Mirren Mack
Born (1997-12-08) 8 December 1997[1]
Stirling, Scotland, UK
EducationGuildhall School of Music and Drama (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present
TelevisionSex Education
The Nest

Mirren Mack (born December 8 1997) is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Kaya on the BBC drama The Nest, Florence in Sex Education, Queenie in the National Theatre’s 2022 production of Small Island, and Princess/Empress Merwyn in the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin.

Early life

Mack was born in Stirling, Scotland.[2] From a young age, she was exposed to the entertainment industry, with her father, Billy, being an actor and her mother, Callan, being a drama tutor.[2] Her younger sister, Molly, is also an actress.[3] With sister Molly, she danced at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3] Mack went to Riverside Primary school and then Wallace High School in Stirling,[4] In year five at High School, Mack attended the Dance School of Scotland's Musical Theatre.[1] In 2016, she received the Dewar Arts Award for outstanding Scottish talent in the arts,[2] enabling her the opportunity to audition for a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,[2] where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.[5][6]

Career

Mack made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Bat Boy as Mayor Maggie,[7] at the Citizen's Theatre, for which she won the Musical Theatre Award and the drama award for her year.[2]

In 2019, Mack made her television debut in three episodes of the Netflix series Sex Education as Florence.[8][9] In 2020, Mack was cast in her first leading role as Kaya on the BBC drama series The Nest alongside Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle. [10] Mack came out of Covid lockdown to appear in the seventh series of Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts.[11]

Mack began filming of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin in August 2021,[12] set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and appeared in a main role as Princess Merwyn in a cast that includes Lenny Henry, Laurence O'Fuarain and Michelle Yeoh.[13] The series was released on Netflix on 25 December 2022.[14]

Stage performances have included the play Wound by Philip Ridley in 2020.[15] In 2022, as Ophelia in the Bristol Old Vic's adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet.[16] and the same year as Queenie in Small Island at the Royal National Theatre in London.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Ladybaby Rose Short film
2021 Mudlarks Ansel[17] Short film directed by Dominic Gilday[18][19]
2022 Blood Rites Rose Short film
2022 The Painter & The Poet Gemma Short film
TBA Hedda TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Sex Education Florence Recurring role; 3 episodes
The Nest Kaya Main role - All 5 episodes
Portrait Artist of the Year Herself 7th series
2021 Dalgliesh Maggie Episodes 3 & 4
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Merwyn Miniseries
2023 The Doll Factory Rose Whittle Main role
2024 Mary & George Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham Upcoming miniseries
TBA Miss Austen Dinah In-production[20]

Stage

Year Title Role Director/writer/venue
2016 Bat Boy Mayor Maggie Graham Dickie
2017 The Seagull Arkadina Wyn Jones
The Relapse Amanda Jonathan Humphreys
Talk to the Dog Girl Ellis Howard
Orphans Helen Brodie Ross[6]
2018 Twelfth Night Viola Niamh Cusack[6]
The Bachai Agave Patsy Rodenburg[6]
Phaedra's Love Phaedra Wyn Jones[6]
Oklahoma! Ado Annie Christian Burgess[6]
Mercury Fur Naz John Haidar[6]
2019 Orestes Electra Charlotte Gwinner[6]
Merrily We Roll Along Joanne Martin Connor[6]
2022 Small Island [15] Queenie Rufus Norris

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2016 Dewar Arts Award Outstanding Scottish Talent in the Arts Won [2]
2020 BAFTA Scotland Award Best Actress - Television The Nest Nominated [21][22]
2021 British Short Film Awards Best Actress Mudlarks Nominated [17][19]
Best Acting Ensemble (shared with Naomi Preston-Low and Dominic Gilday) Won [18][19]
Lift-Off Global Network, London Won [21][23]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mirren Mack, rising star of BBC's The Nest, interview". The Scotsman. 21 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mirren Mack". Dewar Awards. 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 "The Nest: Mirren Mack on her breakout role as Kaya". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mirren Mack – Tolbooth Talk: Released – 18th June 2020". stirlingevents.org. 18 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mirren Mack: how eight-hour bus trips put Nest star on road to success". The Guardian. 5 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "GSMD Graduates 2018-2019 - Mirren Mack". Guildhall School of Music & Drama. 2019. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mirren Mack". Independent Talent. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Guildhall School announces the Gold Medal Winners for Acting and Production Arts 2019". Guildhall School. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Sex Education star hints at season three of hit Netflix show". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Meet the cast of BBC One's The Nest". Radio Times. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Mirren Mack reveals why Portrait Artist of the Year was more nerve-racking than being on stage". Radio Times. 21 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "'The Witcher: Blood Origin': Lenny Henry, Mirren Mack, Nathaniel Curtis, Dylan Moran Among Cast To Join Netflix Prequel Series; Filming Underway In UK". Deadline Hollywood. 16 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "The Witcher prequel Blood Origin reveals new cast members". redanianintelligence.com. 16 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "The Witcher: Blood Origin Creator Previews the Magical Spin-Off". netflix.com. 25 September 2022.
  15. 1 2 3 "Mirren Mack by 1883 film - With her performance in The Witcher Blood Origin, Mirren Mack proves she has franchise level talent". 1883magazine.com. 2022.
  16. ↑ "Billy Howle Joined By Niamh Cusack and Mirren Mack in Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic; Full Cast Announced". Broadway World.
  17. 1 2 "British Short Film Awards 2021 - Nominees". thebritishshortfilmawards.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  18. 1 2 "British Short Film Awards 2021 - Winners". thebritishshortfilmawards.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  19. 1 2 3 "Mudlarks- Set Stills Photography". lashmarcreative.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  20. ↑ Rice, Lynette (7 December 2023). "'Miss Austen': Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  21. 1 2 "Mirren Mack Awards". imdb.com (Index source only). Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  22. ↑ "British Academy Scotland Awards 2020: Winners Announced". bafta.org. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  23. ↑ "Lift-Off Season Awards 2021". liftoff.network. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
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