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TV Movie ''Counsel'' in which she played "an alpha female barrister hocomplicates her professional and personal life when she takes on a young client"
Kane could also be heard on the Monobox Speech Share podcast reading from Marina Carr's "Portia Coughlan".
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
Kane was cast in ''
's TV series '' The Fall'', and Dara in the comic Irish thriller ''Jump''. Also in 2013, Kane played the title role in 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 theCentral 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
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
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'' 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 BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...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
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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:
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* ''Profile'' (Jan Akkerman album), 1973
* ''Profile'' (Githead album), 2005
* ''Profile'' (Pat Donohue album), 2005
* ''Profile'' (Duke Pearson album), 1959
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'' 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 BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...Filmography
Television
Film
Accolades
Press
The Independent
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described her performance in ''The Fall'' as "the standout performance" of Series 2; "harrowing to watch and completely convincing"
Her role as Lyra Erso in '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' saw Kane and on-screen husband Mads Mikkelsen battle with Ben Mendelsohn
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's "Director Krennic" after desperately seeking help from Forest Whitaker
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
After making his f ...
's "Saw Gerrera"
In BBC Three
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's kidnap drama ''Thirteen'', she starred opposite Jodie Comer
Jodie Marie Comer ( ; born 11 March 1993) is an English actress who rose to global prominence for her role as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle in the BBC America spy thriller '' Killing Eve'' (2018–2022).
She has received various accolades in ...
as Detective Lisa Merchant in a performance described as "superb" by 'The Radio Times': "The former star of ''The Fall''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 ...
'', in which she played a struggling undercover journalist who connects with a Jihadi through Facebook, won the ''Panorama Audience Award'' at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival
The 68th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 15 to 25 February 2018. German filmmaker Tom Tykwer served as Jury President. American film director Wes Anderson's animated film '' Isle of Dogs'' opened the festival, becoming ...
.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*The Fading Light official website
Culture Northern Ireland
Best Irish Film 2010 award
Review of Autumn fire - 'The Guardian'
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