Lucianne McEvoy

Lucianne McEvoy is an Irish stage, television and film actress. From South Dublin, she began acting as a teenager in youth theatre projects in Bray at the Dry Rain Youth Theatre. She attended Dublin's Institute of Education and pursued acting at the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin. In 2014, she appeared in The Libertine at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. The following year she starred at Òran Mór, Glasgow, in the Jean Racine 17th century play Andromaque adapted By Frances Poet. In 2016 at the Citizens Theatre she appeared in an adaptation of the 1900 August Strindberg play The Dance of Death, and in Conor McPherson play The Weir at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. In 2017, she appeared as Siobhan in the play adaptation of the Mark Haddon novel, The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time. In January 2018, she appeared in an adaptation of Rona Munro's Bold Girls at the Citizen's Theatre in Glasgow. Later that year, she played Ruth in David Ireland's satirical dark comedy Ulster American at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.It won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award for that year. In 2024, she had a main role in the comedy play So Young at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She appeared as Tara in television series NY-LON. She had a recurring role as Meg Pattison in series six and seven of BBC One crime drama series Shetland. In 2023, she acted in the film The Problem with People alongside Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney. In 2024, she played Kate Ward in ITVX espionage thriller television series Red Eye.