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Daughter of Achill native back in the limelightCiara GalvinTHE people of Dookinella and the surrounding areas of Achill will all be tuning into BBC’s popular series New Tricks to see the daughter of Achill native Kevin Toolis. 20-year-old Storme Toolis will appear tonight (Tuesday) for the first time as Holly Griffin, daughter of Detective Danny Griffin played by Nicholas Lyndhurst of Only Fools and Horses fame. Although Storme lives in London, her father hails from Dookinella and she attended the local national school for a time. Storme, who featured in blockbuster movie ‘The Inbetweeners’ in the summer of 2011, previously referred to Achill as her ‘second home’ as her family have a house there and spend half the year there.The drama student, who has Cerebral Palsy, has previously spoke out about difficulties she encounters in getting roles in movies and how able-bodied actors are often given roles ahead of disabled actors.“I have an understanding of the character which only a disabled actor would. It’s not only the physical things – the way I move my hands and feet,Michael Kors Handbags Outlet, even how I speak,Michael Kors Handbags Outlet, which even the very best non-disabled actor couldn’t capture,michael kors canada,” she previously said. Storme is said to be delighted with this very important step in her career as an actor, and she is delighted that her aunt, Teresa Toolis,Michael Kors Outlet, grand-aunts and cousins in Dookinella will be able to watch her in the popular show. Storme’s father, journalist Kevin Toolis, is no stranger to film and stage,Michael Kors Handbags, having written several scripts that have lit up the small screen. His play, ‘The Confessions of Gordon Brown’ starring Ian Grieve, ran in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Storme is currently studying English literature and drama in Canterbury and plans to become a drama teacher in the future, but she says,Michael Kors Handbags, “I intend to explore acting as far as it will get me.”The series which airs tonight (Tuesday) on BBC One at 9pm,Michael Kors Outlet, follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) of the Metropolitan Police Service.The Chief Executive Officer of Comhlacht ForbarthaAitiúil Acla, Mr Terence Dever, told The Mayo News that all of Achill rejoiced in Storme’s big break as a cast member of New Tricks.“We will be tuning in in large numbers to watch this very talented young actress on our television screens. She and her father have added greatly to Achill’s cultural image and I have no doubt that Storme will have many more successes in her acting career,” he said.

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