| Amy Joyce Hastings | |
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Amy-Joyce Hastings at the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards |
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| Born | 24 September 1980 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Height | 5'6" |
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| http://www.amyjoycehastings.com | |
Amy Joyce Hastings (born 24 September 1980, Dublin[1]) is an Irish actress who has worked in film, television and theatre.
Her first role was in the 1990 film Fools of Fortune.[2] She has also featured in Season 1 of The Tudors[3] alongside Henry Cavill.
Her latest role was in Brit flick Little Deaths which premiered at Film4 Frightfest in February 2011 and the SXSW festival in Ausin Texas in March 2011.[4]. In April 2011 it was announced she was shooting the lead role of Kate Loughlin in British Rom Com The Callback Queen due for release in 2012.[5]
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Amy Joyce Hastings was born in Ireland to parents Robert and Catríona Hastings.[6] Taking a very early interest in acting she enrolled in drama classes at the Gaiety School of Acting when it opened in Dublin in the 1980s. Here she was scouted by casting director Debbie McWilliams and eventually cast in the role of Geraldine Quinton in Fools of Fortune opposite Julie Christie, Iain Glen and Mary Elisabeth Mastrantonio.
Three years after this, following two final rounds of casting at London's Pinewood Studios she narrowly lost out on the role of Mary Lennox in Warner Bros' The Secret Garden, directed by Agnieszka Holland. Continuing dance and acting classes throughout her younger years, she appeared in a variety of productions and made regular appearances on RTÉ youth interest television programs such as Jo Maxi and Pajo's Junxbox, as well as reviewing children's films for the Pat Kenny radio show.
In 1998 she was shortlisted for the title role in a film -adapted from another William Trevor novel- Felicia's Journey, directed by Atom Egoyan. However she elected instead to train for three years at the Samuel Beckett Centre in Trinity College, Dublin - Ireland's first and only acting degree course. She graduated with a distinction in 2001, and began a full-time acting career.
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | The Callback Queen | Kate Loughlin | (Filming) Feature Film |
| 2011 | Little Deaths | Lucy | (Completed) Feature Film |
| 2010 | Dancer | Anna | |
| 2009 | The Letter | Lillian | |
| The Making of Anton | Lillian | Feature length Documentary | |
| 2008 | Intersection Number Nine | The Bank Teller | Feature Film |
| Duality | Dr. Sarah O'Connor | ||
| 2007 | W.C. | Helen | Feature Film |
| Poetic Licence | Aoife | ||
| 2006 | Double Take | Agent Amanda Sharpe | Feature Film |
| 2003 | Sex & Sensibility | Maria | Feature Film |
| 1997 | The Very Stuff | Nicola | |
| 1990 | Fools of Fortune | Geraldine Quinton | Feature Film |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | The Guards (TV3) | Sheila O'Briain | TV Series |
| An Cúpla Corr TG4 | Herself | TV documentary | |
| 2009 | 6th Irish Film and Television Awards RTE | Herself | Awards Ceremony |
| 2007 | The Tudors Showtime Networks | Brandon's 1st Mistress/Mole Girl | (1 episode)TV Series |
| Be More Ethnic BBC3 | Beautiful Girl | TV Pilot | |
| Cinephilia | Jan Harlan | TV Pilot | |
| 2005 | Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime RTE | Buster Cherry's Wife / Electrocutioner | (2 episodes) TV Series |
| The View RTE | Actress | (1 episode) TV Series | |
| 1996 | Finbar's Class RTE | Actress | (4 episodes) TV Series |
| 1995 | MTV's Most Wanted | Herself | (1 episode) TV Series |
| 1991 | Jo Maxi RTE | Herself | TV Series |
Hastings has many stage credits in both the UK and Ireland. Amongst these are roles as Carol in Oleanna[7] by David Mamet, Estelle Rigault in No Exit[8] by Jean-Paul Sartre, Cathy Calhoun in the first European production of Orange Flower Water[9] by Craig Wright, and the world premiere of The Night Garden, developed by the Royal National Theatre Studio and first performed at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter.[10]