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Irish actress Aisling Franciosi named ‘European Shooting Star’

The actress has starred in Game of Thrones and The Fall

Pictures: G. McDonnell / VIPIRELAND.COM

Irish actress Aisling Franciosi has been selected as a European Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival.

The 25-year-old is best known for her roles in ‘Game Of Thrones’ and ‘The Fall’.

Taking to Instagram, Aisling gushed, “Just waking up and it’s a lovely start to the day. So thrilled and honoured to have been chosen as a European Shooting Star of 2019 and to be in such great company.”

“Congratulations to everyone! Thank you, thank you, thank you @efp_on_tour @berlinale and, of course, @screenireland. I really am so very happy!”

 

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Just waking up and it’s a lovely start to the day ???????????? So thrilled and honoured to have been chosen as a European Shooting Star of 2019 and to be in such great company. Congratulations to everyone! Thank you, thank you, thank you @efp_on_tour @berlinale and, of course, @screenireland (????). I really am so very happy! #Repost @efp_on_tour with @get_repost ・・・ ????We proudly present THE 2019 #europeanshootingstars ????. AISLING FRANCIOSI (Ireland) ARDALAN ESMAILI (Sweden) BLAGOJ VESELINOV (FYR of Macedonia) DAWID OGRODNIK (Poland) ELLIOTT CROSSET HOVE (Denmark) EMMA DROGUNOVA (Germany) INE MARIE WILMANN (Norway) KRISTIN THORA HARALDSDOTTIR (Iceland) MILAN MARIC (Serbia) REA LEST-LIIK (Estonia). @aisling.franciosi @ardalanesmaili @blagoj.veselinov @emma.drogunova @krishar82 #creativeeuropemedia @swedishfilm @screenireland @germanfilms @norwegianfilms @detdanskefilminstitut @berlinale #berlinale2019

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Every year, the European Shooting Stars chooses ten of the best up-and-coming acting talents.

Other actors that previously received the honour include Irish actors Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Negga.

According to RTÉ Entertainment, the jury were impressed with her “great acting range and superb instincts” in The Nightingale, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival earlier this year.

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