📄 Television
Normal People
He brought out something in her she hadn\'t known was there.
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["BAFTA Best Drama Series","Emmy Nomination Outstanding Lead Actor (Paul Mescal)","BAFTA Nomination Outstanding Lead Actor (Paul Mescal)","RTS Award Best Drama Series"]
About
Normal People (2020) is Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald's BBC Three / Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney's bestselling novel. Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones play Connell and Marianne — two young people from Sligo whose relationship defines their lives from secondary school to Trinity College Dublin. Paul Mescal received the Emmy and BAFTA nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor. The show became a global phenomenon during COVID lockdowns.
Credits & Contributors (3)
Cast & Performance
Direction
Cast & Performance
Paul Mescal's Emmy-nominated portrayal of Connell — reserved, conflicted, achingly real — launched his career and became one of 2020's defining performances.
Daisy Edgar-Jones earned the BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for her luminous performance as Marianne — a breakthrough that launched her Hollywood career.
Direction
Lenny Abrahamson directed the majority of Normal People — creating one of the most intimate and acclaimed drama series of 2020.