Valene Kane is a Northern Irish actress. She left Northern Ireland for London at 18 and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
She is best known for playing Rose Stagg, the ex-girlfriend of serial killer Paul Spector, in The Fall on BBC Two and for her role as Lyra Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. She is also known for her role in the BBC drama Thirteen.
Kane won the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Supporting Performer for her role in The Stroma Sessions. The film Profile, in which she played a struggling undercover journalist who connects with a Jihadi through Facebook, won the Panorama Audience Award at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
