Niamh Algar facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Niamh Algar
Algar at the British Independent Film Awards 2021
Born	1989/1990 (age 34–35) Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland
Education	Dublin Institute of Technology Bow Street Academy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Niamh Algar (born 1989/1990) is an Irish actress. She is known for winning Best Actress in a Leading Role - TV Drama at the 2020 IFTA Film & Drama Awards for her performance in The Virtues. Other roles include MotherFatherSon, Raised by Wolves and Pure. In 2021, she appeared in Wrath of Man and Censor. For her role in Calm with Horses, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Early life and education

A native of Mullingar, Ireland, Algar is the youngest of five children. She studied design at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and graduated from the Programme of Screen Acting at the Bow Street Academy 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 Michael Fassbender-produced Calm With Horses.

On television she has appeared in Rose Cartwright's Pure, and as Tania in Desiree Akhavan's The Bisexual.

She was named amongst the 2019 BAFTAs Breakthrough Brits.

In 2019, Algar played Dinah in Shane Meadows's The Virtues with co-star Stephen Graham. for which she won Best Actress in a Leading Role - TV Drama at the 2020 IFTA Film & Drama Awards.

She has also appeared as Orla Green in MotherFatherSon in 2019 alongside Richard Gere, and as the wife of Travis Fimmel in the Ridley Scott directed American television series Raised by Wolves, and as Amber in the Channel 4 television series Pure.

Filmography

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Film

Niamh Algar in 2020

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Reabhloid	Margaret Skinnider	Episode: "Death of a Pacifist"
2014	The Savage Eye	Various	Episode: "Why Is Ireland a Better Place to Be a Foetus Than a Baby?"
2015	Vikings	Second Woman	Episode: "Warrior's Fate"
2018	The Bisexual	Tania	Recurring role
2019	Pure	Amber Doherty	Main cast
2019	MotherFatherSon	Orla Green	Recurring role
2019	The Virtues	Dinah	Main cast
2020	Raised by Wolves	Sue	Main cast
2021	Deceit	Sadie Byrne / Lizzie James	Main cast, miniseries
2022	Suspect	Nicola	Main cast
2023	Malpractice	Dr. Lucinda Edwards	Main cast
2023	Culprits	Psycho	Recurring role
2024	Mary & George	Sandie	Miniseries
2024	Playing Nice		Post-production
2024	Iris		Post-production

Awards and nominations