Stockard Channing to Star in Dublin Production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Variety is reporting that actress Stockard Channing will play the role of Lady Bracknell in Rough Magic Theater Company's upcoming production of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'. The show will open in June at Dublin's Gaiety Theater, and will be directed by Lynne Parker.

Stockard Channing's extensive theatre credits include "Joe Egg" (Tony Award, Drama Desk nomination), "Hapgood" (Drama Desk nomination), "Love Letters" (original cast), "Woman in Mind" (Drama Desk Award), "The Rink," "The Golden Age," "They're Playing Our Song," "Little Foxes," and her work in "The Lion in Winter," "House of Blue Leaves" (Drama Desk nomination), "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun," and "Six Degrees of Separation" (Drama Desk nomination) earned her four Tony Award nominations. For "Six Degrees..." she received an Obie Award and Drama League Award for Performance of the Year as well as an Olivier Award nomination when she performed the play in London. When she recreated her "Six Degrees..." role for film, she was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Other film credits include "Bright Young Things," "Must Love Dogs," "The Business of Strangers" (AFI Film Award nomination), "Where the Heart Is," "Practical Magic," "Twilight," "The First Wives' Club," "Smoke" (SAG nomination), "Moll Flanders," "Heartburn," "Grease" (People's Choice Award), "Isn't She Great?" and the upcoming "Sparkle," and "Multiple Sarcasms." In 2002, Ms. Channing won two Emmy Awards for her roles as First Lady Abby Bartlet on NBC's "The West Wing," and for the role of Judy Shepard in "The Matthew Shepard Story," for which she also received a Screen Actors Guild Award. She received a 2005 Daytime Emmy Award for her role in "Jack."