Red Alert! Baby from The Snapper welcomes second child and shares adorable name
33 years after the film's release Alannagh McMullan says baby number two is her 'good luck charm'
The woman who played the baby in one of Ireland's most beloved films The Snapper, has welcomed her second child into the world in what she described as a "full-circle moment".
Alannagh McMullan, who appeared as the newborn Georgina Curley in the iconic 1993 film adaptation of Roddy Doyle's novel, gave birth to a baby boy named Jamie at Dublin's National Maternity Hospital this week.
Incredibly, McMullan has said that the weekend she gave birth to her first baby, The Snapper was on TV. It was also on TV last Friday night and little Jamie arrived on Sunday, "it's obviously my good luck charm," said Alannagh.
Directed by Stephen Frears, the film, released 33 years ago, starred Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Brendan Gleeson and Pat Laffan, and remains one of the country's most quoted and celebrated movies still to this say.
"He was just one ounce off the seven pounds twelve ounces," she laughed. "I used to have the video and I used to watch it, I was definitely too young to be watching it, but I'd watch it on repeat, and just replay myself all the time.
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"But it was amazing to see at the weekend as well because there are so many resemblances of myself now that I see in him, and in our first baby. I will definitely be showing it to them, it's just a really cool memory to have.
"I think to see yourself being born, even though it wasn't real, I think I was covered in Vaseline and food colouring at the time is what I was told. It was a full-circle moment that I was born in Holles Street and was the baby in The Snapper and now they've another little baby born by The Snapper."
The National Maternity Hospital also marked the special occasion on social media along with the caption.
"We had a full circle moment at The National Maternity Hospital in Dublin last night! In 1993 Alannagh McMullan made her acting debut as baby Georgina when Sharon Curley gave birth in Roddy Doyle’s film The Snapper.
"Fast forward to 2026 and Alannagh has welcomed her own little star with the safe arrival of baby Jamie at the NMH. Congratulations to Alannagh and Ross on their new leading roles as parents to gorgeous baby Jamie."
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