{{short description|Irish actress}} {{use British English|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Hazel Doupe | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2013–present }} '''Hazel Doupe''' is an Irish actress. She made her breakthrough in the coming-of-age film ''Float Like a Butterfly'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hegarty |first=Aine |date=12 May 2019 |title=Dublin schoolgirl Hazel Doupe dazzles judges with performance as young boxer in new movie |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/film-news/dubin-schoolgirl-hazel-doupe-dazzles-15440782 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184359/https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/film-news/dubin-schoolgirl-hazel-doupe-dazzles-15440782 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=Irish Mirror}}</ref> Her films since include ''You Are Not My Mother'' (2021). On television, she is known for her role in the FX series ''Say Nothing'' (2024).
==Life and work== Doupe was born in Dublin. She started her career as a guest star in the episode "Shot Down" of the second series of the TV3 drama series ''Jack Taylor''.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=Jack Taylor: Shot Down |url=https://mubi.com/films/jack-taylor-shot-down |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185352/https://mubi.com/films/jack-taylor-shot-down |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=Mubi}}</ref> In 2015, Doupe starred as Wendy Darling/Lucy Rose in the modern day television adaption of ''Peter Pan'', which was broadcast on 26 December 2015 on ITV.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=ITV announces Peter & Wendy, a 'reimagining' of Peter Pan featuring Paloma Faith |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/itv-announces-peter-wendy-a-reimagining-of-peter-pan-featuring-paloma-faith-91709 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185838/https://www.whattowatch.com/news/itv-announces-peter-wendy-a-reimagining-of-peter-pan-featuring-paloma-faith-91709 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=What To Watch}}</ref> In 2017, she starred in ''Michael Inside''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=5 April 2018 |title=Michael Inside: An Irish prison drama par excellence |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/michael-inside-an-irish-prison-drama-par-excellence-1.3450186 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310182957/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/michael-inside-an-irish-prison-drama-par-excellence-1.3450186 |archive-date=10 March 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times}}</ref>
She is best known for her role as Frances, an Irish Traveller teen who idolises boxing legend Muhammad Ali and trains herself to become a boxer in the 2018 film ''Float Like a Butterfly'', which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref name="Irish Times">{{Cite news |last=Clarke |first=Donald |date=9 May 2019 |title=Float Like a Butterfly: An Irish boxing movie that stirs the blood |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/float-like-a-butterfly-an-irish-boxing-movie-that-stirs-the-blood-1.3884667 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124233214/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/float-like-a-butterfly-an-irish-boxing-movie-that-stirs-the-blood-1.3884667 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times}}</ref> On portraying her character in the film, Doupe explained that "The main concern of mine was, it wasn't solely to be amazing in this performance, it wasn't to be good, it was to be true to the character, to present her in a realistic way, my priority was to portray her as a real hero and it's so different to the heroes we see on screen."<ref name="RTÉ">{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Sinead |date=13 May 2019 |title=Float Like A Butterfly's rising star Hazel Doupe on 'whirlwind' so far |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0513/1049100-rising-star-hazel-doupe-on-whirlwind-so-far/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185331/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0513/1049100-rising-star-hazel-doupe-on-whirlwind-so-far/ |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=RTÉ}}</ref>
In 2021, Doupe portrayed Ingrid in the RTÉ One thriller drama series ''Smother'', which also starred Dervla Kirwan, Niamh Walsh, Seána Kerslake and Gemma-Leah Devereux.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Loughlin |first=Mikie |date=28 March 2021 |title=Smother actress Hazel Doupe teases Calum twist after Carl's past exposed |url=https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/smother-actress-hazel-doupe-teases-23810601 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185333/https://www.rsvplive.ie/news/celebs/smother-actress-hazel-doupe-teases-23810601 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |work=RSVP Live}}</ref> In an interview with ''Entertainment.ie'', regards of her casting in the series, Doupe stated:
{{cquote|It was very apparent in the script that Ingrid was really mature and self-assured for her age - she's only 16. To me, she had a lot more life experience than a 16-year-old character in any other script that I had seen would have.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2021 |title=We chat with Hazel Doupe and Thomas Levin about starring in RTÉ's ensemble thriller 'Smother' |url=https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/smother-interview-hazel-doupe-thomas-levin-479439/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185409/https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/smother-interview-hazel-doupe-thomas-levin-479439/ |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |website=Entertainment.ie}}</ref>}}
Doupe starred in ''You Are Not My Mother''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nolan |first=Paul |date=31 March 2021 |title=Hazel Doupe: "I could go on for hours about Irish talent. There's so much and it continues to grow exponentially" |url=https://www.hotpress.com/culture/hazel-doupe-i-could-go-on-for-hours-about-irish-talent-theres-so-much-and-it-continues-to-grows-exponentially-22847207 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190425/https://www.hotpress.com/culture/hazel-doupe-i-could-go-on-for-hours-about-irish-talent-theres-so-much-and-it-continues-to-grows-exponentially-22847207 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=Hot Press}}</ref> and ''The Ulysses Project''.
