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Some Northern Ireland actors get depressed (8)

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I believe the answer is:

downcast

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'depressed' is the definition.
(I know that depressed can be written as downcast)

'some northern ireland actors' is the wordplay.
'some northern ireland' becomes 'down' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'actors' becomes 'cast' (group of actors).
'down'+'cast'='DOWNCAST'

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(Other definitions for downcast that I've seen before include "disheartened" , "Sad" , "Feeling despondent" , "Depressed - looking at the floor?" , "blue" .)

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