Niamh Algar (born June 28, 1992) is an Irish actress. She is known for winning Best Actress in a Leading Role - TV Drama at the 2020

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for her performance in '' The Virtues''. Other roles include ''

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'', ''Raised by Wolves'', and ''Pure''. In 2021, she appeared in ''

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'' and ''Censor''. For her role in '' Calm with Horses'' she was nominated for the

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Early life and education

A native of

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, Ireland, Algar is the youngest of five children. She studied design at the

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(DIT) and graduated from the Programme of Screen Acting at the

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in Dublin.

Career

Algar has appeared in films including Conor McMahon's ''From the Dark'', Aoife Crehan's road trip film ''The Last Right'', Lorcan Finnegan's '' Without Name'' and the

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-produced '' Calm With Horses''. On television she has appeared in Rose Cartwright's ''Pure'', and as Tania in

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''. She was named amongst the 2019 BAFTAs

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. In 2019, Algar played Dinah in

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's '' The Virtues'' with co-star

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. for which she won '' Best Actress in a Leading Role - TV Drama'' at the 2020 ''

''. She has also appeared as Orla Green in ''

'' in 2019 alongside

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, and as the wife of

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in the

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directed American television series '' Raised by Wolves'', and as Amber in the

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television series ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Independent Talent profileBow Street Vaults – Niamh AlgarNiamh Algar - The Virtues; IFTA Winner of Best Actress Drama 2020
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