Denise Gough

Denise Gough (born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. She has received a number of accolades, including two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as a nominations for a Tony Award and a British Academy Television Award.

On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama Paula (2017), the ITV miniseries Too Close (2021) and the Disney+ series Andor (2022–). Her films include Colette (2018), The Other Lamb (2019), Monday (2020), and Martyrs Lane (2021).

Early life

Born in Wexford and raised in Ennis, County Clare, daughter of an electrician, Gough is the seventh of eleven siblings. One of her younger sisters is the actress Kelly Gough. She trained as a soprano before leaving Ireland for London at 15. She was awarded a grant to study at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA) in Wandsworth aged 18, and graduated from ALRA in 2003.

Theatre

In 2012, she was nominated for the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for her performances in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms at the Lyric Hammersmith and Nancy Harris's Our New Girl at the Bush Theatre. In January 2014 she was Julia in The Duchess of Malfi, the inaugural production at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London. At the National Theatre, London, in September 2015 she presented an "electrifying" performance as a recovering substance user in Duncan Macmillan's People, Places and Things, directed by Jeremy Herrin. She reprised the role when the production transferred to the Wyndham's Theatre in March 2016, and subsequently won the Olivier Award for Best Actress. She returned to the National Theatre in April 2017 playing the role of Harper in Marianne Elliot's revival of Tony Kushner's play Angels in America, for which she won the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Gough then returned to People, Places & Things for its New York transfer. In February 2018, Gough returned to the role of Harper in the Broadway transfer of the National Theatre's production of Angels in America, alongside the majority of the London cast.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Stage roles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Denise Gough at IMDb

1. Kelly Gough
2. People, Places and Things
3. Gough
4. Colette (2018 film)
5. Andor (TV series)
6. A Dark Place
7. Monday (2020 film)
8. Under the Banner of Heaven (miniseries)
9. Playdate (upcoming TV series)
10. Martyrs Lane
11. The Other Lamb
12. Paula (TV series)
13. Angels in America
14. Who Is Erin Carter?
15. Too Close (TV series)
16. Jenna Coleman
17. Juliet, Naked (film)
18. Denise (given name)
19. Andrew Garfield
20. Indira Varma