Who is Dominique McElligott?

Dominique McElligott began her professional acting career early in the new millennium, in 2001, a career that piqued her interest after seeing her performance in My Left Foot, a 1989 film. Following a decade of acting, the Irish actress made the move to Hollywood in 2011, landing her first American project in Hell On Wheels, an AMC TV series in which she played Lily Bell – one of the main characters – for a total of 19 episodes. Dominique McElligott’s stock has only risen with each performance. Her notable credits include The Astronaut Wives Club and the critically acclaimed House of Cards.

Dominique McElligott: Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Dominique McElligott, a television personality, was born on May 3, 1986, in Rathfarnham, Dublin, Ireland.

Despite the fact that her parents do not work in the show business, they are movie fans, as evidenced by Dominique’s story about how she decided to pursue a career as an actress.

Dominique McElligott: Professional Career

Dominique was watching the 1989 film My Left Foot with her parents when she became enamored with Daniel Day-Lewis’ performance, and as the film ended, her parents began discussing the actor’s performance, and young Dominique was completely wowed by the actor’s portrayal, which she deemed’cool,’ and thought to herself that she could probably do that someday.

Her first step toward becoming a superhuman like Daniel Day-Lewis was enrolling in an after-school drama school, where she fell in love with everything related to acting.

She was ready for life as an actress by 2001 when she was 15 years old. In the Irish drama series On Home Ground, she made her debut as Cora Collins.

She would stay in Ireland for the next decade, appearing in TV shows such as Whiskey Echo, Being Human, and Raw.

She made her film debut in Dark Floors in 2008, followed by Moon, a British science-fiction BAFTA-nominated film.

Dominique had just finished filming a Western in Bolivia when her manager asked her to relocate to Los Angeles to improve her chances at bigger projects.

McElligott was initially hesitant, but she eventually agreed to comply with her manager’s request, and the rest is history.

Her first American project, the role of Lily Bell in Heels of Wheels, provided her with the break she needed.

In 2015, she played Louise Shepard in The Astronaut Wives Club, and in 2016, she played Hannah Conway in House of Cards, the aspiring first lady and wife of Republican presidential nominee and war veteran Will Conway.

She also appeared in Amazon’s The Last Tycoon and The Boys, a superhero drama web series.

Dominique McElligott: Relationship Status

Fans should not expect anything more than the basic facts about McElligott’s love life and other aspects of her personal life.

As of this writing, the only information available about her marital life is that she is unmarried.

Dominique McElligott, who describes herself as “old-fashioned,” has no social media accounts and has stated that she will do so in the future – a bitter pill for her devoted fans to swallow.

McElligott has nothing against social media; she simply does not want people to know too much about her.

With this, the media is unlikely to learn anything about her romantic life anytime soon.

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Quick Facts of Dominique McElligott

•  As a child, Dominique took horseback riding lessons, which she perfected while filming a Western in Bolivia; this later experience would come in handy when she was cast as Lily in Heels on Wheels.
• Her Lily Bell character in Heels On Wheel was her second time playing a ‘Bell’; Tess Bell was her character in the 2009 British film Moon.
• McElligott does not appear to be a blockbuster fan, but that could have changed if she had been cast as Gwen Stacy in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), a role that eventually went to.
• She does yoga and enjoys reading.
• In 2017, she returned to Ireland for the first time in ten years after leaving for Los Angeles in 2009.
• She traveled with her dogs because she is a dog lover.
• The tall blonde actress stands 5 feet 8 inches tall.