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Bad Sisters Season 2 Cast: Meet the New Characters
Irish comedy-drama Bad Sisters is back on Apple TV+. Season one, adapted from Belgian original Clan, was one of the finest shows of 2022 and season two picks up two years after its dramatic conclusion. Joining the Garvey sisters (Eva, Grace, Ursula, Bibi and Becka, played respectively by Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene and Eve Hewson) this time around are a bunch of returning favourites as well as a few newcomers. Find out more about Fiona Shaws tricky Angelica, Thaddea Grahams fresh-faced detective Una and some more familiar faces below. And if you need a recap of what went on last time to jog your memory, we have you covered here.Fiona Shaw as Angelica CollinsThe sister of Roger Muldoon (Grace and JPs former neighbour), Angelicas introduced with the subtitle The Wagon. Irish readers wont need an explanation of that slang term, but for anybody who does, its a derogatory term for an extremely obnoxious, unlikeable and strong-willed woman, and seems to be a fitting one for Angelica.The new character is played by Irish stage and screen actor Fiona Shaw, wholl be known to a generation forever as Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter film series, but who has a long career in the theatre and in film and television, including recent roles in Killing Eve, True Detective, Baptiste and many more, all the way back to a part in 1989 feature film My Left Foot.Thaddea Graham as Una HoolihanNewly qualified police detective DC Una Hoolihan is a new addition to Loftus investigatory team. Shes played by a Northern Irish actor whos previously had a lead role in Netflix Sherlock Holmes fantasy The Irregulars, as well as playing Bel in Doctor Who: Flux, Sarah in Sex Education and Vivian in BBC Threes Wreck.Owen McDonnell as Ian Reilly (L) & Peter Claffey as Joe Walsh (R)Killing Eve fans will recognise new character Ian for being played by Owen McDonnell, the same actor who played Niko, husband of Sandra Ohs Eve Polastri in the hit assassin thriller. McDonnell also recently played Joe Gargery in Steven Knights adaptation of Great Expectations, Raymond in three episodes of the last series of True Detective, and many more screen roles from Mount Pleasant to Silent Witness.New character Joe Walsh, whos involved with Becka Garvey, is played by Peter Claffey who, coincidentally, also appeared as a different supporting character named Callum in Bad Sisters season one. Claffey will soon be seen in the lead role of Dunk in Game of Thrones spinoff A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, and previous to this, has appeared in Harry Wild, Vikings: Valhalla, and played professional rugby.Lorcan Craitch as Det. Supt. HowlettLoftuss boss joins Detective Superintendent Howlett joins season two, and is played by Dublin-born actor Lorcan Craitch, who has a long and healthy screen career including the role of DS Jimmy Beck in Cracker, DCS Jackie Twomey in BBC crime drama Bloodlands, Sean in Ballykissangel, Erastes Fulman in HBOs Rome, and many, many more.RETURNING CASTBarry Ward as Fergal LoftusIrish actor Barry Ward is rarely off the screen, with a huge number of roles, recently including that of Thomas Cromwell in Anne Boleyn, Sawyer in Britannia, Barry in Save Me,White Lines and many more. As DI Loftus in Bad Sisters season two, Ward has an expanded role as the investigator looking into the discovery of a dead body that threatens to dig up the Garvey sisters secrets. Michael Smiley as Roger MuldoonGraces kindly, churchgoing neighbour Roger played a small but key role in season one (read our spoiler-filled recap here) as Graces confidante and ally. In season two, hes still suffering from his dealings with JP, and living with his difficult sister Angelica, played by Fiona Shaw. Northern Irish actor Michael Smiley is well-loved for a great many roles, including his unforgettable turn as Tyres in Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, but much more recently Luther, Dead Still, Temple and The Curse. Brian Gleeson & Daryl McCormack as Thomas and Matt ClaffinThe Claffin brothers were hoping to find the Garvey sisters guilty of murder to stop their family insurance firm from having to pay out on JPs hefty claim in season one, but then younger brother Matthew fell for Becka and things got complicated. They return in season two, still played by Brian Gleeson (The Lazarus Project, Frank of Ireland, Peaky Blinders) and Daryl McCormack (The Woman in the Wall, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, also Peaky Blinders).ALSO RETURNINGAlongside the five Garvey sisters will be Saise Quinn as Graces teenage daughter Blnaid Williams, Yasmine Akrim as Bibis wife Nora Garvey, Jonjo ONeill as Ursulas husband Donal, and Aidan McCann, Kate Higgins and Connor ODonnell as Ursula and Donals kids David, Molly and Michael.Bad Sister season two streams weekly on Wednesdays on Apple TV+. Episode three will land on November 20.
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