# Mirren Mack

Mirren Mack (born 8 December 1997) is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Kaya on the BBC drama The Nest, Florence in Sex Education, Queenie in the National Theatre’s 2022 production of Small Island, and Merwyn in the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin.

## Early life

Mack was born in Stirling, Scotland. From a young age, she was exposed to the entertainment industry, with her father, Billy, being an actor and her mother, Callan, being a drama tutor. Her younger sister, Molly, is also an actress. With sister Molly, she danced at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mack went to Riverside Primary school and then Wallace High School in Stirling, In year five at High School, Mack attended the Dance School of Scotland's Musical Theatre. In 2016, she received the Dewar Arts Award for outstanding Scottish talent in the arts, enabling her the opportunity to audition for a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.

## Career
### Theatre

Mack made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Bat Boy as Mayor Maggie, at the Citizen's Theatre, for which she won the Musical Theatre Award and the drama award for her year.
Stage performances have included the play Wound by Philip Ridley in 2020. In 2022, as Ophelia in the Bristol Old Vic's adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet. and the same year as Queenie in Small Island at the Royal National Theatre in London.

### Film and television

In 2019, Mack made her television debut in three episodes of the Netflix series Sex Education as Florence. In 2020, Mack was cast in her first leading role as Kaya on the BBC drama series The Nest alongside Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle. Mack came out of Covid lockdown to appear in the seventh series of Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts.
Mack began filming of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin in August 2021, set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and appeared in a main role as Princess Merwyn in a cast that includes Lenny Henry, Laurence O'Fuarain and Michelle Yeoh. The series was released on Netflix on 25 December 2022.
In 2024, she appeared as Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham in three episodes of the Sky Atlantic period drama Mary & George.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Ladybaby | Rose | Short film |
| 2021 | Mudlarks | Ansel | Short film directed by Dominic Gilday |
| 2022 | Blood Rites | Rose | Short film |
| 2022 | The Painter & The Poet | Gemma | Short film |
| TBA | Hedda | TBA | Filming |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2020 | Sex Education | Florence | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2020 | The Nest | Kaya | Main role; all 5 episodes |
| 2020 | Portrait Artist of the Year | Herself | 7th series |
| 2021 | Dalgliesh | Maggie | Episodes 3 and 4 |
| 2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Merwyn | Miniseries |
| 2023 | The Doll Factory | Rose Whittle | Main role |
| 2024 | ‘’The Ink Black Heart’’ | Edie Ledwell | Recurring supporting role |
| 2024 | Mary & George | Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham | 3 episodes |
| TBA | Miss Austen | Dinah | In-production |

### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Director/writer/venue |
| 2016 | Bat Boy | Mayor Maggie | Graham Dickie |
| 2017 | The Seagull | Arkadina | Wyn Jones |
| 2017 | The Relapse | Amanda | Jonathan Humphreys |
| 2017 | Talk to the Dog | Girl | Ellis Howard |
| 2017 | Orphans | Helen | Brodie Ross |
| 2018 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Niamh Cusack |
| 2018 | The Bachai | Agave | Patsy Rodenburg |
| 2018 | Phaedra's Love | Phaedra | Wyn Jones |
| 2018 | Oklahoma! | Ado Annie | Christian Burgess |
| 2018 | Mercury Fur | Naz | John Haidar |
| 2019 | Orestes | Electra | Charlotte Gwinner |
| 2019 | Merrily We Roll Along | Joanne | Martin Connor |
| 2022 | Small Island | Queenie | Rufus Norris |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2016 | Dewar Arts Award | Outstanding Scottish Talent in the Arts | Outstanding Scottish Talent in the Arts | Won |
| 2020 | BAFTA Scotland Award | Best Actress - Television | The Nest | Nominated |
| 2021 | British Short Film Awards | Best Actress | Mudlarks | Nominated |
| 2021 | British Short Film Awards | Best Acting Ensemble (shared with Naomi Preston-Low and Dominic Gilday) | Mudlarks | Won |
| 2021 | Lift-Off Global Network, London | Best Acting Ensemble (shared with Naomi Preston-Low and Dominic Gilday) | Mudlarks | Won |