Clinic Star Leigh walks the Red Carpet!

Leigh Arnold is one of Ireland's most well known young actors. A native of Foxrock Co. Dublin, her passion for fashion, people, performance and dance was obvious from a very young age. As a child in St Andrews College, Leigh won many awards for competitions in theatre and hence her ambition and determination to act was apparent.

Leigh completed a degree in Psychology and Psychoanalysis from LSB College Dublin.

Her acting journey began in 2001 when she was accepted to the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York where she counts such legends as Robert Redford, Grace Kelly, Danny De Vito and Richard Gere as fellow Alumni. Whilst living and training for four years in New York, Leigh treaded the boards of some of the most well known theatres in the city.

Almost as soon as she completed her training at AADA, Leigh landed the role of Dr. Clodagh Delaney on the hit Irish TV series The Clinic, a role for which she is best known. Her hard work and talent was recognised by the industry in 2007 when she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Irish Film and Television Awards.

Leigh has completed filming Series 7 of the hit Irish T.V. show The Clinic and has just finished filming her first feature film "Charlie Casanova" which is due out in the summer of 2010.

Leigh's theatre experience in Ireland includes, Gerry Stenbridges "The Grown Up's" at the Peacock Theatre and playing Helen of Troy in 2009 "Trojan Women" directed by Michael Scott. Also in 2009 Leigh starred in "The Vagina Monologues" also directed by Michael Scott and will be soon appearing in "My First Time" in the Olympia Theatre.

Leigh combines her acting work with charity work and is an Ambassador for UNICEF Ireland. She has also spent time in South Africa with the Niall Mellon Foundation rebuilding the Townships outside Cape Town. In 2009 Leigh hosted a rock concert for the foundation with whom she continues to work vigorously with. She is currently in training for the Flora Women's Mini Marathon and will be running on behalf of Childline with whom she actively campaigns.

Nominated as one of the Most Stylish Women in Ireland at 2009 VIP Style Awards, Leigh was also nominated for Best dressed Woman in Ireland and was voted by the public as one of the Top Sexiest Legs in the country!!

Leigh is now writing a column for Irish Tatler Magazine and is very much in demand for Photo Shoots, TV Appearances and of course many acting roles. With the continued rise in her career, she is excited about what the future holds and feels now that she is ready to break into the British and American Film and T.V industry.

Leigh Arnold is delighted to be now available through Red Carpet and can be booked for TV Work, Modeling, Hosting and Personal Appearances.

For further information and bookings, please contact us on 01 4069999 or info@redcarpet.ie.

Red Carpet rolls out for Big Brother Ray!

Ray Shah studied and worked as an I.T professional for six years until the cheeky-chappie Dubliner rose to fame when he became a housemate in the 2003 UK version of Big Brother.

After surviving 64 days, he achieved the runner-up position but will mostly be remembered for his infamous late night fumble under the duvet.....with himself!! Ray emerged from the Big Brother house a rising star and in a one-off Channel 4 show, "Top 20 BB housemates", he was even voted the 5th top Big Brother contestant of all time by Channel 4 voters!

Since his BB days, Ray has carved out a successful and credible media career in Ireland working in both the TV & radio industry and as a club DJ. Ray was even asked to play the King in the musical 'The King and I' on tour, with his resemblance to a young Yul Brenner!

You can hear Ray on Dublin radio station, Q102, Monday to Friday where he injects his own unique sense of fun into providing entertainment to the thousands of Q102 listeners as he visits people's workplaces, homes and on the streets of Dublin. On Saturday he co-presents Dublin's Q102's entertainment show, "The Big Saturday Show" where each week he interviews celebrities from the world of TV, film and showbiz.

Over the last few years, Ray has worked hard making his name as a club Dj and has played in clubs in Marbella, La Manga, Ibiza and all over Ireland to thousands of people. That work and experience has certainly paid off as Ray is now regarded as one of Ireland's top party DJ's.

