Premier Artists

Premier Artists Acting agency based in Belfast NI Premier Artists is a leading UK and Ireland acting agency which is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

It was established in 2012 by Ed McCann, who had previously worked for many years within the industry as an actor, and represents a select client base of actors and actresses. Having recognised the amount of talent which existed in Northern Ireland, and the lack of representation available, he chose to establish Premier Artists. As a professional and dynamic agency, we provide top class artists fo

r a range of projects in film, television, theatre, and more. Recent high-profile castings include Game of Thrones, The Fall, Red Rock, and The Frankenstein Chronicles amongst many others.

02/06/2026

We are continuing with our reflections, this time looking at 2019.

Theatre-wise, we had clients involved in a large number of projects with theatre companies including View from Here, Alter Ego, Lyric Theatre, Barnstorm, GBL, Terra Nova, Chaos Theory Theatre, Curious Doings, Mr Hullabaloo, Centre Stage, Cre8 Theatre, Big Telly, Replay Theatre Company, Pintsized Productions, ANBC, Kabosh, Cahoots NI, and The MAC.

We had a number of clients appear in commercials for a mixture of campaigns as diverse as road safety, PHA, a dairy campaign, Grant Boiler, Sofaland, Bathline, cycle safety, PSNI, and Lucozade.

Feature films included Pixie (Brenda McNeill; Andrew McClay), while our TV work was extremely busy throughout the year with clients in Blood S2, The Frankenstein Chronicles (Ciaran Flynn; Pat Mooney; Robert Render; Laura Webster), Derry Girls (Ciaran Flynn), Marcella (Ciaran Flynn), The Secret (Ruth Jennings), Game of Thrones (Michael Johnston), The Dublin Murders (Michael Johnston), My Left Nut (Mary Lindsay), Pablo (Shane McCaffrey), and Soft Border Patrol.

27/05/2026
Congratulations to Sarah Boyd-Wilson on being cast in a lovely new commercial campaign.
27/05/2026

Congratulations to Sarah Boyd-Wilson on being cast in a lovely new commercial campaign.

Congratulations to Michael Johnston and Andrew McClay on being cast in a very exciting new streaming series. It's going ...
27/05/2026

Congratulations to Michael Johnston and Andrew McClay on being cast in a very exciting new streaming series. It's going to be a cracker!

Congratulations to Nick Hardin on his recent VO booking. He's just fresh off Chicago PD as well, one of our absolutely f...
27/05/2026

Congratulations to Nick Hardin on his recent VO booking. He's just fresh off Chicago PD as well, one of our absolutely favourite programmes :D

Congratulations to Shane McCaffrey on his corporate booking
27/05/2026

Congratulations to Shane McCaffrey on his corporate booking

Congratulations to Sheena Kelly on her very exciting short film casting where she joins a stellar cast.
20/05/2026

Congratulations to Sheena Kelly on her very exciting short film casting where she joins a stellar cast.

We are SO excited about Bold Girls, featuring Premier Artists Hannah Carnegie and Caroline Curran. Rehearsals began on M...
20/05/2026

We are SO excited about Bold Girls, featuring Premier Artists Hannah Carnegie and Caroline Curran. Rehearsals began on Monday. The show will run in the Lyric Theatre from Tue 9 - Sun 14 June 2026.

We are very excited to welcome Leah Williamson to Premier Artists. We were blown away by her performance as Sadie 'Minty...
13/05/2026

We are very excited to welcome Leah Williamson to Premier Artists. We were blown away by her performance as Sadie 'Minty' Murray in Bright Umbrella's recent production of A Bomber's Moon.

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Leah is an actor from County Down.

She studied Drama at Queen’s University Belfast, and went on to train at the Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, on the Two Year Full Time Professional Actor course.

Leah’s notable stage credits include the critically acclaimed Float (Crybaby Productions), which played at the Lyric Theatre, The MAC, Bewley’s Café Theatre at Dublin Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, venues across Ireland, and a sold-out run in Belgium. Float was awarded five stars by The Irish Times and received two award nominations.

Leah also collaborated on the development of a new play, Emperors, with Patchwork Productions.

Most recently, she played the starring role of ‘Minty’ in A Bomber’s Moon, marking her Bright Umbrella debut, and was met with great acclaim

Congratulations to Bernadette McKeating and Karen Hawthorne on their respective theatre castings.
13/05/2026

Congratulations to Bernadette McKeating and Karen Hawthorne on their respective theatre castings.

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