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Niamh Kate Blackshaw (born 19 November 1998) is an English actress. She made her television debut in a advert before joining the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2017) as Lara Cutler. She then played Juliet Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera (2018–2023), for which she was nominated for Best Leading Performer at the 2023 British Soap Awards. Following her exit, she joined the cast of Waterloo Road (2025) as Agnes Eccleston.

Early and personal life
Niamh Kate Blackshaw was born on 19 November 1998 in , Greater Manchester. Prior to studying acting, Blackshaw trained as a dancer, and at the age of eleven, she began attending Rossendale Dance and Drama Centre, where she completed her LAMDA and Trinity exams. She also attended Canon Slade School in , where she studied Latin for her , amongst other subjects. Blackshaw was interested in attending Cambridge University full-time, until she pursued acting as a career. However, she later began studying at the University of Oxford part-time, alongside acting.

She has been in a relationship with actor Angus Castle-Doughty since 2022.

Career
Blackshaw began her acting career appearing in television advertisements, including an advert for . In 2017, she appeared in five episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Lara Cutler. Her character died by suicide after being groomed by Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper) and his gang. In March 2018, she made an appearance in the short film Landline. On 4 September 2018, it was announced that she would be joining the Channel 4 soap opera as Juliet Nightingale, and she made her first appearance on 21 November 2018. Her storylines in the soap included discovering her father is (), being groomed into a county lines drug trafficking gang, as a lesbian and developing a romance with (Ruby O'Donnell). For her portrayal of Juliet, she has been nominated for Best Newcomer at the Inside Soap Awards and two nominations for Best Partnership alongside and O'Donnell, as well as being nominated for Best Leading Performer at the 2023 British Soap Awards.

After a cancer storyline was devised for her character, it was announced that Blackshaw would be leaving her role as Juliet in 2023, after five years on Hollyoaks. Following her exit, she was cast as Abi in the 2024 short film Hide. It was created by Ian Curtis, who had worked with Blackshaw on Hollyoaks. He wrote the character with her in mind and made the decision to donating 10% of the film's profits to Blackburn Food Bank, which Blackshaw's family help to run. Blackshaw then appeared in the drama The Jetty, as well as being cast in the fifteenth series of Waterloo Road.

Filmography
2017Coronation StreetLara Cutler5 episodes
2018LandlineDaughterShort film
2018–2023Juliet NightingaleRegular role
2023SnapCatchHollyShort film
2024HideAbiShort film
2024The JettyRosie2 episodes
2025–presentWaterloo RoadAgnes EcclestonMain role

Awards and nominations
2019Inside Soap AwardsBest NewcomerHollyoaks
Inside Soap AwardsBest Partnership
(with )
2021I Talk Telly AwardsBest Soap Partnership
(with Ruby O'Donnell)
2023The British Soap AwardsBest Leading Performer
National Television AwardsSerial Drama Performance
Inside Soap AwardsBest Partnership
(with O'Donnell)

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