EXCLUSIVE: Bodhi Rae Breathnach, the young Irish-English actress who made her feature debut in Chloé Zhao’s Oscar hopeful Hamnet, will have a supporting role in Robert Eggers’ anticipated creature feature Werwolf.
The fast-rising actress will appear in the Focus Features horror film alongside stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson.
The werewolf tale, which began filming in the UK last fall, is set in 13th-century England and sees a mysterious creature stalk the land as local folklore becomes a terrifying reality. Pic is due to release in late December 2026. Eggers, the contemporary GOAT of gothic, re-teams with Depp, Taylor-Johnson, Dafoe, and Ineson after Nosferatu, while Ineson and Dafoe also starred in the director’s The Witch and The Lighthouse, respectively.
Breathnach, who played William Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna in Hamnet, is about to hit big screens co-starring with Jason Statham in action-thriller Shelter, directed by Ric Roman-Waugh.
She also secured the role of Margaret Dashwood in the upcoming Focus Features adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Caitríona Balfe and George MacKay.
The 14 year-old actress starred in Beth Steel’s Olivier-nominated play Till The Stars Come Down at London’s National Theatre, and previously appeared in TV series The Capture and UK kids show So Awkward Academy.
Breathnach is repped by The Artists Partnership in the UK.