Leah McNamara: Ex-UCC student about to hit the big time in new Sky thriller
Destv Leah McNamara in a scene from Then You Run.
She has shone in high-profile shows including Normal People and Dublin Murders, where her scheming character left viewers shocked in the final-episode twist. Now Irish actress Leah McNamara is taking on her first major leading role in an edgy new series. Then You Run stars McNamara as Tara, a rebellious teenager sent to live with her estranged father - who happens to be one of the most notorious drugs dealers in Europe.
When a deal goes disastrously wrong, she and her friends end up on the run across the continent with three kilos of heroin, pursued by some of her father’s deadliest rivals. “She kind of goes through the depths of hell and back during this series,” says the Limerick actress of her role in the darkly funny thriller. “For an actress it’s basically a dream role because you get to go through everything across the course of the series - it was really exciting for me to have the opportunity to do a character like that.”
