Meet emerging Northern Ireland stars set to shine in the year ahead

Talents from the worlds of music, movies and modelling ready to make their mark in 2024

The Florentinas

Maureen Coleman

Northern Ireland’s young and emerging talent shone brightly in 2023, with actors, musicians, models and filmmakers making their mark both at home and abroad.

BBC One crime show Blue Lights introduced several new faces including Nathan Braniff and Katherine Devlin, Bangor actor Finnian Garbutt joined series three of local cop drama Hope Street and young Gilford-born actor Jude Hill, star of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, teamed up with the Hollywood director again for the 2023 Agatha Christie film A Haunting in Venice.