Lola Petticrew

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Summary

Irish actor Lola Petticrew is known for Dating Amber, Say Nothing, Trespasses and Bloodlands. Their work includes stories about queer experience and Northern Ireland, and they have described queer representation as important, saying they wanted young people to see themselves in screen characters. Petticrew has also spoken in support of Palestine, criticized classism and nepotism in the arts, and used an awards speech to call for social housing and action on suicide among Northern Ireland’s post-Troubles generation. They have described art and activism as inseparable; no party affiliation or campaign support is on record.