Along with his DJ'ing and Radio presenting, Ray has also presented on Irish television stations RTE, TV3, City TV Channel and has been a guest on hit shows like Podge & Rodge, The Panel, Ireland AM and Xpose to name a few.

Ray is very much a people person and is a celebrity fundraiser for his favourite charity, Temple Street Children's Hospital. In the summer of 2009 he took his love for Temple Street to a whole new level after he willingly became a contender on RTE's 'Charity Lords of the Ring' boxing competition! Along with 10 other celebrities, he helped to raise e100,000 for their favourite charities, e10,000 of which, went to Temple Street Children's Hospital.

Ray epitomises the saying, "Work hard and you'll succeed, luck has nothing to do with it"!

Ray Shah is delighted to be represented by Red Carpet and is available for DJ'ing, Hosting, Promotional Events and Personal Appearances.

For further information, please contact us on info@redcarpet.ie or call us on +353 1 4069999.

Apprentice Aoiffe becomes a Red Carpet Star!

Aoiffe graduated from Griffith College Dublin with an honours degree in Journalism and Visual Communications, furthering her studies next with a post graduate diploma in PR and Event Management from The Fitzwilliam Institute. Aoiffe has always had a keen interest in the fashion industry and has worked in number of diverse fashion roles over the years. She spent 9 months working as an assistant fashion stylist with Prudence Magazine, as well as spending time working with such fashion and beauty names as Bally, Reiss, Topshop, Chanel and Lancome, to name but a few. After graduating she spent a year working with a Dublin based PR Agency before moving to Clerys where she worked as a marketing and business development executive. This role involved sourcing international fashion and beauty brands and negotiating terms with each.

In 2009 Aoiffe took time out from her 9-5 job to star in the second series of the hit TV show, THE APPRENTICE.

With using both her brains and beauty, Aoiffe successfully made it to week ten of the thirteen week show, emerging as a new rising Irish Star. Best known for her sharp tongue and polished style, Aoiffe is now in high demand for many TV programmes, Personal Appearances and Media Events. With a keen eye for fashion and beauty, Aoiffe is set to make her mark on the Fashion and PR industry in 2010 and is excited about what the future holds.

Aoiffe Madden is delighted to be represented by Red Carpet and is available for Hosting, Promotional Events and Personal Appearances.

For further information, please contact us on info@redcarpet.ie or call us on +353 1 4069999.

With Una Healy... every day is a Saturday!!

UNA HEALY
Biography

Irish bombshell Una Healy wants to get something out of the way off the bat!

"A lot of people might think 'oh you're 27, aren't you a bit old to be in a girl band?' If anything, I just hope that I'm an inspiration to people to never give up on what you want to do."

To that we should add a) she doesn't look it for a second ("my mother's genes, I'm lucky") b) who cares anyway? and c) most importantly, she certainly isn't kidding when it comes to the 'don't give up' bit.

As a kid in Tipperary, Una had already won a national gold medal for swimming when she was nine ("when i want something I really for for it" she confirms) before she picked up her mum's guitar and promptly taught herself to play. It wasn't long before before she was writing her own songs, sailing through her music exams and setting her sights firmly on a music career. "I went out and bought a PA system and a car where I could let the seats down and get speakers in and I called up every single live music venue there was".

Una's self-determination saw her gigging four or five nights a week "for barely a crust" and even recording her own album of self-composed tunes before moving first to Dublin and then over to London eager for her big break. And with THE SATURDAYS she found it!

"I've wanted this for so long that even if there's some days when I have to get up at 5 o'clock in the morning" - Una readily admits she is not really a 'morning person' - "I always remind myself how lucky I am to be here".

Una Healy is delighted to be now available through Red Carpet and can be booked for TV Work, Modeling & Personal Appearances

For further information please contact info@redcarpet or call us on +353 1 4069999.

The Saturdays walk the Red Carpet!

