Ireland’s next big thing: Niamh Algar on her incredible year

From starring in a Cork-set film, to securing a role in Ridley Scott’s major new HBO series, it has been quite a year for Niamh Algar, writes Esther McCarthy

When Niamh Algar was little, she and her sister named their ponies after characters from Ridley Scott films. She was, she says, a big Gladiator fan.