Niamh Algar

Acting

Niamh Algar

Born 1992-06-28 · Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

Niamh Algar is an Irish actress known for her roles in MotherFatherSon, Raised by Wolves, and Pure. In 2021, she will appear in Wrath of Man and Censor. For her role in Nick Rowland's directorial debut Calm with Horses, Algar was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Acting credits

Wrath of Man poster
7.6

A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.

Wrath of Man

2021

The Wonder poster
6.6

Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast.

The Wonder

2022

Calm with Horses poster
6.3

In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.

Calm with Horses

2020

Censor poster
5.8

A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror with similarities to the disappearance of her sister.

Censor

2021

Bad Bridgets poster
NR

When a mysterious letter offering escape leads a young Irish woman to 19th-century New York, she is pulled into the unruly world of the Bridgets, where mayhem follows in her wake.

Bad Bridgets

Trampoline poster
6.0

Angie returns home after finishing college and gets a job teaching at her old school. Now that she's back, she will have to readjust to the life she left behind and figure out how to move forward.

Trampoline

2013

The Last Right poster
6.0

Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.

The Last Right

2019

No artwork available
NR

Facing death, Rabbit Hayes reflects on her life and future while her loving family prepares for loss and plans for her teenage daughter Juliet's care.

The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes

No artwork available
NR

When a new wave of brutal, seemingly random murders hits London, DCI John Luther is secretly called back into service. But how can he save London when everyone on all sides seems to want him dead?

Untitled Luther Sequel

From the Dark poster
5.6

A couple on a trip through the Irish countryside find themselves hunted by a creature who only attacks at night.

From the Dark

2014

Sweet Dreams poster
NR

In the forgotten English seaside town of Claypole, a series of serendipitous and unfortunate coincidences conspire to bring the lives and overreaching ambitions of a few misguided dreamers and petty criminals to a nasty end.

Sweet Dreams

Weeks poster
NR

A daughter grapples to understand her dying mother through fables from her childhood. From present London to 1950s Ireland, a surreal, unsentimental look at the Hinterland between life and death, the bias of memory, and the thirst for narrative in the face of mortality.

Weeks

The Drummer and the Keeper poster
6.7

The Drummer and the Keeper tells the story of the unlikely friendship formed between two young men: Gabriel, a reckless young drummer who revels in rejecting society’s rules and Christopher, a 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, who yearns to fit in. This heartwarming story shows the strength of the human bond in the face of adversity.

The Drummer and the Keeper

2017

No artwork available
NR

The life of a boy from childhood to adult life growing up with a single mom, always by his side.

Lewis Capaldi: Pointless

Gone poster
NR

On seeing his ex-lover again, Paul stirs up events that spiral out of his control.

Gone

2017

The Light of Day poster
NR

A hilarious mockumentary, 'The Light of Day' follows a flailing film crew as they attempt to adapt the vampire graphic novel 'The Quench'. Hindered by their tragically over-zealous director, it will take the two sane people on set, cinematographer Michael and writer Sarah, to save the film.

The Light of Day

2014

Without Name poster
5.1

A land surveyor working in an unnamed woodland area is disturbed and beguiled by a strange silhouette that moves amongst the trees.

Without Name

2017

January Hymn poster
3.0

A reflection on the intangible experience of grief, January Hymn sees Clara return home for the first anniversary of her father's death.

January Hymn

2015

No artwork available
3.0

Two lonely people find the love that they were searching for. Well, one lonely person and one banshee...

Strangers in the Night

2015

A Wind and the Shadow poster
NR

Wind and the Shadow is a short animation about the emotional and physical impact childhood illness and its treatment has on a six-year-old girl and her mother. Created by the BAFTA nominated Here to Fall writer/director, Kris Kelly.

A Wind and the Shadow

2024

Seedling poster
5.0

Amidst a huge storm, a couple experience an encounter with an alien species.

Seedling

2017

Missing Green poster
NR

A solitary woman walks through the eerie night-time landscape of Dublin's Cork Street, a street once quiet and residential, now a four-laned artery for city traffic. Memories are narrated which no longer match the present-day surroundings.

Missing Green

2013

Run poster
4.0

A woman's morning jog takes a dark turn.

Run

2021