Amy Shiels | |
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 Shiels sings at the Twin Peaks UK festival in 2017 | |
| Born | 21 February 1991 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Amy Shiels (born 21 February 1991)[ citation needed ] is an Irish film and television actress who has appeared in the films Veronica Guerin , Slaughter , Twin Peaks , and as Lunafreya Nox Fleuret in Final Fantasy XV .
Shiels was born in 1991 in Dublin, the seventh child in a large family. [1] She was the cousin of actor Karl Shiels. [2]
Shiels worked in the troupe of the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin for three years and began to appear in Irish and British television series. [1] Her debut in a big movie was a role in the film Veronica Guerin with Cate Blanchett in the lead role. [1] She performed a number of roles in films of independent American filmmakers: in 2009 she played in the movie Slaughter , in 2012 she performed a role in the film Citadel . [1]
Since 2012, she began to voice the characters of video games, including: Call of Duty: Black Ops III , Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare , Final Fantasy XV , [1] and Divinity: Dragon Commander . In 2014, she moved to live in Los Angeles to further develop her acting career.
In 2015, she was cast in Twin Peaks: The Return . [3]
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