Ava Connolly Ross

GENERAL iNFORMATION

Drama has helped me to become an excellent team leader and it has enabled me to meet so many people from diverse backgrounds. I represented Ireland in the World Championships of Performing Arts in Long Beach California in 2015.

I was awarded 17 medals and a scholarship to study at the prestigious New York Film Academy for acting. I have appeared in advertising campaigns for Toyota for TV, film and print. I played a leading role in a worldwide animation film called “Two by Two” in 2015 which won awards at the Cannes Film Festival. I played the same role in the sequel of the film “Two by Two Overboard” which was released in late 2020. Recently this summer I played a leading role in another animation film called “Checkered Ninja 2” which is to be released in late 2022.

I have obtained grades from the Royal Irish Academy of Music for singing with distinctions and I am currently training for Grade 6 of the Certificate. I have achieved grades with distinctions from the London College of Music in acoustic guitar. I was a monologue finalist at the Richard Harris Film Festival and Judged by well-known actors in the industry such as Jared Harris, Sean Cronin and Terry McMahon. I made it into the final six out of thousands of actors across the UK and Ireland.

Ava managed to raise €1,769 for the Children’s Hospital in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland. A charity which is very close to her heart. Ava has also modelled for Siopa-Lara ladies clothing, in respect of fund raising for the stroke unit at St James’s Hospital, Dublin.

Ava was an editorial finalist in a modelling competition called “TOP MODEL UK” Ava modelled clothing by UK and US designers. All funds raised from the event went to Children with Cancer UK.

ROLE / COMPANY / YEAR

TITLE

ROLE

COMPANY

DIRECTOR

YEAR

Checkered Ninja 2
Jessica
Moetion Film
Anders Matthesen & Thorbjorn Christofferson
2022
Checkered Ninja
Jessica
Moetion Film
Anders Matthesen & Thorbjorn Christofferson
2019
Two By Two: Overboard
Leah
Ulysses Films, Moetion Films, EOne UK
Toby Genkel
2019
Two By Two
Leah
Ulysses Films, Moetion Films
Toby Genkel
2015
Ireland's Teen Killers
Melanie
TV3
Richard Stearn
2016
Toyota - Advert
Featured
Butter.com, Javelin.ie
2014, 2015
Busker-Abu
Vocals and Guitar
TG4, Adare Productions
2015
Elev8
Answering Teen viewers questions
RTE
Seanna McGreevy
2013
SHOWREELS