She is the voice of Melinda in the Adult Swim series ''Unicorn: Warriors Eternal''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Trailer for 'Unicorn: Warriors Eternal' Unveils Tartakovsky's Epic Tale for Adult Swim's Expanded Block | Animation Magazine |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/03/official-trailer-for-unicorn-warriors-eternal-unveils-tartakovskys-epic-tale-for-adult-swims-expanded-block/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329165506/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/03/official-trailer-for-unicorn-warriors-eternal-unveils-tartakovskys-epic-tale-for-adult-swims-expanded-block/ |archive-date=29 March 2023 |access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2014 | ''Davin''|| Sonia || Short |- | 2016 | ''Property of the State'' || Young Anne Marie || |- | 2017 | ''Michael Inside'' || Orla Kerr || |- | 2018 | ''Float Like a Butterfly'' || Frances || |- | 2019 | ''Calm with Horses'' || Charlie || |- | 2020 | ''Kathleen Was Here'' || Kathleen<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2024 |title=Interview with KATHLEEN IS HERE director Eva Birthistle |url=https://www.movies.ie/interview-with-kathleen-is-here-director/ |website=Movies.ie}}</ref> || short film |- | rowspan="2"|2021 | ''The Green Sea'' || Kid || |- | ''You Are Not My Mother'' || Charlotte "Char" Delaney || |- | 2022 | ''The Ulysses Project'' || The Nymph/The Cat/Cissy Caffrey || |- | 2023 | ''The Miracle Club'' || Cathy Dunne|| |- | 2024 | ''Kathleen Is Here'' || Kathleen<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2024 |title=Hazel Doupe on doing justice to those who've been through foster care |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41497319.html |website=Irish Examiner}}</ref> || feature length follow-up to ''Kathleen Was Here'' |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="2"|2013 | ''Jack Taylor'' || Róisín Mangan || Episode: "Shot Down" |- | ''Ripper Street'' || Flower Girl || Episode: "A Stronger Loving World" |- | 2015 | ''Peter and Wendy'' || Wendy Darling/Lucy Rose || Television film |- | 2017 | ''Into the Badlands'' || Artemis || Episode: "Black Heart, White Mountain" |- | 2021 | ''Smother'' || Ingrid || Regular |- | 2023 | ''Unicorn: Warriors Eternal'' || Melinda (voice) || rowspan="2"|Main |- | rowspan="2"|2024 | ''Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale'' || Harper Fenn |- | ''Say Nothing'' ||Marian Price || Main<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=1 February 2024 |title=Lola Petticrew, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan and Maxine Peake To Star In FX Limited Series 'Say Nothing' |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/lola-petticrew-hazel-doupe-anthony-boyle-josh-finan-maxine-peake-say-nothing-1235811418/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> |}
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