Lauryn Canny

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| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| years_active = 2013–present

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Lauryn Canny (born 1998) is an Irish actress. On television, she starred as the titular role of the RTÉ One crime drama Amber (2014). Her films include Darlin' (2019).

Early life and education

Canny was born in Dublin, though she has family from County Clare, specifically Corofin and Newmarket-on-Fergus.{{Cite web |date=22 February 2014 |title=Amber kicks off acting career for Lauryn |url=https://clarechampion.ie/amber-kicks-off-acting-career-for-lauryn/ |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=ClareChampion.ie}} She has two younger sisters.{{Cite web |last=Calnan |first=Denise |date=21 January 2014 |title=The actress the country is talking about but 'Amber' star Lauryn Canny is rejected from school-play |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/the-actress-the-country-is-talking-about-but-amber-star-lauryn-canny-is-rejected-from-school-play/29936484.html |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=Independent.ie}} Canny attended St Mac Dara's Community College in Templeogue.{{Cite web |last=Phelan |first=Aishling |date=24 January 2014 |title=Tubridy on controversial 'Amber' ending: 'I told the tv to f**k off |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tubridy-on-controversial-amber-ending-i-told-the-tv-to-fk-off/29946620.html |access-date=29 November 2023 |website=Independent.ie}} She also participated in the Gaiety School of Acting's summer programme.

Career

In 2019, Canny played the lead, a feral teenager, in Pollyanna McIntosh's Darlin'.{{Cite web |last=Tech |first=Ciara |date=August 28, 2019 |title=S02E04: Lauryn Canny - Galway Film Fleadh |url=https://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/s02e04-lauryn-canny/ |website=GalwayFilmFleadh.com}}

In 2020, she played Teresa, in two episodes of BBC One's Normal People,{{Cite news |date=August 31, 2023 |title=First look – new drama from RTÉ |work=RTÉ TEN |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0831/1402770-first-look-new-drama-from-rte/}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Emma |date=July 20, 2019 |title=Daisy Edgar-Jones pictured filming Normal People in Dublin's Trinity College |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/20/daisy-edgar-jones-pictured-marianne-first-time-normal-people-films-dublin-10431088/}} and Sarah in Dating Amber.{{Cite news |last=Guerin |first=Harry |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Dating Amber a 2020 vision of 1995 Ireland |work=RTÉ TEN |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/movie-reviews/2020/0604/1145488-dating-amber-a-2020-vision-of-1995-ireland/}}

In 2023, she played a drug mule in Wrapped, a one-off drama for RTÉ Player.{{Cite web |title=RTÉ and Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland are delighted to unveil three new Storyland dramas – About RTÉ |url=https://about.rte.ie/2023/10/20/rte-and-fis-eireann-screen-ireland-are-delighted-to-unveil-three-new-storyland-dramas/ |website=RTÉ.ie|date=20 October 2023 }}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2013 \| A Thousand Times Good Night \| Stephanie \|
2014 \| Poison Pen \| Sally \|
2015 \| The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music \| Kirsty \|
2016 \| Wifey Redux \| Ellie Prendergast \| Short film
2018 \| Salt Water \| Rachel Mirada \|
2019 \| Darlin' \| Darlin' Cleek \|
2019 \| Limbo \| Angela \|
2020 \| Dating Amber \| Sarah \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2013

| A Thousand Times Good Night

| Stephanie

2014

| Poison Pen

| Sally

2015

| The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music

| Kirsty

2016

| Wifey Redux

| Ellie Prendergast

| Short film

2018

| Salt Water

| Rachel Mirada

2019

| Darlin'

| Darlin' Cleek

2019

| Limbo

| Angela

2020

| Dating Amber

| Sarah

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2014 \| Amber \| Amber Bailey \| Lead role
2020 \| Normal People \| Teresa \|
2023 \| Wrapped \| \| Television film

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2014

| Amber

| Amber Bailey

| Lead role

2020

| Normal People

| Teresa