The famous actress from the series Anne with an E, Amybeth McNulty, has had to face only two situations in her personal life, at a very young age. On top of that, she has to answer online speculation from fans demanding a truth that doesn’t belong to them.
Amybeth McNulty rose to fame at the age of 16, when she played “Anne Shirley” on the CBC and Netflix drama series Anne with an E, from 2017 to 2019; an adaptation of the 1908 novel series, “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Amybeth beat out over 1,800 young actresses for the lead role. She most recently participated in the series Stranger Things as “Vickie”.
Unfortunately, the last few years in the life of Amybeth McNulty have not been easy at all. The actress announced in November 2021 on her Instagram profile that her mother, Siobhan McNulty, had passed away. In addition to her post where she shared photos of both of them, the actress expressed her wish to let the world know how amazing she was and how proud she was to be her daughter. “Please rest easy my love,” she wrote at the bottom of her caption. But she did not comment on the causes or circumstances surrounding the death of her mother.
With the participation of Amybeth McNulty In the fourth season of the series Stranger Things, the subject of his mother’s death resurfaced and the fact that the causes were never revealed. This forced the actress to make a publication in the stories on the Instagram social network to appease the comments that were on the networks. On February 14, 2022, he wrote: “I wasn’t planning on saying anything, but this is something that has been worrying me recently,” adding that he had kept his family, and especially his parents, out of the public eye. But she admitted to noticing “theories” about how his mother died.
Then he wrote: “I would really appreciate privacy on this and unfortunately I see what is being said online,” admitting that her mother’s death had hit everyone who knew her hard. Amybeth McNulty also called for an end to speculation surrounding her mother’s death, and finally thanked those who had been respectful of the issue, saying the love everyone showed meant a lot to her.
Only one outlet, so far, has reported that her mother died of cancer, but that is the only thing that is known. However, This isn’t the only loss the actress has faced. Amybeth McNulty announced the death of her grandmother a year earlier, on October 6, 2020 with a sweet post on her verified Instagram account: “Rest well my little Scottish warrior. I love you,” read the caption accompanying some photos of her, one of which was a selfie. Both losses must have been very hard for the young woman, who was barely 20 years old, since she is her only child.
As a tribute to the women in her life, Amybeth McNulty got a tattoo in memory of her mother and grandmother., which he showed on his Instagram profile, posting a photo of his ribs, on February 12, 2022: “A flower fairy, forget me not, for my grandmother and my mom,” he revealed in the caption. The tattoo shows a fairy holding a flowering plant while he looks at it. McNulty also revealed that it was her first tattoo and “one [del que estará] forever proud.”