It’s not often we see HBO dramas fronted by Irish actresses but The Nevers delivers not one winning performance from an Irish actress but two.
Yes, the series which is set to premiere here this week stars Irish women, Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly in the lead roles of Amalia True and Penance Adair, roles both women say they manifested into existence.
Set in 1896, the show kicks off as Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event that gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities.
But no matter their particular ‘turns’, all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia, played by Laura Donnelly, and brilliant young inventor Penance, played by Ann
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