Laura DonnellyΒ (born 24 June 1982) is an actress fromΒ Northern Ireland. She studied at theΒ Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandΒ before her early roles on stage and screen. She is known for her collaborations with playwrightΒ Jez Butterworth, acting inΒ The RiverΒ (2012, 2015),Β The Ferryman (2017β2019) andΒ The Hills of CaliforniaΒ (2024). She is the recipient of aΒ Laurence Olivier AwardΒ as well as a nomination for twoΒ Tony Awards.Β On television, she is known for her roles in theΒ StarzΒ seriesΒ OutlanderΒ (2014β2017), theΒ ITVΒ seriesΒ BeowulfΒ (2016), and theΒ HBOΒ seriesΒ The Nevers (2021β2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Donnelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.