Black Doves stars: ‘Why can’t there be a Welsh assassin and an Irish assassin?’

Evening Standard · Lynn Rusk · 2026-11-06 02:45 UTC

Ella Lily Hyland and Gabrielle Creevy, who play an assassin double act, praised writer Joe Barton’s subversion of gender norms.

Irish actress Ella Lily Hyland and Welsh actress Gabrielle Creevy have spoken about how special it has been to perform in their native accents in spy thriller Black Doves.

The pair star as assassins Williams (Hyland) and Eleanor (Creevy) in the hit Netflix drama, opposite Keira Knightley, who plays Helen Webb, a professional spy working for the shadowy London-based organisation the Black Doves.

Hyland, 28, from Co Carlow, said it was a privilege to be able to perform in her own accent.

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