mehigan
Gary Whelan
(Actor)
.. Brendan Kearney
Don Wycherley
(Actor)
.. Fr Aidan O'Connell
Victoria Smurfit
(Actor)
.. Orla O'Connell
Simon Massey
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Lorcan Cranitch
(Actor)
.. Sean Dillon
James Ellis
(Actor)
.. Minto
Tina Kellegher
(Actor)
.. Niamh Quigley
Tony Doyle
(Actor)
.. Brian Quigley
Niall Toibin
(Actor)
.. Fr Frank MacAnally
Joe Savino
(Actor)
.. Liam Coghlan
Frankie McCafferty
(Actor)
.. Donal Docherty
Deirdre Donnelly
(Actor)
.. Siobhan Mehigan
Gary Whelan
(Actor)
.. Brendan Kearney
(Actor)
.. Kathleen Hendley
Don Wycherley
(Actor)
.. Fr Aidan O'Connell
Victoria Smurfit
(Actor)
.. Orla O'Connell
Best Known For:
Ballykissangel, Trial & Retribution and Dracula.
Early-life:
Victoria was born in Dublin in 1974. Her family, headed by her uncle Michael, is one of the richest in Ireland. Victoria was educated at Saint Columbia's College, Dublin, and St George's School, Ascot. After completing an A Level in theatre studies, she studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school.
Career:
In 1997, Smurfit starred in BBC miniseries Ivanhoe, and a year later, she appeared in another period drama, Berkeley Square, before making a name for herself as Orla O'Connell in Ballykissangel. After two series of the BBC drama, the year 2000 saw Smurfit star on the big screen in The Wedding Tackle and The Beach and on the small screen in drama North Square and comedy Cold Feet. Her other credits include About a Boy (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), the lead role on TV in Trial & Retribution between 2003 and 2009, and Irish drama The Clinic. More recently, Smurfit has been playing glamorous society queen and vampire slayer Lady Jayne Wetherby in TV horror drama Dracula.
Quote:
On working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dracula: 'He makes you very comfortable, which is great. He knows what he wants from a scene and he knows how to do it, and you trust him.'
Trivia:
Smurfit is a patron of children's charity World Vision Ireland.
Simon Massey
(Director)
