Early life

Bolger was born in Dublin, the daughter of Monica and Derek Bolger, who is a butcher. She has a younger sister, actress Emma Bolger. She attended The Young People's Theatre School in Dublin and Loreto High School, Beaufort in Rathfarnham from 2003 to 2009.

Career

Bolger starred in In America with her sister Emma. From 2008 to 2010, she portrayed Princess Mary Tudor in The Tudors. Bolger starred in Stormbreaker alongside Alex Pettyfer. She also starred in the film adaptation of the children's novel The Spiderwick Chronicles. She filmed a pilot called Locke & Key, and will star in the movie Starbright.

Bolger guest starred as Princess Aurora in the second, third, and fourth seasons of the fairy tale drama, Once Upon a Time.

Bolger played the female lead role, Umi, in the English version of the 2011 Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill, and starred as Lucy in As Cool as I Am in 2013. In 2014, she made an appearance on TV series, Mixology. Bolger co-starred in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect.

In 2015, she starred in the AMC martial arts show Into the Badlands and the Freddie Steinmark biopic My All-American.

Other projects

In January 2011, Bolger was selected to be in photographer Kevin Abosch's project "The Face of Ireland" alongside other Irish celebrities including Sinéad O'Connor, Neil Jordan, and Pierce Brosnan.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	A Love Divided	Eileen Cloney
2003	In America	Christy	Nominated - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor/Actress Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Most Promising Performer Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Performance by Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female Nominated - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress
2005	Premonition	Azura	Short film
	Tara Road	Annie
2006	Stormbreaker	Sabina Pleasure
2008	Spiderwick Chronicles, TheThe Spiderwick Chronicles	Mallory Grace	Nominated - Irish Film & Television Awards for Actress in a Supporting Role - Film
2011	The Moth Diaries	Rebecca
	From Up on Poppy Hill"	Umi Matsuzaki
2013	Crush	Jules
	As Cool as I Am	Lucy Diamond
	Kiss Me	Zoe
2014	Starbright	Pamela
2015	My All American	Linda Wheeler
	The Lazarus Effect	Eva
	Emelie	Emelie

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	A Secret Affair	Helena Fitzgerald	TV movie
2002	World of Tosh, TheThe World of Tosh		TV series
2004	Clinic, TheThe Clinic	Janey Quinn	2 episodes
2006	Stardust	Lorraine Keegan	TV miniseries
2008-10	Tudors, TheThe Tudors	Mary Tudor	23 episodes Irish Film & Television Awards for Actress in a Supporting Role - Television (2010) Nominated - Irish Film & Television Awards for Actress in a Supporting Role - Television (2011)
2012-present	Once Upon a Time	Princess Aurora	Season 2-present (recurring; 16 episodes)
2014	Mixology	Janey	Episode: "Tom & Maya"
2015	Into the Badlands	Jade	Main role
2016	Agent Carter	Violet	Season 2 (recurring; 3 episodes)

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role
2008	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Mallory Grace (voice only)
2010	BioShock 2	Eleanor Lamb (voice only)

Awards and nominations

Note: The following list is incomplete.

Wins

2010 Irish Film & Television Awards

Actress in a Supporting Role - Television for The Tudors

2009 Berlin Film Festival

Shooting Stars Award

Nominations

2011 Irish Film & Television Awards

Actress in a Supporting Role - Television for The Tudors

2009 Irish Film & Television Awards

Rising Star Award

2009 Irish Film & Television Awards

Actress in a Supporting Role - Film for The Spiderwick Chronicles

2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award

Best Young Actor/Actress for In America

2004 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

Most Promising Performer for In America

2004 Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Female for In America

2004 Satellite Award

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for In America

2004 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Best Performance by Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female for In America

2004 Screen Actors Guild Award

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for In America

2003 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

Best Supporting Actress for In America

[ Source: Wikipedia ]