Andrew Simpson

Andrew Simpson attended the Foyle School of Speech and Drama and was taught by Sandra Biddle in his home city of Derry in Northern Ireland Andrews mum and dad are Marion and Paddy and he has two older sisters Charlotte and Sarah and a younger brother Patrick all of whom have also attended Miss Biddles excellent training school for drama Andrew performed in feis festivals and was spotted when introduced by agent and talentspotter Patrick Duncan to Aisling Walsh director of Song for a Raggy Boy 2003 Played Gerard Peters in this brilliant but brutal Irish reform school story and younger brother Sean was played by Shankill Road Belfast boy Michael Sloan Aidan Quinn and Iain Glen starred He has played in the Millenium Forum Derry in Packys Wake and attended Centre Stage Drama holidays in Parkanaur Northern Ireland 2 years in a row Andrew also helped develop Cadanza at Moonstone 2004 and he has appeared in adverts for the PSNI and Invest NI Cast opposite Cate Blanchett Judi Dench and Bill Nighy in the Richard Eyredirected Notes on a Scandal 2006 adapted by Patrick Marber Closer 2004I from Zoe Hellers book Plays Steven Connolly an Irish immigrant boy who attends the school where Cate and Judis characters teach