Andrea Corr

Born in Dundalk, Andrea Corr is an Irish musician and actress who became the lead singer of the Corrs, the group she formed with her siblings in 1990. She plays tin whistle, ukulele and piano, and the band's debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten was a success in Ireland, Australia, Japan and Spain. Her acting began with a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte in Alan Parker's The Commitments (1991). Parker cast her again in Evita (1996), and she provided the singing voice for Kayley in The Quest for Camelot (1998). She released the solo albums Ten Feet High (2007) and Lifelines (2011), and appeared on stage in Dancing at Lughnasa at the Old Vic and as the title role in Jane Eyre at Dublin's Gate Theatre. She won a Film Discovery Jury Award for The Boys from County Clare and published a book, Barefoot Pilgrimage, in 2018.