---
name: "Laura Donnelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-donnelly"
fi1m_id: "laura-donnelly"
imdb_id: "nm1967827"
tmdb_id: 95706
wikidata_id: "Q3218677"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 June 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:51:38.777551+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laura Donnelly

## Identity

Laura Donnelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-donnelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-donnelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm1967827
- **TMDB ID:** 95706
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3218677
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Donnelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3218677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1967827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95706

Actor. Born 24 June 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 June 1982, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** ローラ・ドネリー, لورا دانلی
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 73 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Donnelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3218677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1967827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95706

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sugar*](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Laura Donnelly is a Northern Irish actress. Born in Belfast in 1982, she trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and began her career with early roles in theatre and on screen.

She is known for her frequent collaborations with playwright Jez Butterworth, appearing in productions of *The River* (2012–2015), *The Ferryman* (2017–2019) and *The Hills of California* (2024). For her performance in *The Ferryman* she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and received a Tony Award nomination. On television she has played Jenny Fraser Murray in *Outlander* (2014–2017), Amalia True in *The Nevers* (2021–2023) and Charlotte Fischer in *Sugar* (2024). Her film credits include *Tolkien* (2019) and *Werewolf by Night* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, upi.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sugar* (2024), Fi1m 58, as Charlotte Fischer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *The Fall* (2013), Fi1m 73, as Sarah Kay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dark* (2026), series, as DI Monica Kennedy
- *Sugar* (2024), series, as Charlotte Fischer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *The Heist Before Christmas* (2023), as Patricia Collins
- *Werewolf by Night* (2022), as Elsa Bloodstone
- *The Nevers* (2021), series, as Amalia True
- *Tolkien* (2019), as Mabel Tolkien
- *Britannia* (2018), series, as Hella
- *Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands* (2016), series, as Elvina
- *The Program* (2015), as Emma O'Reilly
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Jenny Fraser Murray
- *Heart of Lightness* (2014), as Elida
- *Goldfrapp: Tales Of Us* (2014), Actor
- *Hello Carter* (2013), as Tara Stephens
- *Sail Away* (2013), Casting Director
- *The Fall* (2013), series, as Sarah Kay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fall-2013.md)
- *Missing* (2012), series, as Violet Heath
- *Dread* (2009), as Abby
- *Occupation* (2009), as Katy Hibbs
- *Best: His Mother's Son* (2009), as Barbara Best
- *Right Hand Drive* (2009), as Ashley
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Freya
- *Insatiable* (2008), as Rachel
- *Sugar Rush* (2005), series, as Beth
- *Hex* (2004), series, as Maya Robertson
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Jody MacMillan
- *Kennedy*, series, as Rose Kennedy

## Gallery

- ![Laura Donnelly for the 2019 Tony Awards](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-3d5eaf4f0906.jpg) Laura Donnelly for the 2019 Tony Awards — The Tony Awards, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Laura_donnelly_2019_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-64f867d622fd.jpg) Laura Donnelly — The Tony Awards, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Laura_donnelly_2019_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-ecf43950b64b.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-92a37b365437.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-6d29c25c1b41.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-e499bca0fd72.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-8e55680345d7.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB
- ![Laura Donnelly](https://film.one/media/person/488227/gallery-6ff375a5e603.jpg) Laura Donnelly — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/laura-donnelly