# Gina Costigan

Gina Costigan is an Irish actress, best known for her work on stage. She appeared in the original Broadway companies of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman and Martin McDonagh's Hangmen.

## Early life and education

Costigan was born in Dublin, Ireland to former Gaiety Theatre executive director, John Costigan and actress Maria McDermottroe.
She holds a BA (Hons) from Queens University Belfast, and an AA from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

## Career

Costigan made her professional stage debut as a street child in the 1994 revival of James Plunkett's The Risen People at The Gaiety Theatre. Staged as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, the production was co-directed by brothers Peter and Jim Sheridan, marking their professional reunion. At the time, The Risen People was the most expensive event in the festival's 35-year history.
She made her screen debut as crime figure John Traynor's girlfriend in 2003's Veronica Guerin, appearing opposite Cate Blanchett. She would go on to have supporting roles in numerous Irish films, including The Front Line (2006), Becoming Jane (2007), Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne (2009), A Terrible Beauty (2013), Halal Daddy (2017), My Sailor, My Love (2022), and TWIG (2024).
Costigan has twice appeared as Mailí in Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company's National Tour of An Triail by Máiréad Ní Ghráda, first in 2009, then again in 2013. The play is written and performed entirely in the Irish language.
In 2011 Costigan starred as Sandra in The New Theatre, Dublin's production of Isobel Mahon's Billy the Boat Loves Angelina. The play tells the story of three siblings, Susan, Sandra, and Tim, who have become caught up in the in Dun Laoghaire drug scene. In a review for The Irish Times, Peter Crawley noted Costigan's "assured performance", while "portraying (a) menacing figure with admirable bite."
In 2016 Costigan made her Off-Broadway debut in Honor Molloy's Crackskull Row at the Irish Repertory Theatre. The following year, she appeared in The Suitcase Under the Bed, a combined bill of four plays by Teresa Deevy at the Mint Theater Company. Both productions were named "Critic's Picks" by The New York Times.
In 2018 starred opposite Hayley Mills in Isobel Mahon's Party Face at New York City Center. For their respective performances, Costigan and Mills were both nominated for Best Actress at the 2018 1st Irish Awards. Later that year Costigan joined the original Broadway company of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, understudying the roles Caitlin and Mary Carney. The production would go on to win the 2019 Tony Award for Best Play; that year, she also appeared alongside her mother in Michael Scott's adaptation of The Valley of the Squinting Windows at the Mullingar Arts Centre and in the critically acclaimed revival of Joe Crilly's On McQuillan's Hill at the Finborough Theatre in London. She appeared in The Irish Echo's "40 under 40," Class of 2019.
In 2020, Costigan appeared as Molly Bloom in The Ulysses Project, a work of digital theatre, shot entirely during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic. A low-tech re-telling of Ulysses by James Joyce, The Ulysses Project featured an ensemble of over 75 actors who filmed themselves on phone or webcam, while being directed via WhatsApp. The cast included Olwen Fouéré, Shane MacGowan, Paula Meehan, and Barry Ward. The Ulysses Project was later screened by the Irish Film Institute, as part of Bloomsday Centennial in 2022; that year, she appeared in the original Broadway company of Martin McDonagh's Hangmen, understudying the roles of Alice and Shirley. The production was nominated for the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play.
