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Laura Donnelly is center stage after being cast as the lead, Amalia True, in HBO's eagerly awaited fantasy drama "the Nevers," and fans want to know more about the year-old Irish actress. Donnelly caught the TV audience's eye in the historical fantasy "Outlander" as Jenny Murray, a drama about Roman-occupied Britain, "Brittania," and now she is a woman with superpowers in Victorian London.

Of course, what everyone wants to know is if the fragile-looking Irish beauty is married -- and she isn't. Donnelly is in a committed life partnership with British director, playwright, and screenwriter Jez Butterworth.

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Donnelly met the now year-old Butterworth in , at the premiere of his play "The River" and have been together ever since. The couple has formed a dynamic partnership and collaborated on several theatric productions. In Butterworth wrote and produced the play "The Ferryman" about Donnelly's family history. The play tells the story of her uncle who died in , and the IRA hunger strikers.

The play was directed by Sam Mendes, starred Donnelly, and quickly became the most seen play in London before transferring to Broadway where it won the Tony Award for Best Play. What theater audiences didn't know was that the slender leading lady in "The Ferryman" was already expecting her first child with Butterworth, daughter Radha, now three years old.

A year later the couple welcomed another child, another baby girl they named Ailbhe. Like many other celebrity parents, Donnelly and Butterworth don't share photos of their daughters on Instagram. Working together has proved to be very rewarding for Donnelly and Butterworth. After 15 years as an actress on television, stage, and screen, Donnelly has finally won herself the lead in a series, "The Nevers," and this time she plays the role of a sedate Victorian miss who acquires superpowers.

The series, set to premiere on April 11, , was initially created by Joss Whedon, the man responsible for the cult 90s "Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Whedon was forced to withdraw from the production after he was accused of inappropriate behavior by "Buffy" and "Angel" alum Charisma Carpenter. In "The Nevers" Whedon revisited his favorite topic of empowered women.