''Amber'' is an Irish television
crime drama series, created by Rob Cawley and
Paul Duane and directed by
Thaddeus O'Sullivan, that broadcast across four consecutive nights on
RTÉ One from 19 to 22 January 2014.
The series stars
Eva Birthistle and
David Murray as parents of a young teenage girl, Amber Bailey (Lauryn Canny), who disappears after being dropped off by her father at a friends' house in
Dublin.
''Amber'' was produced by Screenworks Ireland for RTÉ, with funding from the
Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The series was produced in 2011,
and following a distribution deal with Content Media Corporation, the series broadcast in
Denmark,
Sweden
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,
Israel,
Latin America,
Brazil,
Canada and
Australia
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before premiering in its native country.
[
The series broadcast on ]BBC Four
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Cast
Main
* Eva Birthistle as Sarah Bailey; mother of Amber and Eamon and estranged wife of Ben[
* David Murray as Ben Bailey; father of Amber and Eamon, estranged husband of Sarah and CEO of a security firm][
* Justine Mitchell as Maeve Flynn-Dunne; best friend of Sarah and a newspaper reporter][
* David Herlihy as Declan McCarthy; friend of Ben and co-director of the same security firm][
* Emily Nagle as Sgt. Karen Mulcahy; friend of Ben and Sarah and one of the police officers investigating Amber's disappearance][
* Declan Conlon as D.I. Rob Dunlop; friend of Ben and the lead inspector investigating Amber's disappearance][
* Lauryn Canny as Amber Bailey; 14-year-old artistic daughter of Sarah and Ben, who disappears on her way home from the city][
* Levi O'Sullivan as Eamon Bailey; youngest child of Sarah and Ben, and Amber's brother][
* Gary Whelan as Supt. Jack Stirrat; commanding officer overseeing the investigation into Amber's disappearance][
* Ned Dennehy as Terrence O'Donoghue; a prisoner who tells Maeve he has information pertaining to Amber's disappearance][
* Dan Li as Charlie; an illegal immigrant from ]China
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who volunteers to help search for Amber[
* Noel Gaskin as 'Dog Man'; an unidentified perp seen talking to Amber a day or so before her disappearance][
* Shauna Griffith as Jenny; Amber's best friend][
* Andrew Mullan as Manga-Boy; Amber's secret boyfriend][
]
Supporting
* Stella McCusker as Trish
* Laura Jane Laughlin as Cherry
* Eleanor Methven as Margaret
* Janice Byrne as Gemma
* Eric Lalor as Bernard
* Stephen Jones as Squeak
* Vinny Murphy as Larry
* Aenne Barr as Deirdre Costello
* Jane McGrath as Natalie Costello
* Deirdre Donnelly as Maureen O'Donoghue
* Shashi Rami as Dev
* Craig Kenny as Milligan
* Gabriela Duane as Gabi
* Mirjana Rendulic as Jolanta
* Michael Liebman as Martin
* Ronan Leahy as Mark
Episodes
References
External links
*
{{RTÉ Dramas and Soap Operas
RTÉ original programming
2014 Irish television series debuts
2014 Irish television series endings