Rebecca Miller's Irish Film Festival Honour

2 months ago 02nd Sep 10:06

Rebecca Miller is set to be honoured at Ireland's star-studded Kerry Film Festival.
 
Miller, who is also the daughter of renowned American playwright Arthur Miller, will be presented with the Maureen O'Hara award recognising women in film.
 
The award, named after one of Ireland's best known and best loved acting greats, was presented for the first time last year (08) to Irish actress Brenda Fricker.
 
Miller's credits include 2005 drama The Ballad of Jack and Rose, starring her husband Day-Lewis and Camilla Belle, and this year's (09) The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, starring Robin Wright Penn.

But it wasn't a directing career that she pursued after leaving Yale University but a career in acting. Like many actors she began in television with TV movie The Murder of Mary Phagan before moving into cinema.

She appeared in Regarding Henry alongside Harrison Ford and Annette Bening in 1991 before moving onto Wind and Consenting Adults.

It was 2005 when she moved behind the camera for the first time with her movie Angela, which she also wrote.

The nine-day event is scheduled to kick off on 31 October (09).