Valene Kane

Known for

Acting

Born

January 30, 1987 (age 39)

Birthplace

Newry, Northern Ireland

Biography

Valene Kane is a British-Irish actress born and raised in Newry, N.Ireland where she trained as a dancer.

At the age of 15, Valene joined the prestigious National Youth Theatre. Two years later, she moved to London to train at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

She is best known for roles as Rose Stagg in The Fall opposite Jamie Dornan and Lyra Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Movie.

Best known work

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016

Victor Frankenstein

2015

'71

2014

The Fall

2013

Hanna

2019

Gangs of London

2020

Queen of the South

2016

Nowhere Special

2020

The Hoarder

2015

Profile

2018

Filmography

TBA
Brides
as Barbara
2026
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
as Ellaine Schultz
2025
SummerwaterTV
as Justine Tindall (6 episodes)
2023
The Winter KingTV
as Morgan (10 episodes)
2023
Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania
as Meghan
2023
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
2023
Blue LightsTV
as Angela Mackle (4 episodes)
2020
Nowhere Special
as Celia
2020
Gangs of LondonTV
as Jacqueline Robinson (5 episodes)
2019
The Tamron Hall ShowTV
as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
Counsel
as Olivia Harley
2019
HannaTV
as Nicola Gough (1 episode)
2019
First Person: A Film About Love
2018
Sonja: The White Swan
as Connie
2018
Death and NightingalesTV
as Catherine Winters (3 episodes)
2018
Women on the VergeTV
as Siobhan (2 episodes)
2018
Profile
as Amy Whittaker
2018
No Pain Whatsoever
2017
The Other GuyTV
as Olivia Collins (12 episodes)
2017
ExPatriot
2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
as Lyra Erso
2016
Panic
as Kristen
2016
Queen of the SouthTV
as AIDEEN (1 episode)
2016
Murder: The Third Voice
2016
ThirteenTV
as DS Lisa Merchant (5 episodes)