Lola Petticrew, the award-winning star of Say Nothing and Trespasses, has never been one to shy away from speaking her mind. The actor, who turns 30 this year, says she feels 'the best thing ever' about ageing, adding: 'All the shit starts falling away and what you care about becomes more concentrated.'
Petticrew is currently filming Furious in New York, a new series by Elizabeth Meriwether, and has also signed on for Netflix's Assassin's Creed adaptation. She recently played IRA agent Dolours Price in Say Nothing and will star as Cushla Lavery in Channel 4's Trespasses this November. Despite both roles being set during the Troubles, Petticrew insists the characters are vastly different.
The actor has used her platform to speak out on issues including Palestine, intergenerational trauma in Northern Ireland, and classism in the arts. At the Irish Film and Television Awards in February, she called out government inaction on high suicide rates among 'ceasefire babies' in the North. 'Wouldn't it be lovely if I could shut up?' she said. 'But it's not a privilege I have.'
Petticrew rejects pressure to soften her views, stating: 'People want you to be less mouthy and just be grateful. But it's not being divisive. It's being on the right side of history.' She adds that no 'bag in the world is worth shaking the morals' she holds.
