Alison McGirr

Allison McGirr (born 1983/84) is an Australian actress of Irish descent. She had her first role in the Australian television show Home and Away in 2013. She is known for playing Charlie Maddox on the Australian show Thirty, and Patty in the film Ladies in Black.

Early life
McGirr was born in Australia to Marrie Caroll of Rathoe and Tom McGirr of County Tyrone, Republic of Ireland. Her family moved back to Ireland in 1996, and she attended Tullow Community School in Carlow, Ireland. She then attended St. Bernadette's Primary School in Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia, and Marian College in Kenthurst, NSW. She has a brother named Thomas and a sister named Siobhan.

She attended and graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Acting from the Queensland University of Technology in 2011.

Career
McGirr divides her career between Irish and Australian industries. Her first role was as Molly Brenner in the Australian television show Home and Away. In 2014, she played in the horror series Penny Dreadful, written by John Logan and directed by Sam Mendes.

She had a role in the 2018 Australian film Ladies in Black, based on the 1993 novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John. She auditioned via self-tape while in Los Angeles, California, United States.

McGirr appeared on the History Channel's show Vikings, as well as in short films The Interior of a Wandering Mind, A Single Woman's Guide to Life, and the feature film Lily.

Personal life
As of 2013, she was engaged to actor and director Sam Atwell, and lived in Dublin with him. She currently lives between Ireland, Australia, and the United States.

In 2021, she held a fundraising event in Willawong, Queensland, Australia, for her cousin Stefan Carroll, who suffered a traumatic spinal injury.