Darci Shaw
Darci Louise Shaw is an English actress. She is popular for playing Judy Garland as a teenager in the 2019 biographical film Judy.
Early life
Shaw was born to Peter and Louise Shaw in Liverpool. She grew up in the suburb of Mossley Hill, where she attended The Belvedere Academy. She took Saturday acting classes at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts from the age of 5 and then joined the Everyman and Playhouse Youth Theatre at the age of 14, participating weekly and appearing in the company's Fiddler on the Roof and Romeo and Juliet productions in 2017.Career
Shaw made her film debut in 2019, playing young Judy Garland in the award-winning film Judy alongside Renée Zellweger. Rolling Stone described Shaw's performance as "truly stellar".Shaw played Holly Meredith in Morecambe-based ITV crime drama The Bay alongside Morven Christie and Chanel Cresswell. In 2021, Shaw began starring as Jessie in The Irregulars, a Netflix paranormal show based on the world of Sherlock Holmes.
Sky UK announced that Shaw would appear in a film about the British ceramic artist Clarice Cliff titled The Colour Room, alongside Phoebe Dynevor in the lead role, as well as Matthew Goode, David Morrissey, Kerry Fox and Luke Norris. The film premiered in 2021.
She portrays Cilla Black in the 2024 Brian Epstein biopic Midas Man. That year, she began filming BBC One crime drama This City Is Ours. She also has a role in Steven Knight's historical drama A Thousand Blows.