Northern Irish actress Antonia Campbell-Hughes has been cast as real-life kidnapping victim Natascha Kampusch in forthcoming biopic 3096. The rising star of Albert Nobbs and Jack Dee's Lead Balloon TV series will play the Austrian girl who was held captive for eight-and-a-half years.

The film, directed by Sherry Hormann, will commence shooting in Munich next month with a projected 2013 release date.