Shane O'Meara
{{Short description|Irish actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}
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| name = Shane O'Meara
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| birth_name = Shane Francis O'Meara
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|4|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland
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| occupation = Actor
| television = Waterloo Road
Doctors
| yearsactive = 2008–present
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Shane O'Meara (born 26 April 1992) is an Irish actor, known for his roles as Connor Mulgrew in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road{{cite web|author=Published Tuesday, Oct 16 2012, 16:28 BST |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a431149/waterloo-road-star-shane-omeara-teases-shock-fire-drama.html |title='Waterloo Road' star Shane O'Meara teases shock fire drama - Waterloo Road News - Soaps |publisher=Digital Spy |date=2012-10-16 |accessdate=2013-07-04}} and Sean Donoghue in the BBC medical soap opera, Doctors.
Personal life
O'Meara was born in Wicklow. As a child, he moved to the United Kingdom with his family, where he grew up in Livingston, Scotland, and attended St. Margaret's Academy. He has two brothers, Ryan and Allen, and a sister, Sionainn. He attended Edinburgh Telford College from 2009–2010 studying Drama and pursuing a National Certificate in Acting and Performance. He also attended Dundee College from 2010–2011, studying for a Higher National Certificate in Acting and Performance. O'Meara later moved to Manchester, England.{{cn|date=July 2022}}
Career
O'Meara is best known for playing Connor Mulgrew in the eighth and ninth series of Waterloo Road, as the son of Christine Mulgrew (Laurie Brett), a new English teacher then Headteacher. O'Meara left the programme in January 2014 before making two reappearances in March 2014. He has also played Sean Donoghue in the award-winning BBC soap Doctors in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06440h3|title=Insignificant, Series 17, Doctors - BBC One|website=BBC}} In 2014, he appeared on the CBBC panel show The Dog Ate My Homework.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y414f/credits|title=Episode 8, Series 1, The Dog Ate My Homework - Credits - BBC - CBBC|website=BBC}} He also appeared in the award-winning short Wifey Redux{{cite web|url=http://www.wifeyredux.com/|title=WIFEY REDUX - a short film based on the story by Kevin Barry / Directed by Robert McKeon|website=Wifey Redux}} as a young Aiden McArdle in 2015. O’Meara is currently set to star in the movie adaptation of Peter Flannery's best selling novel First and Only.{{cite web|url=http://film.britishcouncil.org/first-and-only|title=British Council Film: First and Only|first=British Council|last=Film|website=film.britishcouncil.org}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4647256|name=Shane O'Meara}}
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Category:Irish male child actors
Category:Irish male television actors
Category:Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom
Category:Actors from County Wicklow
Category:People from Livingston, West Lothian
Category:Male actors from West Lothian
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