Meet the woman who cast Normal People's Marianne and Connell

Cork-born Louise Kiely has been nominated for an Emmy for her work on 'Normal People'

Louise Kiely, casting agent. Photograph Moya Nolan

It is the Irish love story that became a worldwide sensation, the tale of two young lovers that became our comfort viewing during the height of the pandemic lockdown.

Now Normal People’s casting agent Louise Kiely has told how she and the show’s team knew they had found their Connell and Marianne from the first day that actors Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar Jones auditioned together.