Maria Anastacia Keogh was was born in Lewisham, Greater London. Her family the Thomas clan moved back to the west coast of Mayo, Ireland. As a youth she went to drama classes directed by the Irish playwright, RTE director and actor John Breen. During this time she studied Arts at the National University of Ireland, Galway and qualified as a secondary school teacher. Shortly after she began to write plays and stage them at the Town Hall Theatre, Galway. She wrote an original play about Shakespeare in 2008 she developed a love of him by reading his plays and playing many of the female roles. She also has worked on many independent films some of which include Italian and European awarding winning films The Doubleganger (2010) The LondonUnderground (2010) Annie (2009) Driving to ZigzagLand (2006) and the American award-winning hit Waiting for Dublin (2009). She has appeared in productions for Irish TV channels, such as TG4 and RTE. Show less «