Louisa Harland is an Irish actress best known for playing Orla McCool in the hit Channel 4 series Derry Girls.
Louisa Harland will play the role of Cathleen in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Long Day’s Journey into Night at the Wyndham’s Theatre from 19 March to 8 June 2024.
Before commencing her training at Mountview, Louisa appeared as a series regular in Love/Hate for RTE alongside Aidan Gillen and Robert Sheehan. Further screen credits include Channel 5’s The Deceived, Discovery’s mini-series Harley and the Davidsons, Woody Harrelson’s feature film Lost in London and Amy Huberman’s RTE comedy Finding Joy.
On stage Louisa starred in the one woman show Cotton Fingers with National Theatre Wales and performed in a sell-out run at the Royal Court of Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp; a collection of new plays by Caryl Churchill.
Louisa played a leading role in the comedy/horror feature film Boys from County Hell and in 2022, the third and final season of Derry Girls aired, to wide-spread critical acclaim.
Louisa will be playing the title role in Sally Wainwright’s highly-anticipated new Disney+ series, The Ballad of Renegade Nell. She is currently starring as Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa at The National Theatre.
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