Lola Petticrew: ‘Calling It the Troubles Minimises What It Really Was’

Lola Petticrew: ‘Calling it the Troubles minimises what it really was’

The Belfast actor won an Ifta award and a Bafta nod for their performance as an IRA soldier in last year’s ‘Say Nothing’. Now they speak to Annabel Nugent about their latest role in ‘Trespasses’, the long-lasting effects of the Troubles – and why they’d be more than happy playing Irish roles for the rest of their life

Trespasses' Gillian Anderson and Lola Petticrew on shame-free sex representation

“Having another representation of a young woman really trying to make sense of themselves coming of age, navigating the throes of love and passion is always a good thing.”

Sweet reason Lola Petticrew wants to settle in Belfast

You can take the actor out of Belfast, but you can't take the Belfast out of the actor, and that's Lola Petticrew in a nutshell. The 2025 IFTA Best Actress winner is a self-confessed 'terrible homebird', who, although is experiencing everything the Big Apple has to offer at this time of year, would rather be at home, putting up Christmas decorations. Today's top videos Lola is currently on a six-month assignment in New York City for a new TV sh…