Niamh Algar Biography
Niamh Algar 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 the 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 Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
How old is Niamh Algar? – Age
The actress is 34 years old as of 2024. According to sources, the actress is was born in the year 1990, but her actual dates are unknown yet. She was born in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland.
Niamh Algar Height
The star stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Niamh Algar Early Life
She is the daughter of revering guardians David Algar and Angela ALgar. Also, she is a native of Mullingar. Niamh 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.
Niamh Algar Career
The Irish actress appeared in films including Conor McMahon’s Form 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, Niamh Algar played Dinah in Shane Meadow’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 Sottt directed American television series Raised by Wolves, and as Amber in the Channel 4 television series Pure.
Niamh Algar Movie
2014 – Trampoline
2014 – From the Dark
2014 – The Light of Day
2016 – Without Name
2017 – The Drummer and the Keeper
2019 – The Last Right
2021 – Wrath of Man
2022 – The Wonder
Niamh Algar TV Show
2011 – Reabhloid
2014 – The Savage Eye
2015 – Vikings
2018 – The Bisexual
2019 – Pure
2019 – The Virtues
2021 – Deceit
2022 – Suspect
2023 – Malpractice
2023 – Culprits
2024 – Mary & George
