Fools of Fortune

 
The Very Stuff

 
Orange Flower Water


TV3's The Guards


The Callback Queen

Pinewood Studios

 
Trinity College Dublin


No Exit

 
 Oleanna

 
The Callback Queen

Amy-Joyce Hastings has been working in the film industry since the tender age of 8.  After being scouted by Bond Movies casting director Debbie McWilliams, she kick-started her career playing Oscar winner Julie Christie's young daughter in the Irish family epic 'Fools of Fortune' directed by Pat O'Connor, and co-starring Iain Glen and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

Further film and television work soon followed including several RTE appearances and a starring role alongside many of Ireland's premiere actors in Lisa Mulcahy's film 'The Very Stuff'.  She also worked with director Agnieszka Holland at Pinewood Studios as a young actress and narrowly missed out on the title role in Atom Egoyan's 'Felicia's Journey' as a teenager.

Electing instead to train for 3 years as a professional actress, by 20 she had graduated with honours with a Bachelor in Acting Studies from Trinity College Dublin, where she picked up awards from the Samuel Beckett Centre and the Irish Arts Council.  Since then, she has built an impressive resume, both on stage and on camera.

She has starred in an array of award winning feature films, shorts and prime time television drama, including most recently; 'The Tudors' (Showtime Network), 'Little Deaths' (Imagination Worldwide), 'Dancer' (Best British Film, BIAFF) and 'The Guards' (TV3). 

She has also tread the boards of British and Irish stages in several shows and tours.  Favourite roles include playing Carol in David Mamet's controversial masterpiece 'Oleanna', a performance which garnered rave critical and audience response, cut-throat socialite Estelle Rigault in Sartre's existentialist classic 'No Exit', Maggie in the world premiere of 'The Night Garden' developed by the Royal National Theatre Studio and performed at The Northcott Theatre in Exeter, and Cathy Calhoun in the first European production of 'Orange Flower Water' by Emmy Nominee, Craig Wright.

Her latest role is starring as the title character in feature film 'The Callback Queen' (dir. Graham Cantwell) shooting in London during Summer 2011.  'The Callback Queen' is a sparkling romantic comedy set in London's film industry. The story follows the exploits of Kate Loughlin, an ambitious but unlucky actress on the cusp of her big break. Her resolve to maintain her integrity in the cutthroat arena of showbusiness is put to the test as she gets closer and closer to her desires.