Normal People Limited Series will be on BBC Three at April 29, 2020.
Drama, Romance / TV-Series (2020)
Normal People is a 2018 novel by Sally Rooney. It was adapted into a 12-part drama television series developed by Element Pictures for BBC Three and Hulu starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell.
The series follows Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron through their time at secondary school in County Sligo on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, and later as undergraduate students at Trinity College Dublin. The focus is mainly Connell’s and Marianne’s complex relationship. Among her peers at secondary school, Marianne is regarded as an oddball, but she denies caring about her social standing.
Despite her academic achievements, her home life is complicated by her dismissive mother, Denise, and her resentful brother, Alan. Her father is deceased and is later revealed to have been a domestic abuser, though her family avoids mentioning him. Connell is an athletic, high-achieving student living with his single mother Lorraine, who is employed by Denise as a house cleaner. He is popular in school, though he remains silent while Marianne is constantly bullied. This creates complexity and point of contention as their relationship develops.
Directors: Lenny Abrahamson, Hettie Macdonald
Writers: Alice Birch, Mark O’Rowe, Sally Rooney
Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal, Desmond Eastwood, Aislín McGuckin, Sarah Greene, Frank Blake, India Mullen, Eliot Salt
►Cast
| Daisy Edgar-Jones | ► | Marianne |
| Paul Mescal | ► | Connell |
| Desmond Eastwood | ► | Niall |
| Aislín McGuckin | ► | Denise |
| Sarah Greene | ► | Lorraine |
| Frank Blake | ► | Alan |
| India Mullen | ► | Peggy |
| Eliot Salt | ► | Joanna |
| Éanna Hardwicke | ► | Rob |
| Seán Doyle | ► | Eric |
| Fionn O’Shea | ► | Jamie |
| Clinton Liberty | ► | Kiernan |
| Niamh Lynch | ► | Karen |
| Meadhbh Maxwell | ► | Lisa |
| Killian Filan | ► | Jack |
| Leah McNamara | ► | Rachel |
| Aoife Hinds | ► | Helen |
| Liz Fitzgibbon | ► | Ms. Neary |
| Megan McDonnell | ► | Elaine |
| Kwaku Fortune | ► | Philip |
| Leah Minto | ► | Sadie |
| Slaney Power | ► | Sophie |
| Sebastian De Souza | ► | Gareth |
| Chris McHallem | ► | Lecturer |
| Domhnall Herdman | ► | Matt / … |
| Muiris Crowley | ► | Mr. Kerrigan |
| Lauryn Canny | ► | Teresa |
| Lancelot Ncube | ► | Lukas |
| Bláithín Mac Gabhann | ► | Evelyn |
| Conor Mullen | ► | Tom |
| Noma Dumezweni | ► | Gillian |
| Michael Phong Le | ► | Matt |
| Ciara Berkeley | ► | Student 1 |
| Lucilla di Paolo | ► | Shopkeeper |
| Rachel Mariam | ► | Teaching Assistant 1 |
| Barry O’Connor | ► | Jason |
| Lila Coleman | ► | Student 2 |
| Tina Kellegher | ► | Trish |
| Aoibhinn McAuley | ► | Anna |
| Frank Smith | ► | Provost |
| Sean Duggan | ► | Matt |
| Gwynne McElveen | ► | Aunt Caitlin |
| Olga Wehrly | ► | Sarah |
| Denis Conway | ► | Gerald |
| Killian Coyle | ► | Pat |
| Eleanor Methven | ► | Bernie |
| Eileen Byrne | ► | Granny Rose |
| Darragh McKenzie | ► | Darragh |
| Claire O’Donovan | ► | Eileen |
| Anita Petry | ► | Seminar Leader |
| Michael Power | ► | Val |
| Carl Austin | ► | English Lecturer |
| Maya O’Shea | ► | Jenny |
| Jim Roche | ► | Bill |
| Fiona Browne | ► | Fiona |
| Abdelaziz Sanusi | ► | Eoin |
| Ross Gaynor | ► | Teaching Assistant 2 |
| Una Carroll | ► | Exam Invigilator |
| Martina Babisova | ► | SARA |
| Darragh Byrne | ► | Rory |
| Elena Tully | ► | Funeral Morner |
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