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Sarah Bolger to star in Canadian true crime film

Sarah Bolger
Sarah Bolger

Dublin actress Sarah Bolger is to star in Canadian drama Black Donnelly's, an historical crime story about the murder of a Canadian-Irish family.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the 29-year-old Tudors actress will play Johannah Donnelly, a brave mother who protects her property and children in a local feud in 1880 while her husband Jim is in jail.

The media-shy actress has most recently featured in Apple TV's End of Sentence, which was released at the end of May, A Good Woman is Hard to Find, Into the Bandlands, Once Upon a TimeMayans M.C. and the soon-to-be-released comedy We Broke Up.

Filming is set to start next year.

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