EXCLUSIVE: Derry Ladies and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, who final 12 months additionally performed one of many Barbies in Greta Gerwig’s field workplace smash Barbie, has booked the starring function in function drama-thriller Love And Warfare a few girl who should journey to Syria to search out her kidnapped daughter.
Based mostly on actual occasions, the stirring story will chart Irish girl Sarah O’Meara’s wrestle in September 2011 to rescue her six-year-old daughter who was kidnapped by her father, and smuggled to his native Syria, a rustic embroiled within the turmoil of civil warfare. Because the story unfolds, it turns into clear that O’Meara’s biggest problem is not going to be surviving the warfare however discovering a option to outwit her ex-husband, former abuser, and biggest love.
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The undertaking is impressed by the ebook Stolen: Escape From Syria by Louise Monaghan with Yvonne Kinsella.
Pic is to be directed by Lisa Mulcahy (Lies We Inform) and produced by Michael Garland (The Legend Of Longwood) of Grand Photos from a script by Mulcahy and Elisabeth Gooch.
Irish Movie & TV Award winner Coughlan mentioned: “I’m so honoured to be enjoying this function and to inform the story of Louise Monaghan’s unbelievable bravery”.
Monaghan added: “I’m completely delighted to listen to that the fantastically proficient Derry Ladies and Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan is worked up to tackle my function and produce my story of perseverance and heartbreak to the large display.”
Mulcahy commented: “I’m so thrilled that Nicola Coughlan has come on board Love And Warfare. She’s an exquisite, versatile actress and a stunning human, and I can not wait to get collectively on this movie, which I really feel so passionately about.”
Coughlan is repped by Curtis Brown Group and Goodman, Genow.
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