Niamh Blackshaw is an English actress. She began her career appearing in television advertisements which included a national advertisement for

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. She was then cast in the guest role of Lara Cutler in the

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soap opera ''

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'' in 2017. Since 2018, she has portrayed the role of

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in the

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soap opera ''

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'', for which she received a nomination for Best Newcomer at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards.

Early and personal life

Prior to studying acting, Blackshaw trained as a dancer, and at the age of eleven, she began attending Rossendale Dance and Drama Centre, where she completed her LAMDA and Trinity exams. She also attended

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, where she studied Latin for her

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, amongst other subjects. Blackshaw was interested in attending

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, until she pursued acting as a career. Blackshaw has

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Career

Blackshaw began her acting career appearing in television advertisements, including an advert for

. In 2017, she appeared in five episodes of the

soap opera ''

'' as Lara Cutler. Her character committed suicide after being groomed by

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( Christopher Harper) and his gang. In March 2018, she made an appearance in the short film ''Landline''. On 4 September 2018, it was announced that she would be joining the

soap opera ''

'' as

, and she made her first appearance on 21 November 2018. Her storylines in the soap have included discovering her father is

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(

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), being groomed into a

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gang,

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as a lesbian and developing a romance with

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). For her portrayal of Juliet, she has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the ''Inside Soap'' Awards, as well as two nominations for Best Partnership alongside

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and O'Donnell.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackshaw, Niamh 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Manchester English soap opera actresses English people of Irish descent English child actresses Living people Actors from Bolton People from the Borough of Rossendale Year of birth missing (living people)