This year is yet another doozy for Kerry Condon . Having earned her first Oscar nomination for her role in 2023’s The Banshees of Inisherin , this season, Condon is in contention for not one, but two films. In Train Dreams , the Clint Bentley -directed movie based on Denis Johnson’s novella, Condon is Claire Thompson, friend to Robert Grainier, Joel Edgerton ’s reclusive railroad worker. Then, in Joseph Kosinski’s F1: The Movie , Condon is Kate McKenna, a racing car engineer who tangles with Brad Pitt ’s driver character Sonny Hayes. Here, she digs into how her love of nature drew her to Train Dreams ‘ rural setting, and her F1 research process alongside a real-life female Formula One engineer.

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