{"id":639824,"date":"2026-08-16T07:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/639824\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:59:10","slug":"michelle-yeoh-is-just-incredible-dublin-teenager-katelyn-rose-downey-on-acting-with-an-oscar-winner-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/639824\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Michelle Yeoh is just incredible\u2019: Dublin teenager Katelyn Rose Downey on acting with an Oscar winner \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

How agreeable are you?<\/p>\n

For the most part I\u2019m a very agreeable person. I\u2019m quite easy-going and genuinely avoid any type of conflict. I have strong opinions on certain things, but I\u2019m also quite open-minded to listen to other people\u2019s opinions as well. But generally, I\u2019m a very agreeable person and sometimes maybe too much. If you don\u2019t stand your ground, it\u2019s not so good. I should work on that. <\/p>\n

Tell us about your middle name and what you think of it?<\/p>\n

My middle name is Rose and it has a very special meaning to me. My mum\u2019s grandad passed away long before I was born. He loved gardening and flowers, and my nan has one of his rosebushes in her back garden. It was a particularly cold February when I was born. But when my mum took me home from the hospital, there was one rose that had blossomed on his rosebush. And my mum and dad always said it was him looking down on me and sending me a sign. So my mum gave me Rose as my middle name.<\/p>\n

Where is your favourite place in Ireland?<\/p>\n

My favourite place in Ireland is actually really close to me and not too far from where I live. It\u2019s the Hellfire Club. It\u2019s in the mountains and it has a beautiful walk up to it. You can see over the whole of Dublin from the top of it. I go there quite often. I find it really calming and kind of grounding. I never take for granted how lucky we are to live in Ireland and have so many amazing places like that. <\/p>\n

I love getting to film in my favourite place, Dublin. At the moment I\u2019m working on the Marian Keyes adaptation<\/a> of her book Grown Ups with a bunch of amazing Irish actors and actors like Sarah Greene, who plays my mum, Sin\u00e9ad Cusack, Adrian Dunbar, Jason O\u2019Mara, Aisling Bea. There is really nothing better that I could think of. <\/p>\n

Marian Keyes is such a wonderful, wonderful human, and my nan is a huge fan. So any opportunity to get to tell an Irish story from such a beloved Irish author is an absolute win for me. So definitely Dublin. <\/p>\n

Describe yourself in three words<\/p>\n

I\u2019d probably say I\u2019m very curious. As long as I can remember, I\u2019ve always been really eager to learn and curious about everything around me. I find myself most curious in terms of the acting world and being behind the camera, seeing different actors, processes. I still want to learn everything. I wanted to know what that mark was and what was that on that camera screen, you know? Especially working with the likes of Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh in Blade Runner 2099; she\u2019s just incredible. <\/p>\n

I would say determined, too. That probably goes hand in hand with my curiosity because when I set my mind to something or set a goal, I\u2019m just kind of programmed to achieve it no matter what it is. I am very driven by a goal and wanting to kind of chase it. <\/p>\n

And then at the same time, I would say I\u2019m chill. I\u2019m a chill person. I think it\u2019s a nice balance but sometimes it contradicts. <\/p>\n

When did you last get angry?<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t get angry. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever been angry in my life. I think everything happens for a reason and if I ever find my mind going that way, I remind myself of that. <\/p>\n

What is your strongest childhood memory?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m 17 so I\u2019d like to think I\u2019m still making them. The most special one though is my grandad picking me up from school and going to the local shop. He\u2019d get a coffee and I\u2019d get a treat. That is a very special memory to me. He is one of my favourite people. <\/p>\n

Where do you come in your family\u2019s birth order and has it defined you?<\/p>\n

I have an older brother, just one sibling. And we\u2019re both complete opposites. But we\u2019ve always got on really well. I don\u2019t think being younger has had an impact on me really. We are both close in age, a boy and a girl. But he did boxing, I did dancing.<\/p>\n

When do you think you were happiest?<\/p>\n

I am at my happiest when I\u2019m chilled out in my room, or when I\u2019m dancing. Especially when I\u2019m reading an incredible script, or when I meet new people. I\u2019m always quite happy with that. But also when I\u2019m watching movies or drawing or writing. There\u2019s really so many things that make me happy.<\/p>\n

Which actor would you like to play you in a biopic about your life?<\/p>\n

Florence Pugh. I love her work. I love her style. I especially love how unapologetic she is. I\u2019m just an all-around fan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How agreeable are you? For the most part I\u2019m a very agreeable person. I\u2019m quite easy-going and genuinely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[16834,41274,434,18,117,19,17,41271,7380,41272,270666,2212,70755],"class_list":["post-639824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-adrian-dunbar","tag-aisling-bea","tag-celebrities","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marian-keyes","tag-michelle-yeoh","tag-sarah-greene","tag-sinead-cusack","tag-weekendreview","tag-your-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117104133068178342","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}