Irish actress lands US role

IT HAS blood, it has sex, and now a magical Irish actress is set to make her debut in the new season of US smash hit TV series True Blood.

Cork-born actress Fiona Shaw has landed a plum role in the upcoming season of the show, which will debut in the US next month.

Ms Shaw will play Marnie, a medium and palm reader described as “mousy, timid and secretly self- loathing” who is taken over by the spirit of a powerful witch.