The actor Niamh Algar was born in Mullingar, Ireland, in 1992. In 2019 she was named one of Bafta’s Breakthrough Brits and in 2021 was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Calm With Horses. Her screen roles include Shane Meadows’s The Virtues, Ridley Scott’s Raised By Wolves, Prano Bailey-Bond’s horror film Censor, and Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder. Next, she stars in the Sky Atlantic drama Mary & George, based on the story of the Countess of Buckingham, who is said to have persuaded her son to seduce James I in an attempt to gain power.