In 2023, she appeared as Grace in London Classic Theatre's UK tour of Brian Friel's Faith Healer. Select tour venues included New Vic Theatre, Theatr Clwyd, Malvern Theatres, The Lighthouse, Theatre Royal, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Hawk's Well Theatre, Millennium Forum, Middlesbrough Theatre, Lichfield Garrick Theatre, Devonshire Park Theatre, and Connaught Theatre. In addition to her work on stage, Costigan has had recurring roles on Vikings, Fair City, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Veronica Guerin | Traynor's Girlfriend | |
| 2006 | The Front Line | Garda | |
| 2007 | Becoming Jane | Caroline | |
| 2009 | Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne | Nurse | |
| 2013 | A Terrible Beauty | Bridget Grace | |
| 2013 | Black Ice | Sister | |
| 2016 | The Board | Siobhann | Short film |
| 2017 | Halal Daddy | Magda | |
| 2018 | Kryptonights | Beth | |
| 2019 | Brittany Runs a Marathon | Drunk Woman | |
| 2020 | Flesh Is Heir To | Agent Kerrigan | |
| 2022 | The Ulysses Project | Molly Bloom | |
| 2022 | My Sailor, My Love | Joyce | |
| 2023 | Suspicious Minds | Lola | Short film |
| 2024 | TWIG | Ange's Mother | |
| 2024 | The Friend | Jocelyn | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Fair City | Diane Sutton | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Officer Judy | 2 episodes |
| 2019-2020 | Vikings | Runa | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | I Know This Much Is True | Mrs. O'Meara | Episode: "Five" |
| 2021 | Halston | Doctor | Episode: "Critics" |
| 2022 | Atlanta | Karen | Episode: "White Fashion" |
| 2022 | Harry Wild | Jenny Doyle | Episode: "A Corpse in My Soup" |
| 2023 | Kin | Betty Duggan | Episode: "2.8" |
| 2024 | Say Nothing | Lily | Episode: "Evil Little Maniacs" |
| 2024-2025 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Virginia Becker | 2 episodes |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Venue |
| 1994 | The Risen People | Street child | James Plunkett | The Gaiety Theatre |
| 1997 | Buille an Phíce | Jenny | Brian Ó Riagáin | Andrews Lane Theatre |
| 2008 | The Countess and the Lesbians | Eva Gore-Booth/Grace | Carolyn Gage | Dublin Gay Theatre Festival |
| 2009 | An Triail | Mailí | Máiréad Ní Ghráda | Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company (National Tour) |
| 2009 | Walnuts Remind Me of My Mother | Áine | Elizabeth Moynihan | Focus Theatre |
| 2009 | Facebreak | Tara Costello | Gina Costigan | Dublin Gay Theatre Festival |
| 2010 | Face to Face With the Enemy | Kristine | Judy Klass | Town Hall Theatre |
| 2010 | Ghost Stories | Various | Isobel Mahon | Mill Theatre Dundrum |
| 2011 | The Rainbows End | Wilhelmina | Leslie Lalor | Mill Theatre Dundrum |
| 2011 | Billy the Boat Loves Angelina | Sandra | Isobel Mahon | The New Theatre, Dublin |
| 2012 | The Muse Unbidden | Hilary | Roger Gregg | Smock Alley Theatre |
| 2012 | Bun Go Barr | Pamela | Órna Ní Choileáin & Aodán Ó Coileáin | Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company |
| 2012 | Les Impossibles | Actor 3 | Gráinne Curistan | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
| 2013 | An Triail | Mailí | Máiréad Ní Ghráda | Aisling Ghéar Theatre Company (National Tour) |
| 2014 | Daughter of the Waves | Hen | Eileen Connolly | New York Musical Theatre Festival |
| 2015 | The Bacchae | Chorus | Euripides | Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company |
| 2015 | The Seedbed | Hanna | Bryan Delaney | New Jersey Repertory Company |
| 2016-2017 | Crackskull Row | Dollie | Honor Molloy | Irish Repertory Theatre |
| 2017 | The Suitcase Under the Bed | Jil/Mrs. Stims | Teresa Deevy | Mint Theater Company |
| 2018 | Party Face | Mollie Mae | Isobel Mahon | New York City Center |
| 2018-2019 | The Ferryman | Caitlin/Mary Carney (u/s) | Jez Butterworth | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre |
| 2019 | The Valley Of The Squinting Windows | Brigid Byrne / Mary Essie / Mrs.McGoldrick / Miss Mckeon | Brinsley MacNamara | Mullingar Arts Centre |
| 2020 | On McQuillan's Hill | Loretta Maline | Joe Crilly | Finborough Theatre |
| 2022 | Hangmen | Alice/Shirley (u/s) | Martin McDonagh | John Golden Theatre |
| 2023 | Faith Healer | Grace | Brian Friel | London Classic Theatre |
| 2025 | Dancing At Lughnasa | Kate | Brian Friel | Asolo Repertory Theatre |