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Niamh Algar

  • Actress
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000572
BAFTA Awards 2023
Follow the story of the Countess of Buckingham who molded her son to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover, through intrigue, becoming richer, more titled and influential than England has ever seen.
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Mary & George (2024)
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Irish actress Niamh Algar was raised in Ireland as the youngest of five siblings. In 2019 Niamh was awarded the BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, in 2018 she was named as Screen International 'Star of Tomorrow' for her leading turn in the The Virtues, a new drama from This is England creator Shane Meadows.

She first came to prominence in the 2017 Indie film 'Without Name' playing a young free spirited and charismatic field assistant who falls victim to man suffering from a mental breakdown. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and London BFI Film Festival before its general release in 2017.

Niamh was cast in channel 4's hit drama Pure as Amber before being announced as a regular in Ridley Scott's sci-fi series Raised by Wolves for HBO Max.
BornJune 28, 1992
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BornJune 28, 1992
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000572
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 3 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
    Raised by Wolves
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Sue
    The Virtues (2019)
    The Virtues
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Dinah
    Charly Clive in Pure (2019)
    Pure
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Amber
    • Amber Doherty
    MotherFatherSon (2019)
    MotherFatherSon
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Orla Green

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    Actress



    • The Iris Affair
      • Iris
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
    • Mooring
      • Pre-production



    • James Norton in Playing Nice (2025)
      Playing Nice
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Maddie Wilson
      • 2025
    • Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in Mary & George (2024)
      Mary & George
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Sandie
      • 2024
    • Catherine Clinch in A Wind and the Shadow (2023)
      A Wind and the Shadow
      9.0
      Short
      • Mother
      • 2023
    • Culprits (2023)
      Culprits
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Specialist
      • 2023
    • Niamh Algar in Malpractice (2023)
      Malpractice
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Dr. Lucinda Edwards
      • 2023
    • Lewis Capaldi: Pointless (2022)
      Lewis Capaldi: Pointless
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Mother
      • 2022
    • Kíla Lord Cassidy and Florence Pugh in The Wonder (2022)
      The Wonder
      6.6
      • Kitty O'Donnell
      • 2022
    • Anne-Marie Duff, Tamsin Greig, Eddie Marsan, Gina McKee, Ben Miller, Vinette Robinson, Nicholas Pinnock, Dominic Cooper, and Celine Buckens in Suspect (2022)
      Suspect
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Nicola
      • Nicola Barry
      • 2022
    • Amanda Collin, Abubakar Salim, and Winta McGrath in Raised by Wolves (2020)
      Raised by Wolves
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Sue
      • 2020–2022
    • Niamh Algar in L'imposture (2021)
      L'imposture
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • DC Sadie Byrne
      • Lizzie James
      • 2021
    • Jason Statham in Un homme en colère (2021)
      Un homme en colère
      7.1
      • Dana
      • 2021
    • Niamh Algar in Run (2021)
      Run
      6.1
      Short
      • 2021
    • Niamh Algar in Censor (2021)
      Censor
      6.0
      • Enid Baines
      • 2021
    • The Last Right (2019)
      The Last Right
      6.5
      • Mary Sullivan
      • 2019
    • Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan in Calm with Horses (2019)
      Calm with Horses
      6.8
      • Ursula
      • 2019

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    • Height
      • 1.70 m
    • Born
      • June 28, 1992
      • Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
    • Children
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        David

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      • Female

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      Her name is of old Irish origin and is pronounced "Neev".

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