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Valene Kane is a Northern Irish actress. She is perhaps best known for her performances in all three series of
BBC Two's
BAFTA-nominated
''The Fall'', in which she played
Jamie Dornan
James Peter Maxwell Dornan (; born 1 May 1982) is an actor, model and musician from Northern Ireland. Formerly a character actor, he often portrays solemn, steady characters. The recipient of two Irish Film and Television Awards, he has been n ...
's first lover, Rose Stagg.
Early life
Kane was born and raised in
Newry, County Down. She is the daughter of former footballer and coach Val Kane.
From the age of 15, she was part of the
National Youth Theatre, most notably starring in their production of ''
20 Cigarettes''. She left Northern Ireland for London at 18 and trained at the
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...
.
Career
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Kane was cast in ''
The Fading Light
''The Fading Light'' is a 2009 film directed by Ivan Kavanagh which won Best Irish Film and Best Actor at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2010.
The cast includes Valene Kane, Emma Eliza Regan
Emma Eliza Regan (born 4 December ...
'' by the director
Ivan Kavanagh
Ivan Kavanagh is an Irish filmmaker who has written, directed and edited five features and ten short films.
His second feature film "The Solution" won Best Drama at the Portobello Film Festival 2007 in London. His third feature Tin Can Man won Bou ...
after he spotted her in a short film, ''July'', that was posted on
YouTube
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. She was chosen partly for her successful experience with improvisation in the short film. 2013 saw her play Rose Stagg in the
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's TV series ''
The Fall'', and Dara in the comic Irish thriller ''Jump''. Also in 2013, Kane played the title role in
Strindberg
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's ''
Miss Julie
''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...
'' at the newly founded Reading Rep.
Other film work ''Still Early'', a short film which premiered at the Galway Film Festival. Kane's work for the BBC in 2016 includes taking the lead in
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, cur ...
drama
''Thirteen'', the third series of ''The Fall'', and an episode of
''Murder''. Also that year, she played Lyra Erso, the protagonist's mother, in the film ''
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story''.
Kane has been seen on stage as Nance, in the
Finborough Theatre
The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world pr ...
's production of ''Autumn Fire'', The Love in
Punchdrunk
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's production ''The Black Diamond'', which sold out "in mere minutes" and Lady Lydia Languish in ''
The Rivals
''The Rivals'' is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated frequently, including a 1935 musical and a 1958 episode of the T ...
''. She also played Girleen in
Martin McDonagh's ''
The Lonesome West
''The Lonesome West'' is a play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, part of his Connemara trilogy, which includes ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' and ''A Skull in Connemara''. All three plays depict the murderous occurrences in the we ...
'' in which one reviewer said "Kane gives Girleen a schoolgirl reality, her confident swagger and challenge covering the only genuine feelings for anyone else that the play possesses".
Kane's radio drama work for the BBC includes ''The Demon Brother'' and ''Stroma Sessions'' for which she won Best Supporting Performer.
In 2018 Valene Kane played journalist Amy Whittaker who investigates the recruitment of young European women by
ISIS
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in the 2018 thriller film ''
Profile
Profile or profiles may refer to:
Art, entertainment and media Music
* ''Profile'' (Jan Akkerman album), 1973
* ''Profile'' (Githead album), 2005
* ''Profile'' (Pat Donohue album), 2005
* ''Profile'' (Duke Pearson album), 1959
* '' ''Profi ...
'' by
Timur Bekmambetov
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. The film takes place entirely on computer screens. It premiered at the
68th Berlin International Film Festival
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where it won the Panorama Audience Award.
2019 saw Kane in
Anne Sewitsky's ''Sonja: The White Swan'' which premiered at
Sundance Film Festival and in
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TV Movie ''Counsel'' in which she played "an alpha female barrister