Known for her work as an actress, Amybeth McNulty holds an Irish Canadian heritage. Anne Shirley, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables, is her most notable role on CBC/Netflix’s Anne with an E (from 2017 to 2019).
What did Amybeth McNulty’s early life comprise of?
The only daughter of a Canadian mother and an Irish father, Amybeth McNulty was brought into this world in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland on 7 November 2001. Additionally, she is of Scottish descent. Home-schooling was her method of education. Ballet and acting were among the training she received as a member of An Grianán Theatre’s Youth Theatre.
How did Amybeth McNulty start her acting career?
In addition to ballet performances as a member of An Grianán Theatre’s Youth Theatre, McNulty has also performed in musicals by Paul Boyd, the playwright and composer. A co-star of Clean Break on RTÉ One in the year 2014, McNulty played an inquisitive child named Jenny Rane. The young version of Agatha Raisin was portrayed by McNulty in Agatha Raisin (2015), additionally, she also starred in The Sparticle Mystery (2015) on CBBC. As the ten-year-old version of the titular character in the sci-fi thriller Morgan, McNulty made her film debut. Mixed reviews were received for the film.
What are the highlights of Amybeth McNulty’s professional career?
A Netflix and CBC drama series Anne of Green Gables based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 1908 novel of the same name, she starred as Anne Shirley from 2017 to 2019. The actress McNulty was cast based on skill to deliver dialogue in manner described as “incredibly beautiful, dynamic, and thick”; she created thrones by stacking twigs.”
The actress received critical acclaim for her performance; Gwen Inhat from The A.V. Club noted McNulty’s “absolute possession” of the character Anne while The New York Times’ Neil Genzlinger noted her performance as “eminently likeableand wonderfully ebullient”. In addition to winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Television Actress, she won the ACTRA Award for Best Female Performance.
In Maternal, which was filmed in initial months of 2020, McNulty played the lead role as Megan Follows’ debut feature film. As a drug-addicted and alcoholic Irish teenager, she appeared in Black Medicine (2020). Among McNulty’s roles in future films is one that will be based on a novel by Miriam Toews, a Canadian author, ‘All My Puny Sorrows’, to be directed by Michael McGowan. Stranger Things, a Netflix drama, cast McNulty in season four, portraying Vickie, an “original band nerd” on the show.
Do you want to know more about Amybeth McNulty’s personal life?
McNulty left rural Donegal, where her family home was situated, when she was 19 years old and moved to London. Announcing her bisexuality in June 2020 marked a major milestone for her. McNulty follows a vegetarian diet. It was in November 2021 that McNulty’s mother passed away.
She is the daughter of an Irish father and a Canadian mother. It is her dual citizenship that makes her a dual citizen of Ireland and Canada. Originally from Donegal, Ireland, she was raised there. She has blonde hair by nature. Her vegetarianism prevented her from wearing real fur in a role on Game of Thrones (2011).During the audition process for The Conjuring 2, she auditioned for her role.
In 2019, gossip circulated that Amybeth was dating a young actor named Louis Hynes, but she has no relation to Canadian actor Kevin McNulty. The rumours were first thought to just be rumours, but later Amy’s love for Louis was confirmed. There is no recent image of McNulty and Hynes together, despite sources claiming they are still dating.