Lynette Callaghan

Acting

Lynette Callaghan

Lynette Callaghan is an Irish actress born in Dublin. Since graduating from Manchester Met School of theatre Lynette has worked extensively in TV and film. Lynette has appeared in roles in both the UK and Ireland. Her TV work includes Emmerdale, Cold Feet, The Clinic, Raw, The Tutors, Sharon Horgan's Women On The Verge and most recently Harry Wilde with Jane Seymour. Her film work includes an awa…

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AbodeAbode · 2025
Abode
2025
MovieComedyDrama
In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
LilyLily · 2016
Lily
2016
MovieDrama
Lily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.
Lost and FoundLost and Found · 2018
Lost and Found
5.72018
MovieComedyDrama
'Lost and Found' is a film with 7 interconnecting stories set in and around a lost and found office of an Irish train station.
The YankThe Yank · 2014
The Yank
3.52014
MovieComedy
Tom Murphy, a middle-aged Irish-American man from Cleveland, travels to Ireland for his best friend’s wedding and to find the perfect woman.
8.5 Hours8.5 Hours · 2008
8.5 Hours
5.82008
MovieComedyDrama
"8.5 Hours" is a drama about one extraordinary day in the lives of four Dublin office workers during the final months of Ireland's Celtic Tiger years. A controversial mix of intense drama and some very black comedy, it depicts the personal lives of four workers in a small software company spiralling out of control throughout the course of one working day from 9.00 to 5.30, the 8.5 hours of the title. Sexually charged and constantly surprising, the story relentlessly twists and turns and builds to a series of haunting and unforgettable resolutions.
The Gaelic CurseThe Gaelic Curse · 2018
The Gaelic Curse
2018
MovieComedyRomance
The story begins when the devil cursed two servants for accidentally killing a Gaelic `king with whom he had made a pact. This curse was handed down through every generation and which changes each time. The recipients of the Gaelic Curse are Bailey O Farrell and Limp O Reilly. The former suffers with a hump on his back and the latter has a limp, each with a life of its own. Bailey lives in L.A and Limp in a rural town in Ireland. Bailey finally comes to Ireland to find a way of breaking the curse. Through a series of comic events the pair try to rid themselves of the curse along with falling in love with two of the locals. They meet the Devil who plays with them and is saved through love and a little help from the Devils own sister.
Hole in the HeadHole in the Head · 2022
Hole in the Head
2022
MovieDramaMystery
Hole in the Head is an experimental feature film in which the protagonist re-stages his family's home movies in order to recall a traumatic event. Melding new with old technologies and a film-within-a-film structure, Hole in the Head proposes a hauntological discourse on autofiction, trauma and private ritual.
Inspektor Jury - Der Tod des HarlekinsInspektor Jury - Der Tod des Harlekins · 2018
Inspektor Jury - Der Tod des Harlekins
6.02018
MovieCrime
A tricky case for Inspector Jury and his (ex-)aristocratic friend Melrose Plant: In Rackmoor, a picturesque Yorkshire harbor town, a woman dressed as a harlequin is murdered. The dead woman is said to be Dillys March, the adopted daughter of the extremely wealthy Colonel Titus Crael, who disappeared 20 years ago and has now unexpectedly returned. His son Julian Crael, however, believes she is an imposter. In his opinion, the woman pretended to be Dillys in order to gain access to Colonel Titus's fortune. Did Julian perhaps kill her?

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The Gaelic CurseThe Gaelic Curse · 2018
The Gaelic Curse
2018
MovieComedyRomance
The story begins when the devil cursed two servants for accidentally killing a Gaelic `king with whom he had made a pact. This curse was handed down through every generation and which changes each time. The recipients of the Gaelic Curse are Bailey O Farrell and Limp O Reilly. The former suffers with a hump on his back and the latter has a limp, each with a life of its own. Bailey lives in L.A and Limp in a rural town in Ireland. Bailey finally comes to Ireland to find a way of breaking the curse. Through a series of comic events the pair try to rid themselves of the curse along with falling in love with two of the locals. They meet the Devil who plays with them and is saved through love and a little help from the Devils own sister.