Niamh Walsh (born 17 April 1988) is an Irish actress.
Career
She is best known for her role as
Cara Martinez the in
BBC One
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medical drama ''
Holby City
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''. Walsh also appeared in ''
Casualty
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'' and ''
Jekyll and Hyde
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''. She starred in the
Sky 1
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period drama ''
Jamestown'' as Verity Rutter née Bridges.
Before production, Walsh stated that she "researched a lot for this role. I love all that stuff. Bill
allagherused real people as the basis for some of his characters. And by reading books about the period you learn little things that even if the audience doesn’t see it, it adds to your performance."
In 2021, Walsh appeared alongside
Dervla Kirwan
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,
Seána Kerslake
Seána Kerslake (; born 21 October 1990) is an Irish actress. She is known for portraying the role of Aisling O'Dowd in RTÉ2 comedy-drama '' Can't Cope, Won't Cope'' (2016–2018). In 2017, she was named one of sixteen young actors by Screen Int ...
and
Gemma-Leah Devereux
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in the
RTÉ One
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thriller drama series ''
Smother'', in which she portrayed Jenny, the eldest Ahern sibling. In an article with the ''
Irish Independent
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'', Walsh shared her interest in portraying one of the powerful and independent woman in the series, as stated:
On 26 May 2021, Walsh was cast in the
Netflix adaptation of
DC Comics
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's ''
The Sandman'', portraying the young
Ethel Cripps.
Filmography
Television
Audio
Stage
References
External links
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Living people
1988 births
21st-century Irish actresses
Actresses from County Wicklow
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Alumni of the University of York
Irish expatriates in England
Irish television actresses
People from Arklow