Valene Kane

Valene Kane
Born (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987
Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007 - present
Awards Best Irish Film, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2010

Valene Kane is a Irish actress from Newry, Northern Ireland, best known for playing Rose Stagg, the ex-girlfriend of serial killer Paul Spector, in The Fall on BBC2.[1]

Kane also stars in the BBC drama 'Thirteen'. The Radio Times called her "superb" saying, "the former star of The Fall's scenes [...] are among the show's most intriguing, simmering with sexual tension and professional frustration"[2]

Early life

Kane grew up in Newry, County Down, and was a pupil at Sacred Heart Grammar School and the Annmarie Morgan School of Dance. From the age of 15, she was part of the National Youth Theatre, most notably starring in their production of 20 Cigarettes. She left Ireland for London at eighteen and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Kane was cast in The Fading Light by the director Ivan Kavanagh after he spotted her in a short film, July, that was posted on YouTube .[3] She was chosen partly for her successful experience with improvisation in the short film.[4]

2013 saw her play Rose Stagg in the BBC's TV series The Fall opposite Gillian Anderson; and Dara in the comic Irish thriller Jump opposite Charlene McKenna and Nichola Burley.

She continued her role as Rose Stagg in all three series of The Fall.

Also in 2013, Kane played the title role in Strindberg's Miss Julie at the newly founded Reading Rep.[5]

Other film work has included the horror film War Games: At the End of the Day directed by Cosimo Alema,[6] which premiered in Rome July 2011; and Still Early, a short film directed by Ger Leonard, opposite Ben Peel (Hunger), which premiered at the Galway Film Festival.

Kane is back on the BBC this year both in The Fall series 3 and also taking the lead alongside Jodie Comer and Richard Rankin in BBC3 drama Thirteen.

Theatre

As well as playing Miss Julie, Kane has been seen on stage as: Nance, in the Finborough Theatre's production of "Autumn Fire";[7] 'The Love' in Punchdrunk's production "The Black Diamond"[8] which sold out "in mere minutes"[9] and Lady Lydia Languish in The Rivals.[10]

She also played Girleen in Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West in which one reviewer said "Valene Kane gives Girleen a schoolgirl reality, her confident swagger and challenge covering the only genuine feelings for anyone else that the play possesses".[11]

Filmography

Year Film Role Director Other notes
2016 Thirteen D.S. Lisa Merchant Vanessa Caswill Series regular
The Hoarder Willow Matt Winn
2015 Frankenstein Mrs. Winthrop Paul McGuigan
2014 '71 Orla Yann Demange
2013 CHVRCHES/Lies Lover Sing J Lee Music Video
The Red Line (short) Cathy Dave Tynan
2013-Present The Fall (TV Series) Rose Stagg Jakob Verbruggen, Alan Cubbit Series regular
2012 Jump Dara Kieron J. Walsh
2011 Still Early (short) Claire Ger Leonard
War Games: At the End of the Day Monica Cosimo Alema
2010 Jack Malchance (web series) Kate Dean Loxton
A New Yorker in Paris (short) Wendy Ileana D. Vasquez Filmed in Paris, late 2010
2009 The Fading Light Yvonne Ivan Kavanagh Winner of Best Irish Film 2010
April (short) April Erica Herbert
2008 July (short) July Dean Loxton & Armen Antranikian Improvised short film

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02v0pms
  2. ↑ "Why you should be watching BBC3's Thirteen". radiotimes.com. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  3. ↑ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-21325207.html
  4. ↑ "Valene Kane". Culturenorthernireland.org. 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Miss Julie opens to critical acclaim". Reading Rep. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  6. ↑ "At the end of the day". Attheendoftheday.it. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  7. ↑ Billington, Michael (2012-03-06). "Autumn Fire – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  8. ↑ HAzel (2011-07-06). "The Black Diamond: An Immersive Adventure". Londonist. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  9. ↑ "Stella Artois Black and Punchdrunk’s ‘The Black Diamond’: exclusive ticket giveaway". Now-here-this.timeout.com. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  10. ↑ "The Rivals". Mrhartstheatreco.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  11. ↑ McDonagh, Marin. "THE LONESOME WEST". ReviewsGate.com. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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