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12th Jul 2015

Love Hate Star Aoibhinn McGinnity Lands Role In New HBO Series

Major news for this TV star.

Cathy Donohue

Actress Aoibhinn McGinnity has landed a part in a new American TV show.

The 28-year-old, who shot to fame playing Trish in RTÉ drama Love Hate, will star in HBO series Quarry.

The new show is based on a series of novels written by Max Allan Collins, telling the story of a man who returns home from Vietnam after serving in the Marines.

He gets caught up in a network of corruption and ends up working as a professional sniper.

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Aoibhinn pictured in her role as Trish with Nidge, (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor)

An insider said: “The show stars Logan Marshall-Green, Peter Mullan and Jodi Balfour and is being made by Cinemax for HBO.

“It has already been green-lit for eight episodes”.

Aoibhinn is to play the love interest of one of the gang leaders and she is currently filming in New Orleans and Tennessee.