Background
Bolger was born in Dublin, the daughter of Monica and Derek Bolger, who is a butcher.
Bolger was born in Dublin, the daughter of Monica and Derek Bolger, who is a butcher.
She attended The Young People"s Theatre School in Dublin and Loreto High School, Beaufort in Rathfarnham from 2003 to 2009.
She is best known for her roles in the films In America, Stormbreaker, and The Spiderwick Chronicles, as well as her award winning role as Lady Mary Tudor in the television series The Tudors, and for guest starring as Princess Aurora in Once Upon a Time. She has a younger sister, actress Emma Bolger. 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 television series, Mixology.
Bolger co-starred in David Gelb"s thriller film The Lazarus Effect. In 2015, she starred in the Administrative Management College martial arts show Into the Badlands and the Freddie Steinmark biopic My All-American. 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.