Nuala Holloway was born on 18 December, circa 1956 and is an Irish artist and teacher and former actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Ireland International 1975.
20 Facts About Nuala Holloway
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Nuala Holloway completed secondary school at the Convent of Mercy in Moate, County Westmeath, now known as Moate Community School.
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Nuala Holloway received a BA in history of art, Italian and English from UCD.
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In 2021 Nuala Holloway received a Master's Degree In Teaching Chinese Language and Culture from UCD.
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Shortly after completing secondary school, Nuala Holloway became a fashion and photographic model.
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Nuala Holloway gained praise and attention in the late 1970s and 1980s for her work.
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Nuala Holloway appeared in magazines and newspapers, both in Ireland and abroad.
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Nuala Holloway is the only native of County Westmeath to become Miss Ireland.
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Nuala Holloway appeared in films, stage plays, television dramas and Ads.
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Nuala Holloway has performed in The Focus Theatre in Dublin.
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In 1978, Nuala Holloway appeared in The First Great Train Robbery with Sean Connery.
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Nuala Holloway worked as a double for actress Lesley-Anne Down.
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Nuala Holloway acted with Gabriel Byrne in Bracken and with Pierce Brosnan in Manions of America.
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Nuala Holloway appeared in Silver Apples of The Moon, Anois is Aris and played Sister Concepta on The Live Mike.
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Nuala Holloway originally studied at the Crawford College of Art, Cork but abandoned these studies when she was encouraged to become a model by photographer Ted McCarthy.
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Nuala Holloway studied under Kay Doyle, President of the Watercolour Society of Ireland.
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Since then Nuala Holloway has completed a number of commissions and her work is in private collections in Ireland, Britain and America.
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Nuala Holloway referred to her as "the Nigella Lawson of Irish artists", referring to the force and energy in her work, and the glamour of the artist herself.
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In November, 2008 Nuala Holloway held an art exhibition with another former Miss Ireland, Jakki Moore, in Dun Laoghaire.
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Nuala Holloway subsequently received a letter of gratitude from the President for her gift.