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Niamh Algar

ニアフ・アルガー　/　にあふ・あるがー

Actor from Ireland

June 28, 1992 (age 33)　・　Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

County Westmeath
actor

My Take

Niamh Algar is one of the most exciting actors I'm tracking right now. Her IFTA-winning turn in The Virtues and her BAFTA-nominated supporting role in Calm with Horses revealed a performer who can hold raw emotional intensity without ever overplaying it, while her range across Raised by Wolves and Wrath of Man shows she's as comfortable in austere drama as in muscular genre work. There's a coiled, watchful quality to her screen presence that I find magnetic. Irish cinema keeps producing actors with this kind of shadowed depth, and she strikes me as a genuine standout among them.

Overview

Niamh Algar (born 28 June 1992) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Niamh Algar
Name (Japanese): ニアフ・アルガー
Reading: にあふ・あるがー
Born: June 28, 1992 (age 33)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2019 Breakthrough Brits

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/niamhalgar/
Xhttps://x.com/NiamhAlgar
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamh%20Algar

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