Kerry Condon’s Hollywood journey
Kerry Condon sits in her Los Angeles home, just days into promoting F1. Asked about working opposite Brad Pitt, she reveals the confidence of someone who has arrived at the right moment. “I was really glad that it was at this point in my career, because it was a very big role opposite him, and maybe if I had been younger, I would have been very nervous about it.”
Two days after her 2023 Oscar nomination for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, director Joseph Kosinski called with a career-changing offer for F1. “I do feel like it was a major bunch of flowers I got two days afterwards.” In the film, Condon plays Kate McKenna, the first female technical director in Formula One. “I’ve always wanted to do a blockbuster movie, and then they wanted me to be Irish. I don’t think I’ve seen that before, the Irish accent in a female lead, in a big massive movie.” She even got to wear her mother’s Claddagh ring.
Despite career-defining opportunities, Condon maintains fierce privacy. While Pitt was photographed by paparazzi during filming, she preserves boundaries between public and private life. In Ireland, she can still take the train with friends unrecognized. “There’s a real joy in being able to walk down Grafton Street and go and do fun things with my friends, where we’re all just like it used to be years ago.”
The 2023 awards season tested this approach, but the emotional weight became clearest at home. “Loads of people in my hometown sent my mum cards to give me; it actually kind of made me cry. All these sweet families for no reason buying a ‘well done’ card.”
This journey began in Thurles, where young Kerry earned the nickname ‘Fledgy-poo’ for constantly talking about escaping. At 16, she wrote to Alan Parker about her acting dreams. That bold letter led to her first role in ANGELA’S ASHES.
Now Condon finds herself at a career peak. The Oscar nomination opened doors to roles she had always envisioned. F1 represents the culmination: the girl from Thurles commanding the screen opposite Brad Pitt, still taking the bus with friends when home, still wearing her mother’s ring, still very much herself.
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