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Chris Walley, 29, grew up in Glanmire, Co Cork. He studied acting at RADA in London. In 2016, he starred in his first movie, The Young Offenders , and in its follow-on television series.

He won a Laurence Olivier Award for his stage performance in a revival of Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore in London’s West End in 2019. He is acting in The Sugar Wife at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre until 20 July. See: www.



abbeytheatre.ie . Love/Hate Growing up, Love/Hate was appointment viewing.

All week, I waited for it, until it came along every Sunday evening. It was such a well-made show: amazing writing and direction, brilliant acting. It was all-encompassing.

It had everything going for it. Tom Vaughan-Lawler can't put a foot wrong. He's an incredible actor.

He was riveting as Nidge. You didn't know what he was going to next. You couldn't help but be at the edge of your seat looking at him.

He brought such energy to the role. The Sopranos I watched The Sopranos over lockdown. It’s an obligation to watch it, a rite of passage.

Watching that was like an education. I watched it and loved it. It felt like a necessary part of my life – that I couldn’t exist here on Earth without watching The Sopranos .

James Gandolfini was utterly amazing in it. Son of Rambow Son of Rambow is about two kids who make a short film. It’s Will Poulter’s first film.

He must have been about 10 in it. It's about a Mormon that moves into a town and the local bully takes him in at school and .

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