Interview
Niamh Walsh: ‘The show I’m determined at all costs to get on is Game of Thrones’
Often cast as the ‘gobby woman’, actor Niamh Walsh is attracted to playing strong and complex female characters, with her latest role as Jenny in Smother, RTÉ’s west of Ireland thriller involving some complicated family relationships
“The mh is a v” reads the Twitter bio of actor Niamh Walsh. Its meaning goes over my head until the Smother actor is looking at me through a computer screen, wanting to know how I pronounce our shared first name.
It’s not my “mh” that concerns her (I hope), but my syllables. Do I say Niamh (“neev”) or Niamh (“nee-av”)? I’m generally happy if people remember my name at all, but I tell her ...
