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Éanna Hardwicke to be honored with an Oscar Wilde Award

January 21, 2025                                                    

 

The US-Ireland Alliance’s 19th annual Oscar Wilde Awards will be held on 27 February at the Ebell of Los Angeles.  Irish actor Éanna Hardwicke will be the recipient of the “Wilde Card” Award, which recognizes rising talent.  As previously announced, John C. Reilly will also be an honoree this year.  

 

US-Ireland Alliance founder Trina Vargo said, “everyone involved with our organization, and the Oscar Wilde Awards, is saddened by the devastation resulting from the recent fires.  We know how much the fires have disrupted the lives of many of our friends, the entertainment community, and the broader Los Angeles community. We briefly considered cancelling, but many told us that they were looking forward to this.  We hope the event will provide a respite, for at least an evening.”  

 

Éanna Hardwicke began acting at a very young age, participating in youth theatre at the Gaiety School of Acting's Cork campus, National Association of Youth Drama (NAYD), and Cork School of Music. His first professional credit was as a child actor in Conor McPherson's 2009 horror film THE ECLIPSE.  He is a graduate of The Lír, Ireland’s National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin.

 

Just prior to graduation Éanna was cast alongside Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg in the feature film VIVARIUM, which premiered at Cannes in 2019.  He then went on to play roles in Normal People; Fate: The Winx Saga for Netflix; THE SPARROW; LAKELANDS; Smother; and The Doll Factory, among others.  He received several awards for his role in the BBC1 drama The Sixth Commandment alongside Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.  His short film AT ARM'S LENGTH, co-written with Tom Monahan premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2022.  

  

Éanna’s most recent projects were A Very Royal Scandal and the soon-to-be released SAIPAN, in which he plays Irish football captain, Roy Keane, to Steve Coogan’s Mick McCarthy. He is currently filming the feature NO ORDINARY HEIST alongside Eddie Marsan. 

 

Previous recipients of the Wilde Card Award are Eve Hewson, Dónall Ó Héalai, Jenn Murray, Sarah Bolger, and Saoirse Ronan.  Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen are among the night’s sponsors.