That’s Faramir (brother of Boromir) from The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. David Wenham played Faramir in The Lord of the Rings trilogy David Wenham – Jasper Queller On the big screen Dempsie appeared in Clio Barnard’s Dark River, Monsters: Dark Continent and The Damned Unitedamong other films. He also had significant roles in This is England ’86 and ’90 as well as The Fades. Later, Dempsie appears as Gendry in Game of Thrones, the bastard son of King Robert Baratheon and a skilled blacksmith. Dempsie is a British actor who made his breakout as Chris from Skins, a pill-head who meets a sad demise in season 2 of the show. Nick is the leader of a terrorist group, father of Andy, terroriser of Jane and altogether charming bastard. You might also have spotted Barden in Penny Dreadful where she plays Justine, and in movies including The Lobster, Mindhorn and low budget horror Habit.
Though she does a great job with the US accent in Pieces of Her, the idea that Barden grows up to become Collette is maybe a bit harder to swallow, perhaps because her turn as Alyssa is so distinctive it’s hard to shake. Barden is British and in real life has a Yorkshire accent (she was born in Northallerton).
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Though she had a long standing role in UK soap Coronation Street (as Kayleigh Morton) Barden is best known as Alyssa, one of the two stars of Channel 4 series The End Of The F***ing Worldwhich had two seasons between 20. Mark Rogers/Netflix © 2022 Jessica Barden – young Jane (L to R) Joe Dempsie as Nick (1987-94), Jessica Barden as Jane in episode 105 of Pieces of Her. Heathcote had a memorably role as a messed up model in The Neon Demon and more recently gained acclaim for her sensitive turn in generational horror Relic. Though she appeared in In Time with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in 2011, her breakout was probably as Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. You might recognize her from her recurring role in The Man in the High Castle, where she played Nicole Dörmer, who Heathcote described as “a bit of a sassy, flirty Nazi”. Heathcote is a Neighbours alum, though she was only in 10 episodes back in 2009. Young Aussie actress Heathcote plays Toni Collette’s daughter in Pieces of Her, a plausible piece of casting. Kyle Kaplan/Netflix © 2022 Bella Heathcote – Andy Jefferson/Oliver/Queller Bella Heathcote as Andy Oliver in episode 103 of Pieces of Her. Most recently you can find her in Knives Out, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things and Nightmare Alley. Some of the highlights include her heartbreaking turns in The Sixth Sense and About A Boy, more memorable mum roles in Little Miss Sunshine, Fright Nightand The Way Way Back, and her frankly extraordinary performance in horror masterpiece Hereditary. She’s had an absolutely packed career since her gorgeous breakout as Muriel, in 1994’s Muriel’s Wedding.
She’s been nominated for more awards than you can shake a stick at (without getting a very achy arm) and it’s a bit of a travesty that she’s only been Oscar nominated once (for The Sixth Sense). Ok you probably know who Toni Collette is – a very fine Australian actress and one of the best of her generation. Mark Rogers/Netflix © 2022 Toni Collette – Laura Oliver/Jane Queller Toni Collette as Laura Oliver in episode 105 of Pieces of Her. Pay attention! But in case you’re distracted by the niggling sense of ‘where do a recognise them from?’ we’re here to remind you. It’s a twisty tale of a mother who carries out an act of bravery which suddenly exposes her to a world she had long since left behind, and a daughter who discovers she really doesn’t know her mum at all. Though it’s set in America, the whole of the series was shot in Australia with the majority of filming taking place in 2021, and many of the cast are Antipodeans and Brits as well as Americans. Netflix’s thriller Pieces of Her is based on a novel by the aptly named best selling author Karin Slaughter. Contains spoilers for Pieces of Her episodes one to four