10/01/2003

Ireland is putting its money on the young and talented Flora Montgomery to represent the Emerald Isle as their ‘Shooting Star for 2003’. Audiences will remember Montgomery for her featured roles in Goldfish Memory directed in 2002 by Liz Gill, The Discovery of Heaven by Jeroen Krabbé (2001) and When Brendan Met Trudy by Kieron J.Walsh (2000), the film which won Montgomery, 28, a nomination for best actress by IFTA, the Irish Film and Television Academy.
The English choice was Jamie Sives whose most recent films are Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself [+see also:
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