{{Short description|Irish actress}} {{Infobox person | image = India Mullen at DIFF 2026.jpg | caption = Mullen at the 2026 Dublin International Film Festival | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|8|df=y}} | birth_name = | birth_place = | alma_mater = Gaiety School of Acting | occupation = | years_active = 2014–present }}
'''India Mullen''' (born 8 November 1993) is an Irish actress, artist and photographer. She is known for her roles in the Virgin Media One series ''Red Rock'' (2015–2017) and ''The Vanishing Triangle'' (2023), the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries ''Normal People'' (2020), and the third series of the Sky Max comedy-drama ''Brassic'' (2021).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.you.co.uk/india-mullen-interview-2021/|title=India Mullen: Normal person, extraordinary times|journal=You Magazine|date=10 October 2021|accessdate=24 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1883magazine.com/india-mullen/|title=India Mullen|journal=1883 Magazine|first=Sam|last=Cohen|date=6 October 2021|accessdate=24 January 2023}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Mullen is from Sandycove, a suburb of Dublin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/meet-india-mullen-and-jane-mcgrath-stars-of-new-tv3-soap-red-rock-30859862.html|title=Meet India Mullen and Jane McGrath, stars of new TV3 soap Red Rock|journal=Independent.ie|first=Claire|last=O'Mahony|date=23 December 2014|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref> Her mother is a nurse, her father is an architect, and she has three siblings. Mullen took drama classes at the National Performing Arts School as a child. She attended Holy Child Killiney before going on to train at the Gaiety School of Acting, graduating in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/the-sweet-smell-of-success-the-stars-of-red-rock-on-the-perils-of-acting-35044658.html|title=The sweet smell of success - the stars of Red Rock on the perils of acting|journal=Independent.ie|date=19 September 2016|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref>
==Career== ===Acting=== Upon graduating from the Gaiety, Mullen made her television debut in an episode of the ''Damo and Ivor'' comedy show before being cast as Katie Kiely in the Virgin Media One crime drama series ''Red Rock'', a main character Mullen played for the first two series from 2015 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vipmagazine.ie/katie-kiely-is-leaving-red-rock/|title=WHAT? Katie Kiely is leaving Red Rock|journal=VIP|first=Pippa|last=Doyle|date=24 October 2016|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref> She then had recurring roles as Maryanne in the AMC series ''Into the Badlands'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/47381577/embed/47382043/p|title=If You Don't Know the Cast of Hulu's Normal People Yet, You Definitely Will Soon: India Mullen as Peggy|journal=PopSugar|first=Amanda|last=Prahl|date=28 April 2020|accessdate=24 May 2023}}</ref> Sevi in the Syfy series ''Krypton'', and the RTÉ One comedy-drama ''Women on the Verge''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1289789/normal-people-cast-india-mullen-actress-peggy-bbc|title=Normal People cast: Who is India Mullen? Meet the star behind Peggy|journal=Daily Express|first=Katie|last=Palmer|date=1 June 2020|accessdate=24 January 2023}}</ref>
In 2020, Mullen made her London stage debut in ''Meat'' at Theatre503 and played Peggy, Marianne's (Daisy Edgar-Jones) friend from Trinity College Dublin, in the BBC Three and Hulu miniseries adaptation of Sally Rooney's ''Normal People''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/normal-people-star-india-mullen-when-people-ask-me-about-my-dating-life-or-make-up-i-find-it-quite-reductive/40886850.html|title=Normal People star India Mullen: 'When people ask me about my dating life or make-up, I find it quite reductive'|journal=Independent.ie|first=Shilpa|last=Ganatra|date=24 September 2021|accessdate=24 May 2023}}</ref> It was around this time that Mullen got into photography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maryclairekirwan.com/moremckirwan/indiamullendrewatmodels1|title=Shots on the Heath by India Mullen|website=Mary Claire Kirwan|date=21 May 2021|accessdate=24 May 2023}}</ref> She then joined the main cast of the Sky Max comedy-drama ''Brassic'' for its third series as Samantha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viewties.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Viewties-Magazine-36-India-Mullen-1.pdf|title=India Mullen|journal=Viewties|first=Vanessa|last=Miraglia|date=October 2021|accessdate=24 January 2023}}</ref> She had a recurring role as Mary Pickett in the 2022 Amazon Prime science fiction series ''The Peripheral''.
