Mirren Mack (born 8 December 1997) is a Scottish actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series The Nest (2020) and A Tale of Two Cities (2026), the Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin (2022), and the Paramount+ series The Doll Factory (2023). She is also known for her theatre work.
Early life Mack was born in Stirling, Scotland. From a young age, she was exposed to the entertainment industry, with her father, Billy, being an actor and her mother, Callan, being a drama tutor. Her younger sister, Molly, is also an actress. With sister Molly, she danced at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Mack went to Riverside Primary school and then Wallace High School in Stirling, In year five at High School, Mack attended the Dance School of Scotland's Musical Theatre. In 2016, she received the Dewar Arts Award for outstanding Scottish talent in the arts, enabling her the opportunity to audition for a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Acting.
Career Theatre Mack made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Bat Boy as Mayor Maggie, at the Citizen's Theatre, for which she won the Musical Theatre Award and the drama award for her year.
Stage performances have included the play Wound by Philip Ridley in 2020. In 2022, as Ophelia in the Bristol Old Vic's adaption of Shakespeare's Hamlet. and the same year as Queenie in Small Island at the Royal National Theatre in London.
Film and television In 2019, Mack made her television debut in three episodes of the Netflix series Sex Education as Florence. In 2020, Mack was cast in her first leading role as Kaya on the BBC drama series The Nest alongside Martin Compston and Sophie Rundle. Mack came out of Covid lockdown to appear in the seventh series of Portrait Artist of the Year on Sky Arts.
Mack began filming of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin in August 2021, set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher, and appeared in a main role as Princess Merwyn in a cast that includes Lenny Henry, Laurence O'Fuarain and Michelle Yeoh. The series was released on Netflix on 25 December 2022.
In 2024, she appeared as Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham in three episodes of the Sky Atlantic period drama Mary & George.
In September 2025, Mack was cast as Lucie Manette in the upcoming BBC One miniseries A Tale of Two Cities, adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2021 Ladybaby Rose Short film Mudlarks Ansel Short film directed by Dominic Gilday2022 Blood Rites Rose Short film The Painter & The Poet Gemma Short film 2023 My House Carla 2025 Hedda Tabitha Greenwood 2026 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Cathy TBA Bare Filming
Television Year Title Role Notes2020 Sex Education Florence Recurring role; 3 episodes The Nest Kaya Main role; all 5 episodes Portrait Artist of the Year Herself 7th series 2021 Dalgliesh Maggie Episodes 3 and 4 2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Merwyn Miniseries 2023 The Doll Factory Rose Whittle Main role 2024 Strike Edie Ledwell Season 6; Recurring supporting role Mary & George Katherine Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham 3 episodes 2025 Miss Austen Dinah Recurring role; all 4 episodes 2026 A Tale of Two Cities Lucie Manette Main role Recurring role
Stage Year Title Role Director/writer/venue 2016 Bat Boy Mayor Maggie Graham Dickie2017 The Seagull Arkadina Wyn Jones The Relapse Amanda Jonathan Humphreys Talk to the Dog Girl Ellis Howard Orphans Helen Brodie Ross2018 Twelfth Night Viola Niamh Cusack The Bachai Agave Patsy Rodenburg Phaedra's Love Phaedra Wyn Jones Oklahoma! Ado Annie Christian BurgessMercury FurNazJohn Haidar2019OrestesElectraCharlotte GwinnerMerrily We Roll AlongJoanneMartin Connor2020The Beast of Blue Yonder (aborted due to Covid) Chrissie / Mindy / Marilyn MonroePhilip RidleyWound (online play)Her (lead)Philip Ridley2019OrestesElectraCharlotte GwinnerMerrily We Roll AlongJoanneMartin Connor 2022Small Island Queenie Rufus Norris 2025My Master Builder Kaia Lila Raicek
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2016 Dewar Arts AwardOutstanding Scottish Talent in the Arts 2020BAFTA Scotland AwardBest Actress - TelevisionThe Nest 2021British Short Film AwardsBest ActressMudlarks Best Acting Ensemble (shared with Naomi Preston-Low and Dominic Gilday) Lift-Off Global Network, London
References
External links
Mirren Mack – Sterling Events Tolbooth Talk, 18 June 2020