About Me
Hello! My name is Irene Denniston, and I'm a 22-year-old stage and film actress who has been irreparably and irrationally drawn to acting since before I could even read. I was born in the Palisades in DC and grew up in Silver Spring, MD, taking acting and dance classes and performing in several plays a year. I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Dramatic Art in May, where I took studio actor training alongside theatrical history and production/design classes, and acted in nine plays and seven short films. Most recently, I decided to further my classical training at Shakespeare & Company's Center for Actor Training in the Berkshires, MA. I love how connected being an actor makes me feel to other people; it requires you to study and observe the human experience, to listen to everyone’s lives around you, and to bond with an audience through your shared humanness.

Details
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 113
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Lt Brown
Voice: Mezzo Soprano
Education:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
BA Dramatic Art, 2025
Alpha Psi Omega
National Theatre Honor Society, 2025
Shakespeare & Company
Lenox, MA
Summer Shakespeare Intensive, 2025
Skills:
unarmed, knife, single sword
Lecoq clown training,
movement (viewpoints, Laban),
dance (contemporary, jazz).
Shakespeare, Chekhov.
Location: Washington DC
Awards
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMAMATIC PLAY
Jack/Lord of The Flies/ Company Carolina/UNC Alpha Psi Omega
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lilly/MOTH/Carolina Film Association
SENIOR PERFORMING ARTS AWARD
Sandy Spring Friends School
Reviews
Stage
Company Carolina | Hamlet | 2025
Polonius
NOMINATED: UNC APO Best Featured Actor in a Comedic Play
Company Carolina | 1984 | 2024
The Guard
NOMINATED: UNC APO Best Ensemble Actor in a Dramatic Play
Kenan Theatre Company | Failure: A Love Story | 2024
Jenny June Fail
NOMINATED: UNC APO Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Play
Kenan Theatre Company | The Seagull | 2024
Paulina
NOMINATED: UNC APO Best Featured Actor in a Dramatic Play
Company Carolina | Lord of the Flies | 2023
Jack Merridew
WON: UNC APO Best Lead Actor in a Dramatic Play
Company Carolina | Julius Caesar | 2023
Soothsayer
LAB! Theatre | The Most Massive Woman Wins! | 2022
Cel
LAB! Theatre | A Dawn Chorus | 2022
Chorus
Kenan Theatre Company | Anna K | 2021
Kitty
Sandy Spring Friends School | Radium Girls | 2019
Grace Fryer
Sandy Spring Friends School | Matilda | 2019
Big Kid/Dance Captain
Film
Carolina Film Association | Spaghetti and Me | 2025
Lead
NOMINATED: CFA Best Lead Actress
Carolina Film Association | We Will Decompose | 2025
Lead
Carolina Film Associaton | Bloodsucker | 2025
Lead
Carolina Film Associaton | Dead Guy | 2024
Lead
COMM 230 | Knock, Knock | 2023
Lead
Carolina Film Association | Moth | 2023
Supporting
WON: CFA Best Supporting Actress
COMM 337 | Up and Apart| 2022
Lead