THE SATURDAYS
BIOGRAPHY

Believe it or not, it's just over a year since THE SATURDAYS touched down on Plant Pop and quickly set about redecorating it in the neon shades of their sparklingly fluorescent hyper-pop.

Since then a combination of nifty, killer tunes, super-tight performances and pure, hard graft has taken Frankie, Mollie, Rochelle, Una and Vanessa from bright-eyed pop ingenues to permanent fixtures on the UK charts. Whatever skepticism and lazy comparisons greeted them initially have simply been swept away by a tireless ethos of getting on with it. The fact remains, since their debut last summer, THE SATURDAYS have had more hits than any other girl group in the land, racking up no less than five smash hit singles and one platinum-plus certified debut album, thank you very much!

"Everything is moving so fast, I cant believe we're on our second album already - it's like everything we've ever dreamed of", enthuses Mollie. "When If This Is Love went top ten it was incredible and then UP did ever better! Each single kept charting higher than the last. i had to keep pinching myself"!

"People keep saying we've come out of nowhere, but we were together for well over a year before our first record," adds Frankie. "But now we've got this attention it's come really fast. It's not often that pop acts that aren't from a reality TV show do well and what's more we've done it all off our own backs'.

And if THAT SATS - as their dedicated and ever-growing legion of fans want to call them - have just kept getting bigger and bigger, now so is their music. Their new single Forever Is Over - a hyperactive headrush of rollicking guitars, bittersweet euphoria and a huge panoramic chorus - introduces the spanking new sounds of THE SATS phase 2.

"It's a definite step up," enthuses Una. "It's still THE SATURDAYS, but a bigger, cooler sound. And you know I love singing rock, so this song is a dream. It's what I'm really into, more angsty, a few guitars and a giant chorus."

The song - co-written by old Busted alumnus James Bourne - heralds the girls' much-anticipated new album 'Wordshaker', an album that's brimming over with sparkling, pop pearls. Dramatic windswept ballad (not to mention vocal showcase) Here Standing ("we'll definitely need a wind machine for the video," jokes Vanessa) nestles up against sassy supercharged electro-pop nugget Ego (a feisty kiss-off to a conceited lover. 'don't tell me that we've gone as far as we go, you need to have a sit down with your ego" warn the girls) and the likes of Wordshaker - already a fan favourite from their sell-out "Work" tour this summer.

"Going to LA to record the album was a-maz-ing" beams Frankie. "Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson had actually recorded in one of the studios we were in. How cool is that?" Working with red hot pop-meisters THE JAM (Lady GaGA, Mariah Carey) and THE RUNAWAYS (Jordin Sparks, Leona Lewis) in Los Angeles - "those guys were dead cool," says Rochelle - THE SATURDAYS have created a cool, state of the art modern pop gem bound to keep them at the top of the charts though 2010 and beyond.

"When we played the festivals this summer we were worried people might throw bottles cause they only wanted indie bands, not five girls doing pop. But they were absolutely up for it, "Una thrills. "At T In The Park, I could see Lily Allen at the side of the stage jumping up and down to our set! She came up after and said 'you were the only act I could be bothered to see.' That was such a thrill."

Now it looks like everyone's getting Saturdays Fever. UK's hottest new rapper Chipmunk coolly name-checks the girls in his current smash Oopsy Daisy ("I know!" shrieks Mollie. "Go Chipmunk! He came to our gig in Hammersmith") and MTV have just nominated them for Best New UK Act alongside the likes of LaRoux and Florence & The Machine.

"There used to be this snobbishness about pop, but now I think people just want to have a good time," says Frankie. "This is the best time ever to be in a girl band and we're gonna make the most of it. Try and stop us if you're hard enough!"

The Saturdays are now available through Red Carpet and can be booked for TV Work, Modeling, Personal Appearances and Live Performances.

For further information please contact info@redcarpet.ie or call us on +353 1 4069999.