Barry Keoghan’s family will hold an awards party at their home tonight as he bids for Oscar glory.
His cousin Gemma Geoghegan has told of their pride disclosing how Barry was fostered by his aunt Lorraine Keoghan when he was eight. She stepped in to care for the Marvel actor, 30, and his brother as their mother Deborah struggled with addiction issues.
Gemma told the Irish Independent: “There’s been a lot of misconceptions about that time. My mum reared him and his brother Eric.