Irish Paul Mescal, 25, won the Best Actor gong for his performance as Connell in Normal People at Sunday’s BAFTA TV Awards .The Irish actor dedicated his award to his co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones, who was nominated in the Leading Actress category, but lost out to Michaela Coel who starred in I May Destroy You.
Mescal, a native of Co Kildare, skyrocketed to fame upon last year’s debut of the BBC Three / Hulu mini-series Normal People, which was adapted from Irish author Sally Rooney’s award-winning novel of the same name.
Normal People, which was adapted from the Sally Rooney novel of the same name, was hugely successful and became BBC iPlayer’s most requested show of 2020 “It’s a role that has totally changed my life,” Mescal said after his win on Sunday
Mescal might have recently recorded a song, but he has no plans to change careers. “I released a song as part of a podcast, but I’m an actor, so that’s the focus,” he confirms.