First look at Derry Girls star Louisa Harland in new Disney series 'Renegade Nell'

Derry Girls actress Louisa Harland is set to take on the title role in a new Disney series called Renegade Nell.

The star is best known for Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls where she played Orla McCool.

The highly anticipated UK Original Series Renegade Nell will premiere in Spring 2024 on Disney+ worldwide.

Renegade Nell, a Lookout Point original adventure series is written and created by BAFTA-award-winning writer Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley, Gentleman Jack) and directed by Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe).

Louisa plays the title role of Nell, a quick-witted and courageous young woman who finds herself framed for murder and unexpectedly becomes the most notorious highwaywoman in 18th Century England. But when a magical spirit called Billy Blind, played by Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), appears, Nell realises her destiny is bigger than she ever imagined. 

Frank Dillane (The Essex Serpent, Fear the Walking Dead) plays Nell’s fickle friend and sometime adversary Charles Devereux, a charming rogue with a dangerous, villainous alter ego.

Adrian Lester (Trigger Point, Mary Queen of Scots) plays the Earl of Poynton, a master political schemer and manipulator who joins forces against Nell with Sofia Wilmot, played by Alice Kremelberg (The Sinner), a young widow who wants power and independence at any cost.

Louisa Harland as Nell in The Ballad Of Renegade Nell. Photo: Robert Viglasky/Disney+

Ényì Okoronkwo (The Lazarus Project) also stars as Rasselas, a spirited stable boy who joins Nell and her sisters on the run in his own bid for freedom, with newcomers Bo Bragason and Florence Keen as Nell’s two younger sisters Roxy and George, and Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as Nell’s kind-hearted father Sam.

The action and fantasy adventure series, with eight episodes of 45 minutes each, is produced by Lookout Point as a Disney+ UK original series.