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Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones stand outdoors by a stone railing overlooking a green, hilly landscape in a scene from the television series Normal People.
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Normal People

Irish television miniseries
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Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones stand outdoors by a stone railing overlooking a green, hilly landscape in a scene from the television series Normal People.
Normal People Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal in Normal People (2020).

The Irish television miniseries Normal People is an adaptation of Sally Rooney's 2018 novel of the same name. The series, released in 2020, stars Paul Mescal as Connell and Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne. It follows their complex romantic relationship and explores themes of class inequality, patriarchy, and identity. The show was critically acclaimed and received numerous award nominations, with Rooney winning an Irish Film and Television Award for best script.12

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