Lesley Conroy

Lesley Conroy is an Irish actor and writer, best known for playing Aoife in the popular TV network series Fair City (2017-2019). She was nominated for an IFTA for her supporting role alongside fellow Cork actress Eileen Walsh in the feature film Eden. Lesley's previous screen work includes The Cured with Elliot Page, Life's a Breeze with Fionnula Flanagan, and RTE's comedy series Mattie and Women on the Verge. Lesley is fluent in the Irish language and is an experienced stage actress and voice over artist having regularly voiced radio dramas and campaigns for multinational clients for radio and TV. Classically trained as an actor in Trinity College Dublin, Lesley holds a post graduate degree in Acting studies and has recently completed further screen training with Benjamin Mathes at the Helena Walsh acting studio. As a new voice writing for Irish stage and screen, she was the Scripts Ireland competition winner in 2020 for her monologue 'Cleaner' which she adapted for the screen under Screen Ireland/Bow Street academy's Actor as Creator award. She was the 2021 recipient of the Jane Anne Rothwell award.