Mullen starred opposite Allen Leech in the 2023 true crime drama ''The Vanishing Triangle'' on Virgin Media Dance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/the-vanishing-triangle-allen-leech-india-mullen-sundance-now-virgin-media-drama-1235102886/|title='The Vanishing Triangle': 'Downton Abbey's Allen Leech & 'Normal People's India Mullen To Lead Sundance Now, Virgin Media & Eccho's Irish Drama Series|journal=Deadline|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=1 September 2022|accessdate=13 October 2022}}</ref> She has an upcoming role in the RTÉ series ''These Sacred Vows''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/these-sacred-vows-john-butler-series-for-rte-banijay-1236361164/|title=India Mullen, Justine Mitchell, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Jason O'Mara To Take 'These Sacred Vows' For RTE|work=Deadline|first1=Jesse|last1=Whittock|first2=Max|last2=Goldbart|date=6 April 2025|accessdate=28 April 2025}}</ref>
===Other ventures=== In addition, Mullen is a visual artist and photographer.<ref name="hab sep 24">{{Cite web|url=https://www.haveabutchers.com/news/t0lckos0a7qu3o8a25clg66psqmg1g|title=Artists in Conversation - India Mullen & Johannah Lordan|work=Have a Butchers|date=17 September 2024|accessdate=28 April 2025}}</ref> She exhibited at the Pioneri Gallery in Skopje, Macedonia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/samostojna-izlozhba-na-irskata-umetnica-india-mulen-kje-bide-pretstavena-vo-galerijata-pioneri/|title=A solo exhibition by Irish artist India Mullen will be presented at the Pioneers Gallery|work=slobdenpecat.mk|author=T.D.|date=April 2025|accessdate=28 April 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Mullen is based in East London.<ref name="hab sep 24"/>
==Filmography== ===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2016 | ''Deirdre'' | Deirdre | Short film |- | 2019 | ''HALO'' | Katie | Short film
|- | {{TableTBA}} | ''One Night Only'' | Lyla | Post-production |- |2023 |The Christmas break |Caroline |Film |- | 2025 | ''Eureka'' | Sara | Short film |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2014 | ''Damo and Ivor'' | Rachel | Series 2; episode 2 |- | 2015–2017 | ''Red Rock'' | Katie Kiely | Main role. Series 1–4; 83 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 2017 | ''Vikings'' | Aethegyth | Series 5; episode 1: "The Departed: Part 1" |- | ''Little Women'' | Belle Moffat | Miniseries; episode 2 |- | 2017–2019 | ''Into the Badlands'' | Maryanne | Series 2; episode 7, and series 3; episodes 3 & 11 |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ''Krypton'' | Sevi | Series 1; episodes 4 & 6–8 |- | ''Women on the Verge'' | Jen | Episodes 1, 5 & 6 |- | 2020 | ''Normal People'' | Peggy | Miniseries; episodes 4–9 |- | 2021 | ''Brassic'' | Samantha | Main role. Series 3; episodes 4–8 |- | 2022 | ''The Peripheral'' | Mary Pickett | 4 episodes |- | 2023 | ''The Vanishing Triangle'' | Lisa Wallace | AKA ''The Vanishings''. Main role. Episodes 1–6 |- | 2024 | ''Say Nothing'' | Lyra | Miniseries; episode 7: "Theater People" |- | 2026 | ''Under Salt Marsh'' | Lydia Taman | Series 1 episode 4 |}
==Stage== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2016 | ''The Wise Wound'' | Olivia | Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin |- | 2017 | ''The Eurydice Project'' | Eurydice | Project Arts Centre, Dublin |- | 2019 | ''Light a Penny Candle'' | Elizabeth White | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin |- | 2020 | ''Meat'' | Max | Theatre503, London |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 2016 | Richard Harris International Film Festival | Best Actor in a Female Role | ''Deirdre'' | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://theindependentcritic.com/deirdre|title="Deirdre" a Beautiful and Moving Short Film|journal=The Independent Critic|first=Richard|last=Propes|accessdate=22 August 2020}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|6911859}} * [https://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/talent/india-mullen/ India Mullen] at Hamilton Hodell
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