Two film stars will receive honorary degrees from universities in Northern Ireland on Monday.
Belfast man Ciaran Hinds is to receive a degree from Queen's University in his home city for services to film and drama.
Roma Downey, from Londonderry, is being honoured by the University of Ulster, of which she is an alumna.
She is receiving a Doctorate of Fine Art (DFA) for her contribution to acting and philanthropy.
The university is also giving honorary degrees to author and former BBC correspondent Fergal Keane and screenwriter Frank Cotrell-Boyce.
Ciaran Hinds has appeared in a number of major films, including Road to Perdition, Munich and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two.
He also voiced the Troll King in Frozen, appears as Mance Rayder in hit HBO drama Game of Thrones and was Julius Caesar in the series Rome.
Roma Downey recently starred as Mary in the film Son of God, and has appeared in a number of TV series, including Touched by an Angel and The Divison.
Film stars receive honorary degrees
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