Cleona Ní Chrualaoí

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Cleona Ní Chrualaoí is an Irish film and television producer.

Career

Ní Chrualaoí was born in Reading, England, but moved at age four to County Meath in Ireland, the country of her parents. She graduated from Dublin City University with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2001.{{cite news|url=https://www.dcu.ie/alumni/2022-alumni-awardee-cleona-ni-chrualaoi|title=2022 Alumni Awardee Cleona Ní Chrualaoi|work=dcu.ie|publisher=Dublin City University|access-date=17 March 2023}} She worked as a reporter and presenter in radio and television before beginning to produce documentaries and other films in the Irish language.

The Quiet Girl (Irish: An Cailín Ciúin), Ní Chrualaoí's first feature film, premiered at the 72nd Berlinale in 2022 and has received critical acclaim.{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2022/programme/202204521.html|title=An Cailín Ciúin|publisher=Berlin International Film Festival|work=berlinale.de|access-date=15 March 2023}}{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=the_quiet_girl|type=movie|title=The Quiet Girl|access-date=15 March 2023}} It was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards in the US.{{cite news|url=https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-quiet-girl-colm-bairead-interview-exclusive|title='The Quiet Girl' Director Colm Bairéad on Telling an Irish Story in the Irish Language (Exclusive)|date=23 February 2023|work=aframe.oscars.org|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=17 March 2023}}

Personal life

Ní Chrualaoi is married to Colm Bairéad, who wrote and directed The Quiet Girl. They have two children.{{cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/stars-of-tomorrow-2022-cleona-ni-chrualaoi-producer/5171999.article|title=Stars of Tomorrow 2022: Cleona Ní Chrualaoi (producer)|last=Tabbara|first=Mona|date=29 June 2022|work=Screendaily.com|access-date=17 March 2023}}

Partial filmography

=As producer=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
style="text-align:center;"\|2010 !scope=row\|Coiscéimeanna \|Television miniseries
style="text-align:center;"\|2012 !scope=row\|Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire \|Documentary film
style="text-align:center;"\|2015 !scope=row\|{{sort name\|The\|Joy\|nolink=yes}} \|Television miniseries
style="text-align:center;"\|2022 !scope=row\|An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) \|Feature film

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

style="text-align:center;"|2010

!scope=row|Coiscéimeanna

|Television miniseries

style="text-align:center;"|2012

!scope=row|Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire

|Documentary film

style="text-align:center;"|2015

!scope=row|{{sort name|The|Joy|nolink=yes}}