Niamh Algar: Mullingar marvel is licensed to kill in The Iris Affair

Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander on their explosive new series, in which the actress gets to keep her Irish accent

Niamh Algar at a premiere of Sky series, The Iris Affair. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire

As she read the script for explosive new techno-thriller series  The Iris Affair, Niamh Algar made up her mind. Her character – a globe-trotting, ferociously smart assassin named Iris – would hail from the old sod. An Irish Iris. Why not?

“She could have been from anywhere. There was nothing set in stone as to what the character's nationality was. So I decided to use my own voice,” says the Mullingar actor over video link from London.