Irish actress Ann Skelly stars in the new BBC drama Honey, which takes viewers undercover in 1980s East Berlin. The six-episode series is set in 1982, with Skelly portraying Martha (pronounced Marta), a young deep-cover operative for MI6 who faces constant danger of exposure.
Surrounded by adversaries, Martha attempts to evade detection by Friedrich, the newly appointed Stasi Head of Counter-espionage against British Targets, Berlin Office. Caught between Friedrich and the impulsive CIA operative Aaron Neeland, she becomes blindsided by attraction.
Breakthrough role and career highlights
Ann Skelly, 29, launched her TV career in the crime drama series Red Rock. One of her major breakthroughs came as the central character in the drama film Kissing Candice. She may also be familiar from the historical drama miniseries Death and Nightingales, alongside Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys.
Most recently, Skelly portrayed Adelaide Guinness, a character inspired by the real-life aristocrat, in the Netflix historical drama House of Guinness.
Famous partner Iain De Caestecker
Dublin-born Skelly is dating Scottish actor Iain De Caestecker, who portrayed Leo Fitz in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and featured in the BBC thriller The Control Room. The Glasgow-raised star has also appeared in films such as Shell, In Fear and Lost River, and played Adam Barlow in Coronation Street for two years from 2001.
While the couple tend to keep their romance out of the spotlight, De Caestecker took to his Instagram Stories to publicly back his partner ahead of the debut episode of Honey. Posting a montage image of Skelly in the programme set to Nena's soundtrack 99 Luftballons, he added the caption: "My favourite show EVER! ! ! @bbciplayer". He also shared a second promotional Honey picture tagging Skelly alongside a string of love hearts.
Honey airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
