An alumni of Drama and Theatre Studies at Trinity College Dublin, and Bow Street Academy’s Part Time Screen Acting course, Gráinne Holmes Blumenthal is a 30 year old stage and screen actress, theatre director, and singer based in Dublin City, Ireland, originally hailing from Mallow, Co. Cork. This year, Gráinne will be graduating from IADT with a Frist Class Honours in the MA in Broadcast Productions.

Gráinne wrote and performed in her debut one woman show FEET PICS AREN’T FREE! at the Dublin Fringe Festival in the Smock Alley Theatre. The show garnered high praise, including a 4 star review from the Irish Times, and The Independent described her as a ‘mightily appealing stage presence.’ She is now developing her follow up one woman show, SMELLY, which has been developed with the Cork Theatre Collective and Dublin Theatre Festival’s Slingshot residency.

Gráinne has twice attended the Kino Guarimba film residency in Amantea, Southern Italy, where she directed, acted, production managed, and sound operated on over 15 short films with artists from around the world. Through this, she created A HOLE IN THE WALL which went on to screen at the Underground Cinema Film Awards and the People’s Picturehouse Cork.

Recent acting credits include: Emma, THE NORTH, upcoming feature film with Tuesday Studios, 2025. Various Roles, CULT OF AEROBICS, Electric Picnic/Smock Alley Theatre, 2024/2025. Space Margaret/Ensemble, SPACE DELI: THE MUSICAL, Scene and Heard Festival, 2024. Gráinne is also an accomplished theatre director, having co-founded the company Unamused Theatre in 2017, and has directed work for The New Theatre, Town Hall Theatre Galway, Druid Theatre, Dublin Fringe Festival, and the Scene and Heard Work In Progress Festival.

Most recently, she produced BAD GIRL: A ONE MAN SHOW by Felix O’Connor for the 2024 Dublin Fringe Festival at Bewley’s Café Theatre, which was nominated for the Bewley Café’s ‘Little Gem’ Award, and received high praise from critics and audiences.

Gráinne is a regular face on the popular YouTube channel The Try Channel, which has over one million subscribers from around the world. She was also the mature singer of the year at Walton’s School of Music 2023, earning her a scholarship.