Hazel Doupe (born 12 November 2001) is an Irish actress. She made her breakthrough in the coming-of-age film '' Float Like a Butterfly'' (2018). Her films since include '' You Are Not My Mother'' (2021). On television, she is known for her role in the FX series '' Say Nothing'' (2024).

Early life

Doupe was born in

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Career

Doupe started her career as a guest star in the episode "Shot Down" of the second series of the

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drama series '' Jack Taylor''. In 2015, Doupe starred as Wendy Darling/Lucy Rose in the modern day television adaption of ''Peter Pan'', which was broadcast on 26 December 2015 on

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. In 2017, she starred in ''

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''. She is best known for her role as Frances, an

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teen who idolises boxing legend

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and trains herself to become a boxer in the 2018 film '' Float Like a Butterfly'', which premiered at the

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. On portraying her character in the film, Doupe explained that "The main concern of mine was, it wasn't solely to be amazing in this performance, it wasn't to be good, it was to be true to the character, to present her in a realistic way, my priority was to portray her as a real hero and it's so different to the heroes we see on screen." In 2021, Doupe portrayed Ingrid in the

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thriller drama series '' Smother'', which also starred

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and

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. In an interview with ''Entertainment.ie'', regards of her casting in the series, Doupe stated: Doupe starred in '' You Are Not My Mother'' and ''The Ulysses Project''. She is the voice of Melinda in the

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series '' Unicorn: Warriors Eternal''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doupe, Hazel Living people 2002 births 21st-century Irish actresses Irish film actresses Irish child actresses Irish television actresses Irish voice actresses Actresses from Dublin (city)